BETTER SUNDAYS, ONE UPDATE AT A TIME
Improvement log
A running record of what’s new, improved, and fixed in Sunday Playbook.
Published
Team Plays on the right date
- Keep assigned future events visible under Coming up without adding their support instructions to earlier Team Plays.
- Include event support in the playbook matching the event date, including playbooks prepared ahead of time.
Published
Volunteer playbooks ready for everyday use
- Removed the pilot banner and development-preview footer notice from volunteer playbooks.
Published
Reliable header uploads and clearer team settings
- Header and logo uploads now save automatically and appear across assembled and published playbooks.
- Header previews wait for the image to load and show transparent artwork against a dark background.
- Standardized Teams terminology throughout church settings, leader forms, help text, and new emails.
Published
Church email schedules
- Choose the day and time for weekly team invitations, missing-update reminders, and the submission deadline.
- Use your church’s time zone throughout the schedule and leader forms.
- Keep reminders focused on missing updates and prevent duplicate weekly sends after schedule changes.
Published
A clearer Sunday planning workspace
- Moved first-playbook setup into its own menu item until the first playbook is published.
- Put Service Flow & Events before Assemble a Sunday and simplified weekly navigation.
- Made service-flow tabs clearer and added a shortcut to connect Planning Center when disconnected.
- Improved the weekly team-leader notification schedule and page spacing.
- Put the playbook first in review and made source comparison collapsible and closed by default.
- Made the date the playbook cover heading, emphasized the Huddle Message, and renamed the overview to Sunday Overview.
- Show team instructions only when a team is selected.
- Kept the same presentation in draft previews and standalone published playbooks, and fixed standalone loading.
Published
Reliable billing status updates
- Billing status updates can now be received while payment collection remains paused.
Published
Clearer church setup
- Invited churches now start with Connected preselected while keeping the normal trial and billing terms.
- Renamed the church address field to Slug and added an example and address preview.
Published
Updated monthly and yearly offers
- Manual is $14/month, reduced from $24; Connected is $24/month, reduced from $37.
- Yearly offers now cost ten monthly payments: $140 for Manual and $240 for Connected.
- Existing subscriptions keep their locked rates.
Published
Clearer setup for free accounts
- Lifetime accounts now show card setup as not required.
- Stopped card-setup reminders for accounts with lifetime access.
Published
Errors that are easier to spot
- Made error messages red and bold, with a clear border and attention marker.
- Kept workspace error notifications visible until dismissed.
- Clarified error feedback during sign-in, signup and password recovery.
Published
Clearer subscription information
- Added plan pricing, trial countdowns and renewal estimates to Account & billing.
- Clarified paused billing, cancellation dates and payment-management links.
- Fixed access to billing recovery after a failed payment.
Published
Simpler account page
- Removed legacy credit sections from Account & billing.
- Kept historical records privately while preserving assembly counts and AI cost reporting.
Published
Playbook assembly included with subscriptions
- Removed credit requirements and per-assembly credit charges.
- Playbook assembly is now included with your subscription.
- Added per-assembly AI cost details to owner analytics.
Published
Support Needs attention dashboard
- Added a support dashboard for invitation follow-ups, failed emails, billing problems, integration issues, and incomplete setup.
- Added alert filters, recorded dates, and links to the next step.
Published
Improvement log and easier feedback
- Added a public improvement log in the footer, with dated release updates.
- Added a Send feedback footer link for signed-in church users.
Published
Plan Sundays up to six weeks ahead
- Plan six weeks ahead using the date menu or Previous and Next arrows.
- Revise team updates until Thursday noon in your church’s time zone.
- Keep future drafts private until their week arrives and you publish them.
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