Planning Center Services clocks

What these clocks show

Church Remote offers a scheduled service-start clock and a calculated current-item clock from Services LIVE information. The app reads your authorized service data; it does not take over LIVE, advance an item or edit your plan. A service that is not running LIVE may have no current-item reading.

Connect your church account

1. Open Timers & Countdowns, then Planning Center Sign-in & Clocks. Choose Sign in to Planning Center.
2. Complete the provider’s sign-in and approve Services access for the account you intend to use. Each person authorizes their own access; no shared church API key is needed.
3. Choose the service, plan and service time. Leave automatic service-time following enabled to move through the selected plan’s service times, or select a fixed time.
4. Use End Item on Time, the default, or choose Full Item Length or End Service on Time where source information supports it. Give the clocks recognizable names and save.
5. Turn on Show Countdown on Watch or Show Next Service Start on Watch during setup, or use Show on Watch on the saved timer card.

Pinning and freshness

Pin a clock to Church Remote’s own Home dashboard for quick access. Watch sharing is a separate choice. When the source cannot synchronize, the card shows stale or unavailable data; locally advancing digits do not prove that remote service changes are arriving. Shared Planning Center clocks do not currently add an Apple Home Screen widget or timer Live Activity.

If the plan or time is missing

Check that the signed-in person can see the service and plan in Planning Center Services. Confirm the correct plan and service time, and check LIVE status before expecting current-item timing. Reconnect this phone if access was revoked. Disconnecting the phone removes its local connection; manage provider authorizations in Planning Center when necessary.