Church operations blog

Notes from the church office

Receipts, workflows, check-in security, and the unglamorous plumbing that keeps a congregation cared for — written from the build, not the brochure.

Switching

Planning Center Alternatives in 2026: An Honest Comparison

We make one of the alternatives below, and we'll tell you when the others fit better — including when the right answer is staying put. Real pricing shapes, honest trade-offs, and the four questions to ask before switching.

August 4, 2026 · The SundayHQ Team

Product

Why We Built SundayHQ

The church software market offers three trade-offs and no complete answer. SundayHQ exists because a church is one body — and its software should be one app, with the receipts done right on both sides of the border.

July 3, 2026 · The SundayHQ Team

Compliance

A Donation Receipt Is a Legal Document, Not a Mail Merge

Most church software treats year-end receipts as a formatting job: donor name, total, nice logo, send. In Canada especially, that casual approach produces documents that don't meet the legal requirements — and the charity, not the software vendor, carries the risk.

June 26, 2026 · The SundayHQ Team

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