324 updates shipped across ChurchApps in the last few weeks. Micheal and Kari pick the one that changes every day you spend in the software — the new global search — plus three favorites (your sermon library is now a podcast, duplicate person detection, and a refund button for donations) and a lightning round of ten more, all linked below. The theme running through all of it: more power, less clutter.

THE HEADLINER: GLOBAL SEARCH (Command Palette)
- A search bar now sits at the top of every B1 Admin page — click it, press Cmd+K (Ctrl+K on Windows), or just tap the / key
- "Do" actions: add a person, start check-in — straight from the palette
- "Jump" to any section: People, Groups, Donations, Plans, Attendance, Site, Sermons, Calendars
- Type a member's name and jump straight to their profile — no menus
- More on finding people: https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/people/searching-people

FAVORITE #2: YOUR SERMONS ARE NOW A PODCAST
- Sermons page → new "Podcast Feed" panel → copy your church's feed URL and submit it once to Apple Podcasts / Spotify
- Sermons now accept an audio file; only sermons with an audio or direct video file are included in the feed (embeds alone won't work — keep your recordings!)
- New Podcast element in the website builder displays episodes on your own site
- Sermon library docs: https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/sermons/
- Full sermon setup guide: https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/guides/sermon-library

FAVORITE #3: DUPLICATE PERSON DETECTION
- Adding a new person quietly checks your database first — a match on email, phone number, or name + birthdate pops a "Possible Duplicate" dialog showing who it found
- "Use Existing" takes you straight to the record already in your system; "Create Anyway" is there for legitimate cases (like family members sharing an email)
- A matching name alone doesn't trigger it — two real Bob Johnsons are safe
- Adding people docs: https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/people/adding-people

FAVORITE #4: REFUND BUTTON ON DONATIONS
- Open an online donation in its batch → a Refund button now sits next to Delete
- One confirmation refunds the gift in full through your payment gateway; the donation shows a "Refunded" badge, the amount is struck through, and batch totals update
- Applies to online gifts (ones with a card transaction); requires giving edit permissions
- Recording donations docs: https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/donations/recording-donations

LIGHTNING ROUND — TEN MORE
1. QuickBooks export on donation batches — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/donations/batches
2. Lapsed Givers report (use it as a care list) — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/donations/donation-reports
3. Failed recurring gifts auto-retry and email the donor — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/donations/online-giving-setup
4. Manual headcounts + headcount trend report — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/attendance/recording-attendance
5. Birthday-week condition in the check-in label designer — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/attendance/labels
6. Curriculum year plans follow the real calendar; publishers can pin lessons to holidays — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/serving/scheduling-lessons
7. Profile visibility levels: Staff Only / My Group Leaders and Staff — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-mobile/profile/privacy-settings
8. Group join requests become approvable tasks for leaders — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/groups/group-join-requests
9. Dark theme for B1 Admin — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/
10. Japanese language support + Canada/Australia/NZ giving statement formats — https://support.churchapps.org/docs/b1-admin/donations/giving-statements

SEE EVERY UPDATE
- All development happens in the open — every change, every discussion: https://github.com/ChurchApps
- Have a feature request? Open an issue on GitHub — that's how many of these updates started.

Try It This Week: Log into admin.b1.church, press Cmd+K, and type the name of somebody you've been meaning to check on.

NEW TO B1? START HERE — IT'S FREE
- First time? Go to b1.church to create your free account — no cost, no credit card.
- Already set up? Log in at admin.b1.church.

Resources:
- Create a free account: b1.church
- B1 Admin (log in): admin.b1.church
- Help & Support: support.churchapps.org
- ChurchApps on GitHub: github.com/ChurchApps