CareNote Updates – October 2025

People standing before large digital board filled with colorful notes and cards in warm-lit church with arched windows.
Congregation members reviewing the church's care coordination board, tracking ongoing needs and ministry opportunities.

This month's CareNote updates include powerful AI-powered briefings for deeper congregant insights, enhanced team transfer capabilities, and smarter group assignment automation. As always, we're committed to helping your care ministry teams respond more effectively and work more efficiently.


Core Platform Improvements

AI-Powered Congregant Briefing System

CareNote now generates intelligent briefings that provide comprehensive overviews of congregant interactions and care history. This helps your team understand context quickly and respond with greater wisdom and care.

Enhanced Team Transfer Code

Moving care responsibilities between team members is now smoother and more reliable. Whether you're transitioning seasonal volunteers or adjusting team structures, transfers maintain complete care continuity.

Improved Activity Logging

Care request reports are now automatically tracked in your activity logs, giving you better visibility into your team's response patterns and helping you identify areas for improvement.


Planning Center Online Integration

This month brought substantial improvements to our Planning Center Online integration:

  • Enhanced Campus Synchronization with automatic data updates from PCO
  • Improved Form Processing that handles character encoding issues more reliably
  • Smart Group Assignment based on form field responses to route requests automatically
  • Fixed Import Issues that previously caused workflow interruptions

These updates mean your PCO data stays current automatically, and care requests get to the right teams faster.


New Features

Dynamic Group Assignment Automation

CareNote can now automatically assign incoming care requests to appropriate groups based on Planning Center Online form responses. If someone selects "elder care" on a form, the request routes directly to your elder care team—no manual sorting required.

Advanced Document Group Restrictions

You now have more control over document visibility and access. Set group-specific permissions to ensure sensitive materials reach only the appropriate team members while keeping general resources widely available.

Enhanced Filtering and Classification

Find the people and information you need faster with new filtering options for affiliations, genders, and classifications. These improvements make managing larger congregations much more manageable.


Enhanced Administration & Security

Visit Relation Management

  • Enhanced Visit Tracking for CareNotes with better relationship mapping
  • Improved Briefing Pages that provide clearer context for care visits
  • Streamlined Data Access for administrative users

Form Submission Controls

Daily submission limits for care request forms help prevent system overload while ensuring genuine needs are captured effectively.


Behind-the-Scenes Improvements

We've made numerous refinements to ensure CareNote runs smoothly:

  • Better handling of missing data to prevent workflow interruptions
  • Enhanced queue management for faster Planning Center Online imports
  • Improved character encoding support for international names and content
  • More reliable webhook processing to keep your integrations synchronized

2025 CareNote Change Logs:

CareNote Updates – October 2025
CareNote October updates: AI-powered briefings, automatic group assignment, enhanced PCO sync, and improved team management for more effective care ministry.
CareNote Updates – September 2025
September CareNote updates: enhanced volunteer management, improved note visibility controls, JSON import support, and CSV export for care reports.
CareNote Updates – August 2025
New Church Community Builder integration, team notification controls, auto-close care requests, and streamlined dashboards in CareNote’s August update.
CareNote Updates – July 2025
July CareNote updates: redesigned care assignments, enhanced note privacy, self-service importing, and improved team communication for more effective ministry.
CareNote Updates – June 2025
June 2025: New care request tags, multi-campus support, Prayer List reports, and enhanced PCO integration to help your care ministry work more effectively.
CareNote Updates – May 2025
CareNote May updates: volunteer roles, Missing Care Reports, bulk email templates, and better Planning Center sync for more effective ministry coordination.
CareNote Updates – April 2025
CareNote April updates: enhanced team availability, improved ParishSoft sync, AI trial tools, custom workflow dates, and better dashboard analytics.
CareNote Updates – March 2025
March CareNote updates: mobile-responsive design, enhanced notifications, improved Planning Center sync, and better timezone handling for your care ministry.
CareNote Updates – February 2025
February CareNote updates: new Group View Dashboard, enhanced User Dashboard, improved Pastor on Call scheduling, and better care coordination tools.
CareNote Updates – January 2025
CareNote January updates: Enhanced group care coordination, AI-powered notes with sentiment analysis, and improved PCO integration for smoother workflows.