Dear Gracely Community,
We’re so excited to share everything we rolled out in April! With your feedback, we added powerful features, made meaningful improvements, and fixed some pesky bugs—making Gracely more helpful for your ministry each day.
Here’s everything you need to know:
✨ New Features
🌍 Multi-Campus Functionality (By Request)
Manage multiple church locations under one Gracely account! Easily switch between campuses, assign people per location, and customize each one.
Available by request—let us know if you’d like early access!
🔒 Member Login & Church Portal Access
Your congregation can now log in via the Church Portal to:
- View and update personal and family details
- Access giving and attendance history
- Stay informed with group involvement and upcoming events
A big step toward member empowerment and transparency.
🚀 Improvements
🖼 Church Portal Gallery
Add up to 12 images to your Church Portal homepage to welcome visitors with photos of your community and ministry life.
📩 Email Notifications for Follow-Ups
When a follow-up is assigned, the responsible person now gets an instant email notification—so nothing falls through the cracks.
🖥️ Embed Events on Your Website
Display events directly on your website! Visitors can mark their attendance without needing to log in.
👉 Learn how to embed an event →
🧾 Print Giving Totals by Name
Print a clean list of your congregation alphabetically with total donation amounts—great for stewardship reports.
👉 How to print donation totals →
💰 Printable Funds Overview
Print your Funds page for financial team meetings and planning discussions.
📞 International Phone Support
Expanded support for international phone number formats makes data entry smoother for churches worldwide.
📅 New Calendar + Multiple Calendars
Use multiple calendars to organize ministry activities, staff meetings, and location-specific events—on a cleaner, redesigned calendar view.
📲 One-Click SMS to Groups
Send a group-wide SMS with just one click. Fast, effective communication for any ministry moment.
✨ General UX Enhancements
Dozens of small fixes and tweaks to polish the interface and improve the user experience across Gracely.
🐞 Bug Fixes
✅ New accounts now redirect properly to their custom subdomain after sign-up.
✅ Fixed filters in Communication, so sorting and organizing your messages works as expected.
✅ Newly created accounts now have functional filters in the Dashboard
✅ Emails and SMS messages are now sent as scheduled
📢 What’s Coming Soon
We’re actively building the next round of powerful tools—many of them inspired by your feedback:
👶 Child Check-In
A simple, secure check-in process for children’s ministry and Sunday school.
📊 Advanced Reporting Tools
Custom reports with filters and insights across people, giving, attendance, and more.
🏢 Rooms & Resources Management
Book rooms, reserve equipment, and avoid double-booking—all within Gracely.
🎟 Paid Events (Full Release)
Additional options and controls for selling tickets to events and tracking attendance.
🧾 Pledge Management Enhancements
Refinements to help you track pledges and communicate progress with givers.
🌐 Church Portal Customization
Control the layout, colors, and feel of your Church Portal to reflect your church’s unique identity.
🫶 Pastoral Counseling Requests
Let members request a meeting with a pastor directly through the Church Portal—making care and connection easier than ever.
Thank you for letting us be a part of your mission. Everything we build is designed to serve your ministry better. If you have ideas or feedback, we’re all ears—just hit reply and let’s talk!
Blessings,
The Gracely Team