Available on Church Center app v2024.9.23 and up:
Get your people checked in more seamlessly than ever with new updates to Church Center PreCheck! With improved support for available check-in options and more visibility, families can now easily check-in and track the status of household members across multiple devices. The check-in experience for your congregants remains just as smooth and familiar as always—but with a fresh, upgraded feel!
Here are all of the PreCheck updates you’ll see with Church Center version 2024.9.23:
New: Shared household status across devices
Previously, when someone was checked in using the Church Center app, only the device that completed the PreCheck process could view the status of family members. But now, household adults can access all PreCheck details for their family members, no matter which device was used to create them. Seamless coordination, across all your devices!
New: Support for the Services Integration
If you are using the Services Integration with your Check-Ins event, Church Center will now make location recommendations based on where your people are scheduled in Services, as well as check them in as a Volunteer check-in type.
Improved: Support for the Registrations Integration
Church Center PreCheck now supports Registration-integrated events, whether using Assignment types or regular Check-Ins locations! This means registrants assigned to specific Assignment Areas within your Registrations event will automatically see their assignments in the Church Center app when using PreCheck. Plus, unregistered guests are prevented from checking in, helping ensure a smooth event.
New: Support for multiple households
People in multiple households can now navigate between each household when using the app to create a PreCheck.
New: Navigate between security labels
For safety reasons, people within your household that check in at separate times are designated separate security codes. Now, the Church Center app makes it easier than ever to keep track of these codes. You can quickly view each family member's security code at a glance and tap their name to access their individual barcode for smooth and secure check-out.
New: Separate Check-In and Check-Out tabs
We understand that families don't always arrive at church together. Maybe mom brings one child early for worship practice, while dad and the other child arrive a bit later. If mom has already checked in the first child and dad has PreChecked the second, you can now easily navigate between security codes and PreCheck codes. When different household members are at different stages of the Check-In process, you'll see tabs that let you toggle between them, ensuring you always have the right information at your fingertips.
Improved: Support for the “Volunteer Only” filter
PreCheck now supports locations marked as 'Volunteer Only' within your Check-Ins location settings. This means that if someone isn’t checking in as a volunteer, they won’t be able to check into a 'Volunteer Only' location via the Church Center app.
And that's a wrap! If you or your team have any questions about these updates, just click the (?) icon in the top right corner of Planning Center - we're here to help and would love to hear your feedback!
Happy PreChecking!
The Check-Ins Team 💜