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Planning Center alternative

A European alternative to Planning Center

Planning Center is big in America. For many churches in Europe it is more than they need, and priced in dollars. KerkPoint does what most churches are really after: the schedule and Sunday's service.

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  1. 1 Fill the open place
  2. 2 The volunteer accepts
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Example of a sexton schedule: who is scheduled on which Sunday, who still has to respond and which place is still open.

KerkPoint and Planning Center side by side

Both packages help you plan services and volunteers. The difference is who they are made for.

KerkPoint Planning Center
Language English, Dutch or German English
Price From €9.99 per month, in euros In dollars, per product
Made for Churches in Europe: sexton, organist, elder on duty, offering American churches with a large worship team
Order of service and slides A slide per verse, the reading and the offering with a QR code Extensive music planning with chord charts
Privacy European company, GDPR and a data processing agreement American company

Why churches in Europe switch

  • Familiar tasks: sexton, organist, elder on duty, reader, nursery and offering are simply there.
  • Easy for older volunteers: log in with a link by e-mail, without a password, and accept a task from the e-mail.
  • Shared fairly: KerkPoint suggests who is next and takes holidays and free Sundays into account.
  • Your own language: each church chooses English, Dutch or German for everyone.
  • One fixed price per month in euros, without separate modules.

Switching in an afternoon

Export your current schedule and import it into KerkPoint, with a preview first. Then set up your recurring services and roles and invite your volunteers. Read how worship planning works in KerkPoint, or try it first in the demo church.

Planning Center is a brand of Ministry Centered Technologies. KerkPoint is not affiliated with it. This comparison describes the packages in general; check Planning Center's own website for its current features and prices.

Availability without phone calls

Volunteers mark their holidays and other days off themselves. Nobody is scheduled on a day they cannot serve.

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  1. 1 Mark a day off
  2. 2 Taken into account when filling automatically
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Example of availability: volunteers mark the days they cannot serve, and are then not scheduled on those days.

Frequently asked questions

Planning Center is an American package with separate products for services, membership, check-ins and more, priced in US dollars. KerkPoint is a European package for the schedule and the service itself, in English, Dutch or German, priced in euros.

For large churches with an extensive music team that shares chord charts and rehearsal tracks, or that want check-ins and giving in the same package. KerkPoint does not do that.

Yes. Export your schedule to Excel or CSV and import it into KerkPoint: the services and who is scheduled. You see a preview before anything is saved.

KerkPoint processes your church's data under the GDPR, on servers in the EU, and signs a data processing agreement with your church. The GDPR page explains which data we process and why.

Yes. The demo gives you your own demo church with services, roles and a filled schedule, without signing up. After that you start with one month free.

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