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What’s new in Display.Church: November 2026

Easier event browsing, more design control, and a look at what’s next for Display.Church.

By Display.Church Team

Help people find what’s next at your church—with a calendar that’s easier to browse and widgets that fit the way you work. This roundup brings together the improvements we announced from August 31 through November 10, plus a look at what we’re building next.

Help people find their next event

A useful calendar keeps the next step easy to find. These changes give your church more control over what visitors see and how they move through your events.

Illustration of the Full Calendar first-day-of-week update
Feature illustration from the original update.
Full Calendar

Start the week your way

Choose the first day of the week in Full Calendar so your calendar follows the rhythm of your church.

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Weekly View uses the First day of week setting under Design → Days and dates.
Weekly View

Keep Weekly View on the same page

Weekly View now loads the date range that matches your saved week start, helping prevent events on the final day from being left out.

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Mobile
Full Calendar
Full Calendar · Mobile

Make busy dates easier to spot on mobile

Larger event-count badges and a clickable date cell help phone visitors find a day’s events more easily.

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Design → Events offers Show the next 7 days, with Infinite scroll turned off in this demo preview.
Supported card and list layouts

Show what’s coming up next

Display a rolling 1–31 days of events, so a busy week and a quieter week both get the right amount of space.

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The selected-month display option is in Design → Events. The recurring-series correction applies when this is combined with Merge recurring events.
Selected-month + recurring-event filters

Keep the next recurring event visible

Upcoming occurrences stay visible when selected-month views and merged recurring events are used together.

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The demo Events List shows month navigation again below the final event.
Events List

Keep browsing from the end of the list

Visitors can move between months at the bottom of Events List, without scrolling back to the top.

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Design → Slider offers Show navigation arrows and an Arrow color setting with Default and Custom choices.
Slide Calendar

Match navigation to your design

Customize Slide Calendar’s navigation arrows, including their colors, to suit the page around your widget.

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The calendar subscription menu offers Apple, Google, Outlook, and an offline ICS download.
Calendar subscriptions

Help subscribed calendars stay accurate

Improved recurring-event and time-zone handling helps subscribers receive accurate event details. External calendar apps still control how often they refresh.

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Make the builder work better for you

Small editing improvements add up when you’re preparing a page for Sunday. Find new options faster, give your design more room, and keep your cards tidy.

Focus Mode keeps the widget preview and settings together, with Exit Focus at the top.
Widget builder

Get more room to focus

Focus Mode gives you a dedicated builder workspace for the widget you’re editing. Exit Focus takes you back to the regular view.

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Green markers identify Design sections containing new options.
Widget builder

Find the new controls faster

NEW badges and green section markers point you toward recent additions, including options tucked inside collapsed Design settings.

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Card call-to-action settings include Align button to bottom and Make button full width.
Supported calendar and Groups card layouts

Give cards a cleaner finish

Align buttons at the bottom of supported calendar and Groups cards, even when descriptions have different lengths.

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Expanded filtering help in the widget builder, with instructions and a link to learn more.
Widget builder

Read help without losing your place

Better spacing makes longer help messages easier to scan while you customize your widgets.

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A smoother experience with the tools you use

Use the sections that match your setup. These updates apply to the named integration or feature; you don’t need to change the tools your church already uses.

A Planning Center demo signup card displays its date range above the title. This illustrates date placement, rather than the specific shortened-date regression.
Demo showing date placement, not a reproduction of the corrected date issue.
Planning Center · Signup Forms

Make signup dates easier to trust

Planning Center Signup Forms now handle shortened date ranges more reliably, helping visitors see when an opportunity starts.

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A demo Groups Card Grid card shows its description between the meeting information and group details.
Groups Card Grid · Planning Center / Pushpay

Make group descriptions easier to read

Groups Card Grid displays multi-paragraph descriptions with more consistent spacing, including descriptions imported from Pushpay/CCB.

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Google Calendar Events List includes Show/Display tags, pill styling, tag limits, and exclusions.
Google Calendar

Keep event categories in view

Google Calendar tags can appear across more applicable layouts, helping visitors identify ministries, audiences, or event types at a glance.

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Thinking about your wider event workflow? Read Arbor Road’s story for another perspective on reducing manual entry. That example uses Pushpay/CCB.

Bring the details together on your website and in email

If you use Nucleus or share a calendar through Mailchimp, these improvements help the finished experience match the setup you chose.

The Nucleus calendar instructions show Custom (Raw) sizing, the custom CSS snippet, and the live-site preview reminder.
Nucleus · Calendar installation

Set up a Nucleus calendar with clearer guidance

Expanded instructions bring the required layout, sizing, and CSS steps together. Check the result on your live Nucleus site after saving.

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The Nucleus installation note explains when to use a full-URL action instead of an internal Page action.
Nucleus · Pages containing widgets

Help widgets appear when visitors follow a link

Nucleus guidance explains when to use a full-URL action so a destination page containing your widget loads correctly.

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In the Mailchimp template preview, Show only is set to three events. Regenerate your code after changing the limit.
Mailchimp calendar exports

Send the number of events you selected

Mailchimp calendar code now respects your selected event count and keeps the first event in the feed. Regenerate and replace existing code to apply the fix.

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Clearer choices for Free accounts

If you’re using Display.Church on a Free plan, here’s what to know about keeping content current and checking an available offer.

The Free-plan notice explains that Auto-Sync is unavailable and updates must be published manually.
Free and Forever Free plans

Know when to sync manually

Free and Forever Free plans keep manual syncing available while Auto-Sync is disabled. Clearer notices explain how your plan works.

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The eligible Free demo workspace shows a Get 1 Month Free offer with View Offer. Availability depends on the account.
Eligible Free accounts only

Check an offer in your account

Eligible Free accounts can open View Offer for a one-time promotion: a free first month on monthly billing, or one twelfth off the first annual payment. Regular pricing applies at renewal; availability and expiry depend on your account.

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Keep making it easier to connect

Thank you for the feedback that helps shape Display.Church. Whether you’re refining an existing widget or exploring your first one, we hope these improvements make it easier to connect people with the life of your church.

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