You can communicate with your groups and Services teams using Church Center if chat has been enabled!
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Groups can start conversations and chat using the Church Center mobile app and web browser.
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Services teams can chat using the Church Center and Services mobile apps.
Important
Conversations with Services teams can only be started from the Services mobile app or Planning Center toolbar.
To begin chatting with your group, start a conversation! Each group can have up to 100 conversations. When the 101st conversation starts, the oldest conversation is removed and cannot be recovered.
Notice
Members of groups or teams under 13 will be excluded from the chat and related notifications.
Once a conversation has started, group members can send replies, GIFs, videos (up to 50MB), and images (a maximum of 10 at a time).
Important
Messages are limited to 4,979 characters.
Conversations can be muted, edited, or deleted.
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Anyone can mute a conversation for themselves, but members can only edit or delete conversations they started or their own replies.
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Leaders can edit or delete any conversation or message in any group or team chat.
Group leaders or the members who started the conversation (Conversation Owners) can freeze a conversation to stop reactions and replies for everyone. Whether frozen or unfrozen, anyone can still mute conversations just for themselves from the conversation details.
Important
Conversations with your Services teams cannot be frozen.
From the global conversation list, swipe left to quickly mute/unmute a conversation or mark it as read.
For more management options, select a specific conversation, then tap the name to update the conversation details.
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Tap the name field to update the conversation name.
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Mute this conversation to stop receiving notifications when there is a new reply. Muted chats have a canceled bell icon next to them in your chat list.
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Freeze this conversation when you want to turn off continued reactions and replies for the whole group.
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Delete this conversation when it's no longer needed.
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A green dot appears next to a member's profile picture if they are currently viewing the chat, and you'll see labels for leaders and conversation owners.
Select the conversation you wish to address, then select the Options dropdown to update the conversation settings.
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Mute this conversation to stop receiving notifications when there is a new reply.
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Edit the name of the conversation.
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Delete this conversation when it's no longer needed.
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Freeze this conversation when you want to turn off continued replies and reactions for the whole group.
You can react to or remove specific messages in the chat. While members can only delete messages they've created, leaders can delete any message in any conversation for their teams or groups. Anyone can copy a message or react to one with an emoji.