Connect Planning Center or your church software
Who gave last week? Who's new? Your assistant can answer from your church software once it can see it. Connecting is a one-time job, and the same connection works everywhere in Aligned.
1/7 · In your Assistant, press Connections at the top-right
Good to know
- It's one list for the whole church. Connect an app here and it's connected in Settings, the Brain and Aligned Church too — no need to do it twice.
- Church Community Builder signs in like Planning Center: type your church's address if it asks (the part before .ccbchurch.com) and sign in with a login that can edit system-wide settings, such as a Master Administrator. It answers who's new and fills your report's attendance and upcoming events, never giving.
- Planning Center is the only connected app whose events can start an automation — “when someone gives for the first time…” (Zapier, Make or n8n can too, through a webhook) — and the only one the prayer-request monitor can watch.
- To disconnect, press Disconnect next to the app. Any automation that relied on it is paused.
- Don't see your software? If it works with Zapier, Make or n8n, it can start one of your automations through a webhook — see “Connect Zapier, Make or n8n” below. That starts an automation; it doesn't give your assistant your numbers.
If it’s not working
I connected our app, but the assistant still has no numbers
Planning Center, Breeze, Church Community Builder, Givebutter and Donorbox are the apps that feed your assistant. Other apps in the list don't send it your numbers. With one of those five, the first sync can take a little while.
Our app has no Connect, and tapping it says there's nothing to connect
Aligned can't use a connection to that app, so there's nothing to enter — nothing is wrong on your side. If it works with Zapier, Make or n8n, it can still start an automation through a webhook (see “Connect Zapier, Make or n8n” below).
“The connection is fenced, but one or more remote triggers still need cleanup…”
Disconnecting Planning Center couldn't finish tidying up on Planning Center's side. Press Disconnect again rather than connecting on top of it. If it keeps happening, message us from Support.
I turned on Aligned Email, but my assistant still can't send email
Aligned Email only sends Aligned Church's automation emails and messages — it isn't a mailbox. For email in your assistant, connect Gmail or Outlook on the Email tab.
I connected in the phone app, but it still says not connected
The approval finishes in your phone's browser, and nothing takes you back automatically. Switch back to Aligned yourself — the list refreshes on its own.
Next, you might want to
- Ask about your giving and attendance numbersAsk your assistant how giving is trending, who hasn't confirmed to serve on Sunday, or how the church is doing — answered from your own church software.
- Get alerts about gifts and prayer requestsBe told when someone gives for the first time, when a week's giving drops, or when a prayer request comes in.
- Connect Zapier, Make or n8nLet Zapier, Make or n8n start one of your automations — your website form, a sign-up sheet, any app they reach.
- Connect your email and calendarLink Gmail or Outlook so your assistant can read and add to your calendar and send email from your own address — or share only your calendar.