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Children's Ministry Portal

Kidspire

The children's ministry portal your families will actually use

Kidspire gives your kids ministry a public-facing events page, a family portal for registrations and profiles, and seamless two-way sync with Planning Center Online — all in one self-hostable package.

Open source · MIT licensed Deploy on Railway in minutes

What's Inside

Everything your kids ministry needs

Three core features that work together to give families a seamless experience and your staff total visibility.

Family Portal

One account for the whole family. Register children for events, manage profiles, and stay connected. Parents see everything in one place.

Event Registration

Public event listings with per-child signup forms. Families register in minutes. Staff see it instantly. No spreadsheets required.

Planning Center Sync

Connect your PCO account once. Family records, children, and events sync automatically — both directions. Always in sync, never stale.

How It Works

Built for real church workflows

Kidspire connects the dots between your public presence and your internal systems.

Public Events Page

Your church gets a beautiful public page listing upcoming kids events. Families browse and register without needing to call the office.

Staff Dashboard

See registrations, manage events, review family profiles. Everything your children's ministry team needs in one admin view.

PCO Keeps Working

Changes in Kidspire flow to Planning Center, and vice versa. Your team doesn't change their workflow — they just get a better front door.

Get Started

From zero to running in minutes

1

Click Deploy on Railway

One click and your infrastructure is live.

2

Set your environment variables

Paste your API keys and you're configured.

3

Connect Planning Center

Two-way sync starts working automatically.