For the first time, First Lutheran is bringing three technologies under one umbrella—making connecting, volunteering, and giving easier than ever for our congregation!
Earlier this year, Maddy Newhouse, Director of Ministry Engagement, introduced Church Center (also known as Planning Center) to streamline Sunday morning volunteering. Now, as our former website host winds down operations, we’re expanding Church Center to handle our registration forms and online payments too. Best of all? Our staff is thrilled to manage all contact updates in one central place.
What will Church Center do for Me?
Our Sunday Morning Volunteers are already using Church Center; getting schedule reminders, requesting substitutes, and checking in when they arrive to print a nametag.
Families with Children and Youth will be able to "check-in" each Sunday and Wednesday when they arrive to Discovery Zone or Echo and print a nametag for students. The check in process helps us interact with kids by name, and is a safety-check to ensure the right person checks them out at the end. It will also help us keep in touch!
Anyone Who Registers or RSVPs for events can get reminders, see what registrations they completed, make payments online, or see reminders for payments of cash or check due in-person.
Contributing an Offering can also be done through the Church Center App; which keeps all of your registration, payment and offering information current and manageable in one convenient portal with banking-level security.
Church Center is one of the most widely-used and trusted church platforms available. The easy-to-use systems have great support, and offer the lowest rates for payment processing, meaning more of your contribution goes directly to ministry.
