Designed for church teams

Planning Center,
the way it should work

Esther is the interface layer your team actually wants to use. Same Planning Center data — cleaner, faster, role-aware.

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How it works

Up and running in minutes

01
Connect

One click to connect Planning Center

Sign up, create your church profile, then authorize Esther to read your Planning Center data. No exports, no imports, no copy-paste. Your people, events, groups, services, and check-ins appear immediately.

  • OAuth-secured connection — your credentials never touch our servers
  • All PCO modules: People, Services, Check-ins, Groups, Calendar, Registrations
  • Disconnect any time with one click
02
Configure

Every person sees exactly what they need

Not everyone on your team needs to see everything. Assign roles when you invite team members — each role surfaces the right tools and hides the rest. No cluttered menus, no overwhelmed staff.

  • Campus Pastor: full access across all modules
  • Worship Director: Services, Events, and team scheduling
  • Kids Director: Check-ins and children's groups only
  • Administrator: billing, integrations, and domain settings
03
Manage

Run your church from one place

Everything your team does in five different Planning Center apps now lives in a single, fast, intuitive interface. Less time navigating menus. More time doing ministry.

  • Live check-in dashboards with attendance by age group
  • Service plans, team schedules, and volunteer status at a glance
  • Follow-up workflows that actually make sense
  • People management without the inflated headcounts

Role-based access

Built around how churches are actually organized

Your kids director doesn't need to see adult service plans. Your worship director doesn't need billing access. Assign a role — the interface adapts.

Campus Pastor

  • Full dashboard
  • All people & groups
  • All events & services
  • Workflows
  • Reports

Worship Director

  • Services & plans
  • Team scheduling
  • Events calendar
  • Volunteer management

Kids Director

  • Check-ins
  • Children's groups
  • Family profiles
  • Attendance reports

Administrator

  • Everything above
  • Billing & plans
  • Domains
  • Integrations & API

Roles are coming in the next update — connect PCO and get set up today.

Why Esther

Planning Center is powerful. Using it shouldn't be hard.

The PCO way
The Esther way
Switching between 6 PCO apps for one task
Everything in one sidebar
Attendance counts that include inactive members
Active-only by default, toggle to see all
Workflows buried four menus deep
Workflows front and center with clear pipeline view
Everyone sees everything — or nothing
Role-based access that actually reflects church org structure
Check-in data spread across events with no summary
Live dashboard with real-time counts by age group
Mobile experience that barely works
Fully responsive, built for phones and tablets

Everything connected

Every Planning Center module in one interface, talking to each other.

People

Active members only, no inflated counts

Groups

Rosters, leaders, and enrollment at a glance

Check-ins

Live attendance by event, age group, and station

Events

Calendar events with registration and capacity bars

Services

Plans, order of service, and team status together

Workflows

Follow-up pipelines with clear step-by-step view

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