Exciting Update: Introducing Church Center & Planning Center

We’re excited to share an important update about how we stay connected and care for our church family! Throughout the summer, we will be transitioning our church database and management system to Planning Center, with Church Center as our new, user-friendly hub for giving, event sign-ups, and staying connected.

If you serve on the worship or tech teams, you may already be familiar with Planning Center—this is the same system that has been used for volunteer scheduling. Now, we’re expanding it to better serve our entire church family.

Church Center will make it easier than ever to update your information, register for events, join and communicate with your groups, and give online—all in one place.

Getting Started is Easy:

Go to Church Center
On your computer or on your app store on your ipad or cell phone.

You can email Sherrie Brower  sbrower@faithrc.org  to get the direct link.

Log In or Create Your Account
Enter your phone number or email address and follow the prompts to log in. For those that have been attending Faith Church, your information should already be in place (but please check to make sure there are no mistakes.) If you’re new to Faith Church, you’ll be guided through creating a simple profile.

  1. Please Note: You will not be invited into the directory until someone from the church office accepts your profile. (***We will be vigilant to allow only actual people that are attending Faith Church. There have been many attempts for scammers to try to get access for this information at other churches in the past.)
  2. You can also talk to Sue Bartels or Sherrie Brower in person and they can help you.
  3. Verify Your Information
    Once logged in, take a moment to review and update your contact and household information, birthdates and other information.
  4. Set up Online Giving
    If you currently give online or would like to start, we kindly ask that you switch your online giving to Church Center by the end of July. This will help ensure a smooth transition and keep everything running efficiently. (Be sure to cancel Pushpay or Realm if you have giving set up there. Or let Sue or Sherrie know and we can cancel for you.)

 

Thank you for your flexibility and partnership as we take this step forward together—we’re excited about the ways this new system will help us stay better connected as a church family!

CHURCH CENTER!

June 17, 2026

We did it—Church Center is officially LIVE!
This is your new hub for staying connected, updating your info, finding people in the directory, joining groups, giving online, registering and paying for events, and more—all in one place!

After you are invited to the directory, here’s a few tips if you need any help…

 “Where am I?” (Directory Help!)

This week in June, we’ve seen more than 200 people jump in and view —amazing!
But if you can’t find yourself in the directory, you probably just need to flip one quick setting:

  1. Go to Church Center and click the directory. If you aren’t listed, there should be a prompt that tells you that.
  2. Opt in at the prompt. 
  3. From there, you’ll be able to check boxes about which information that you’d like to share
    One thing to know… If you click on “Allow others to contact me,” know that your email still won’t be visible to others when they contact you. It just shows up as a button  CONTACT (YOUR NAME) on your profile. If you reply to them, that’s when they can see that information.
  4. Hit Save

Boom—you’re in!

Add Your Smiling Face!

Help us put names to faces (and avoid awkward “I should know your name…” moments )

To add a photo:

  1. Click your profile picture
  2. Select “Edit Profile”
  3. Click the photo area to upload a picture
  4. Save your changes

Pretty simple—and so helpful for everyone! Sherrie and Emily will also be available to take your picture on Sunday mornings. Just ask!

Online Giving Update

If you’ve been giving online, you can now switch over to Church Center for giving too—simple, secure, and all in one place!

You can set this up either in the Church Center app or on your computer.
Here is a short video that goes through the steps: https://planningcenter.wistia.com/medias/hdnsfv5xnc

It only takes a couple of minutes, and then you’re all set!

Thank you for trusting us with your information.