Create and edit your home page
The home page is the first page you see when opening Church Center, so you want to ensure people see the most important elements. You can create a traditional home page with general details about your church or set the Me page as the start page so your congregation members can easily view their current information.
Edit your home page
Add announcements and styled graphics with links, or display upcoming events or Giving funds. Check out this example of a home page.
If you'd like inspiration from others for your home page, the Planning Center communities on Circle or Facebook are great ways for churches to share advice and connect.
Select Pages from the top navigation.
Select Home from the list of active pages.
Drag content blocks from the right sidebar and drop them into your page design on the left.
Add a header image
Header images are displayed with a 16:9 aspect ratio on both web and mobile. The recommended dimensions are 2000x1125 pixels.
Images can be PNG, JPG, GIF, or WebP files, up to 10 MB.
Drag the Section header block from the right sidebar and drop it into your home page.
Select Upload image.
Add your image file in the popup.
Select Add image.
Add a linked image
Make your images clickable so that when someone selects the image, they'll be taken to a linked page.
Drag the Image block from the right sidebar and drop it into your home page.
Select Choose image.
Add your image file in the popup.
Select Add image.
Select the Link image toggle.
Enter the URL for the linked page.
(Optional) Check the Open link in new tab box if you want the linked URL to open in a new web browser tab instead of the current one.
Preview, discard, save, or publish your changes
Use the buttons at the top right of the editor to preview, discard, save, or save and publish your changes.
Preview: Preview your changes using draft mode.
Discard: Undo the changes since you last saved your draft.
Save draft: Save your current changes without publishing them.
Save & Publish or Publish: Publish your home page's current draft.
Preview a home page draft on mobile
Publishing administrators can see a draft of the home page on the Church Center mobile app by enabling Draft preview mode when logged in to the app.
Log in to the Church Center mobile app.
Tap your profile icon in the upper right corner.
Select My profile and settings.
Under Administrator tools, toggle on Draft preview mode.
Select Home in the navigation menu to see the home page draft.
Share your home page
Select Pages from the top navigation.
Select Home from the list of active pages.
Select the Page Navigation & Access dropdown at the top of the editor to find the URL and QR code options for sharing your home page.
Set Me as your home page
Instead of the traditional home page, you can set Me as your congregant's start page in Church Center! This page is personalized to each congregant and shows their schedule, group membership, registration history, and organizations. Congregants can set their schedules, email team leaders, customize their profile and settings, and manage their giving from this page.
Tip
Your congregation can still tap Home in Church Center if the Home page is in your navigation.
They can also view the Me page by selecting their profile image, even if it's not set as the start page. For more information on what congregants can do on the Me page, check out the Use the Me page help article.
Select the Customize page from the top navigation.
At the top of the page, toggle the Make "Me" the start page setting on.
Select Save & Publish.