Product Thumbnail

The Planning Center Playbook

A community and training hub for churches using Planning Center effectively

Community, Course
Be more productive
+1 more
Listing thumbnail

The Planning Center Playbook Community is a step-by-step training course designed to help church teams confidently implement, optimize, and scale Planning Center.

This isn’t just “how the buttons work.” The Playbook walks you through real-world church workflows, best practices, and proven setups used by growing churches every week—so your systems actually support ministry, not slow it down.

Inside the Playbook, you’ll learn how to:

* Structure Planning Center for staff, volunteers, and multi-department teams

* Build workflows that move people from guests → engaged → serving

* Reduce admin bottlenecks and manual work

* Set up Planning Center for growth, not just today’s needs

* Train your team with a shared, repeatable system

The course is self-paced, practical, and designed to be used by your entire church staff—from admins and pastors to volunteer leaders.

Whether you’re just getting started or cleaning up years of growth, the Planning Center Playbook gives you a clear path forward.

Outcomes

  • Turn data into engagement workflows
  • Automate church processes efficiently
  • Improve member communication and follow-up
  • Strengthen community coordination and outreach
  • Master Planning Center

What's included?

  • Training & Video Course Library

    Comprehensive tutorials on Planning Center setup, forms, workflows, automation and best practices across all apps.

  • Consulting & Implementation Support

    Guidance from Threefold Solutions for migration, data cleanup, system configuration and customized workflows.

  • Community & Resource Hub

    Access to forums, templates, ongoing support and updates to help churches adapt as they grow.

Courses

Playbook Course

Playbook Course

17 sections • 101 lessons

Who is this for?

  • Church leaders and ministry teams using Planning Center or migrating to it
  • Volunteers or staff responsible for church operations and data management
  • Churches seeking to improve member engagement, outreach and internal workflows

About the creator

Jason Silbernagel picture

Jason Silbernagel

Co-Founder

Jason Silbernagel is co-founder of Threefold Solutions and the creator of The Planning Center Playbook. He combines deep experience in ministry operations with digital strategy to support churches in transforming technology into meaningful community...

The Planning Center Playbook | Circle Discover