How Planning Center Users Can Encourage Prayer Requests with Text In Church

This strategy is even more powerful when paired with our new Text In Church Messaging Add-On for Planning Center.

If you’re already using Planning Center to manage your people, you’ve likely got lists set up for your small groups, ministry teams, or entire congregation. But what if you could instantly send a personalized text to those lists asking one simple, powerful question:

How can we pray for you this week?

With the new Text In Church Messaging Add-On, you can.

By connecting your Planning Center People account with Text In Church, you unlock the ability to send targeted texts to specific lists—all from within Planning Center. One of the most meaningful ways to use this is by sending a prayer check-in once a month.

💬 Example Message:
Hi Corey, our prayer team would love to lift you up this week. Let us know how we can be praying for you.

It’s simple, heartfelt, and invites real connection.

“Because of Text In Church, we can CARE for our people, and the greatest example of this is when we text and simply ask if there is anything we can pray with them about, the response is so huge!! Over and over people have commented how they love that we take time for them and they are connected to us.” - Neill Rowe

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Whether you rotate through your small groups or hit your full list, it takes just a few clicks to schedule this message through the Planning Center integration.

If you're ready to create deeper connections with the people in your church—and do it with tools you're already using—it’s time to try Text In Church.

Try Text In Church free for 14 days and start sending prayer check-ins with ease.