Create a Home Page

The home page is the first page that loads when Church Center is opened, so you want to make sure that people see the most important things first. You can create a traditional, static home page with general information, or you can make the home page dynamically schedule-based, so your congregation always sees what they need first.

Configure Your Home Page

You can add announcements or styled graphics with links, so people know what's most important to you.

Tip

Check out this sample home page. If you'd like some inspiration for your home page, the Planning Center communities on Slack or Facebook are great ways for churches to share advice and connect with each other using chat. On Slack, go to the #product-publishing channel to see custom page designs and shared templates!

In the All Pages tab, click the Home page to edit it.

From the page editor, you can customize your home page to fit the personality of your church by dragging blocks of information.

While you're editing, you can preview the changes without making it visible to your whole congregation using Draft Mode.

Tip

Header images are displayed with a 16:9 aspect ratio on both web and mobile. The recommended dimensions are 2000x1125 pixels, and images can be PNG, JPG or GIF files.

Choose a Block Type

You can add different block types to your page depending on what type of content you want to share.

Block Name	Content to be Added
Button	Create a button and attach a hyperlink to it.
Contact	Add contact information that congregants can click or tap to contact your church.
Divider	Add a horizontal line to divide sections of your page.
Event schedule	Add a date, time, and description of an event.
Image	Upload an image on your page. You can also attach a hyperlink to the image to use it as a button. Notice Use the Image Sizing Guide to upload the right size and file type.
Location	Enter an address to generate a map view on the page.
Section header	Add a header for a section of your page. You can add a background image, button, and text.
Social	Add a link to your church's Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube page.
Text	Add some text to your page.
Video	Add a URL or embed code to a video hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, or Boxcast.
Grid	Add multiple items, such as buttons and images with hyperlinks and texts, and display them in a grid with up to three columns. You can adjust the number of columns based on mobile and desktop views. Caution For easy management, it is recommended to have no more than 12 items per block. Tip Don't add content to an item if you don't want it to show on the published page.

Add a Linked Image

You can make make your images clickable links so that when someone taps or clicks the graphic, they'll be taken to the linked page. You can link to another site or even a form from your styled graphic.

To create a linked image, select the image on the home page, and fill out the linking information.

1. Enable the ability to link the image.

2. Enter the URL.

3. Check the box to open the link in a new tab.

Me as 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, joined groups, registration history, and organizations. Congregants can set their schedules, email team leaders, customize their profile and settings, and manage their giving from this page.

Your congregation can still tap Home in Church Center to see your home page.

Tip

For more information on what congregants can do on the Me page, check out this article!

Set Me as Church Center Home Page

On the Navigation tab, toggle on Make Me the start page.

Click Save draft to apply the change. When you're ready to publish this change, click Publish.