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Looking for an easy way to make your lyric slides pop on your screen? These 99 still worship backgrounds are the perfect place to start. By adding vivid colors and powerful imagery to your church’s screens, you can bring personality to an otherwise boring visual—plain text.

These FREE still backgrounds are a gift from Church Motion Graphics that we hope will be a blessing to churches around the world as you seek to improve your worship visuals.

If you would like to use more than one background for a presentation, simply drag and drop a new background onto the slides where you’d like to see the change. Some churches choose to use multiple backgrounds per song, such as for the chorus, to emphasize certain moments.

There are many ways to make communication with your church members (new and existing) easier. A few years back, churches were setting up websites and other digital presences in order to connect better with new and potential members. Then it was all about social media, getting under the noses of members as they browsed Facebook or Twitter. Nowadays, the technology on everyone’s minds is digital signage.

What is this and does your church need it? Well, we see it like this; if you want to communicate better, in a more cost-effective and sustainable way that will attract and retain attention then the answer is yes.

Digital signage at its most basic is content on screens and TV monitors that you use within your physical landscape to share and collate information. Digital signage can be a mixture of social media feeds, image galleries and digital noticeboards aimed at giving up-to-the-minute information and advice to your congregation. In fact, it can be anything you want! Which is why it’s so incredibly useful.

If you’re still in two minds about whether your church is ‘modern’ enough to have its own digital signage display perhaps this will change your mind. First Baptist Greenville, a North Carolina church founded back in 1831, has recently deployed its first digital signage display.

First Baptist Greenville is a champion of inclusion and also recognizes that its congregation, like most of today’s world, is pretty tech savvy. To get them on board with notices and communication, it implemented a digital signage channel. This church digital signage network is said to share:Announcements and news

The network of screens and TV monitors is placed in high footfall areas throughout the church, as well as the gym and recreational center to provide health tips and motivational messaging. What a great way to make congregation members spend more time not only at the church, but in the gym too!

Faith Community Bible Church is one of our customers here at ScreenCloud, a relatively new congregation (2003 onwards) that recently implemented a great digital signage display.

Faith Community Bible Church needed to display information about upcoming events and the current sermon series in a way that was beautiful and appealing. Static signs could have done this sure, but screens not only create a better ambience but also communicate the information in what they believe is a more appealing way!

You can spot in the images above and below, how they use multiple screens to create a split image poster regarding upcoming events or charitable initiatives.

We feel that this is a true case study to show how digital signage doesn’t have to be complicated or led by someone technical. With the right system and a little creatively, it’s easy to get all of your information up onto screens in an aesthetic that’s pleasing on the eye.

You can gather posts from the church’s social media profiles, as well as pictures or videos that members of your community post on social media tagged with your hashtag, all in one unified feed that you can display on a digital signage.

What better to transmit a sense of belonging than a feed full of photos with emotive captions from your community and posts from your profile? Take The Church Without Walls, for example.

This church in Houston uses their social wall to promote virtual bible study groups, highlight church members’ achievements, post inspirational bible verses, share footage of services, and so much more. The wall collects content from both the church’s social media profiles and community members, which instantly creates a feeling of community and tells the story of a congregation that sticks together.

The Church Without Walls encourages people to use the hashtag #iamtcww on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to be featured on the community’s social wall powered by Walls.io.

We came across Legacy Church in a case study online and were impressed by their digital signage efforts as well as how many different use cases they had implemented.

Legacy Church, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico implemented 60 individual screen displays throughout its campus as a multi-screen video wall for the foyer that could livestream sermons to guests on arrival.

Many of the digital screens at Legacy Church support its classroom programme, with a screen outside each room that provides class details, instructor names and graphics specific to that class and lesson. This alleviates the need for staff who are solely positioned to hand out paper leaflets. The content is also setup on a schedule so that it updates itself in time with lesson plans.

As well as your ‘standard’ digital signage display used in churches to display information, updates and social media feeds, you also have those who really push the boundaries on what can be achieved.

Enter Crossroads Church, located across Ohio and Kentucky who used digital signage in order to showcase the ‘power of prayer’. This is an art installation that was setup across a series of rooms, using digital signage through screens and projection to create different environments to help communicate prayer information.

The difference between this use of digital signage and traditional displays, is that it has been setup to create an immersive ‘experience’, where stories are brought to life and told to the audience. Yet unlike other experiences which need to employ actors, sets and so on, this one is made up of digital screens.

To setup your own digital signage church display we offer a 14-day free trial of our digital signage cloud-based software. We also offer a 25% discount for all non-profit organizations. Visit https://screencloud.com to get started.

Get important announcements, photos and videos of successful events and local outreach news on your TV screens, in just a few clicks. Drag & drop files into our church digital signage software to get great content up and running, quickly & easily.

Keep your members interested and engaged with digital church signs. Show relevant quotations, or provide lyrics so everyone can participate. Use your own videos and images or choose from our free Gallery. Customize images with our in-app Image Editor.

Help attendance numbers rise, by letting people know when preschool, youth and support groups meet with church notice boards. Use one of our free Calendar Widgets to promote services and meetings, hassle-free.

Make your community stronger than ever with digital signs for churches. Use videos and images to inspire people to take part and give back. Create a playlist of upcoming events to grab people’s attention and increase participation.

Generate extra revenue by hosting ads from trusted businesses, organizations and schools via church electronic signs. Help other local organizations get the publicity they need to succeed. Our Playback Reports feature makes “proof of play” automatic.

Spread the news immediately by uploading new content to all screens at the same time with digital display boards for churches. Outdated info on bulletin boards will be a thing of the past.

Show old and new members the importance of actively participating in services and outreach events. Use media content to display the many benefits of being a part of your church.

User-friendly drag & drop features make it quick and easy for anyone to create visually engaging content. No tech-savvy required! You’re done in a few clicks with Yodeck’s church digital signage software.

Get your hardware pre-configured with your WiFi credentials. We’ll do it for you, at no extra cost. Then, connect your screens and show great content in minutes. We promise there’s no tech expertise required.

Small screens for digital signage can be the key to engaging your target viewers while they shop, wait in line or come in close proximity to your TVs.

If you’ve ever attended a church service where they sang a song that you’d never heard before, then you understand how important it is to display the lyrics so that everyone can participate.

Or, maybe you’ve listened to a pastor’s message and been thankful that a screen was available to display the Bible verses and points so you could jot them down for later.

If you’re one of the individuals who are responsible for displaying things like song lyrics, Bible verses, announcement slides, and sermon points at your church, what you do is essential! What you bring to your times of worship is far more valuable these days than I think most people even realize.

To help make this important area of technical ministry easier, I’ve put together a collection of resources that will take your church’s screens to the next level. You’ll be thankful that you have these in your tool belt.

Church presentation software has changed dramatically in the last few years. It can be confusing to both newbies and even the most seasoned church tech volunteers. No matter what program your church is using—ProPresenter, MediaShout, EasyWorship, Worship Extreme, Proclaim, or another—your best route to learning more about its specific features is online tutorials. Luckily, you can find many of these online. For example, ProPresenter has dozens of training videos on their website, MediaShout has published many instructional videos on their YouTube channel, and EasyWorship has a large video library.

Beyond learning the specific software that your church is using to run its screens, I also know that there are a million other questions that come up as you’re serving in this area. The best route to figuring out the nitty-gritty details of church tech is to join in on the discussion happening between other real church techs around the world in Facebook Groups. One of the most popular groups is run by our parent company, Church Motion Graphics, and is geared specifically toward those responsible for media, tech, and communication in their churches. You can join CMG Community here.

One of the greatest benefits of using the copyright licensing services of CCLI is the included SongSelect tool. This website is one of the largest online collections of worship lyrics where you can feel confident that you’re downloading the correct words to use on your church’s screens. Plus, it integrates with nearly all church presentation software, so it’s super easy to search and import song lyrics automatically.

In addition to the large collection of eye-catching worship backgrounds that lyric templates for ProPresenter that make it easy to add some excitement to your slides. If you’re a Pro7 user, you’ll love that you can quickly change up the style of your slides in just a few clicks. Plus, you can be confident that you’ve got a great look every time without all of the hard work of designing from scratch. Also known as “ProPresenter Themes,” these templates are one of the best ways to bring a creative touch to a special song or to establish a new style for all of your church’s slides. See more from Visual Revival here.

Another great method for importing song lyrics is to download them directly from Multitracks. Many churches already use this worship resource to download music tracks and pads to use along with their band. You can download accurate lyrics for the songs your team is singing and even export them directly as a ProPresenter file. This saves a ton of time over entering the words manually. Plus, there are even features to be able to have their app run the lyric slides for you.

Have you ever wished there was a go-to guide for all things church screens? Well, The Worship Media Handbook is it! This FREE, 104 page PDF ebook is filled with the fundamentals of worship projection and sermon presentation. It will quickly train you and your church media team on how to prepare, edit and project worship lyrics and sermon slides with excellence. I like to give this guide to all new volunteers and have a hard copy printed for the tech booth.

Preparing for a successful church service can be really challenging because there are so many different people and elements involved. It’s important to communicate with each other and ensure that everyone is on the same page about what’s expected for your time of worship, but it’s difficult to stay in sync. That’s where Planning Center Online comes in. Their “Services” tool is a go-to resource for making it easy for churches to collaborate like this.

Finally, one of my favorite resources to recommend is available for free and is a lifesaver for church screens. CMG Sans is a downloadable font that was specifically designed to look great on things like worship slides and sermon presentations. Created by Church Motion Graphics, who is known as a valuable resource for worship backgrounds, it’s an easy go-to choice if you want to have a great look for your text. If downloading typefaces is new to you, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to download and install. Plus, it comes with many variations to use on materials all around your ministry. You can download CMG Sans here.

Do you run the screens at your church? Have you used any of these resources before? Would you recommend them to others? Let us know by leaving a comment down below!

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A community-contributed resource site for churches from churches. Includes audio, bumper videos, logos + graphics, mini movies, motion backgrounds, series packages, still backgrounds, and tutorials.

An open network of resources from Life Church and their partners. Includes scripture art, social media graphics, sermon graphics, t-shirt designs, videos, and templates. They also provide ministry resources for church leadership, operations, youth, small groups, missions and more.

Resources from Church on the Move. Includes series designs, artwork, video, music, dramas, motions, kids + students media, live production and media for holidays.

A resource library from Christ’s Church of the Valley. Includes graphics and artwork for sermon series, students, children, events and guides on communications + social media.

An open network of resources from NewSpring Church. Includes sermon series, student series, kid series, group studies, volunteer resources, and music.

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However, digital signage can have benefits for plenty of other organizations whose primary goal is not making more money, and churches are one of those organizations. In fact, digital signage can be just as effective in helping a churchachieve its goals as they are in helping businesses achieve theirs. Most churches, regardless of their age, denomination, size of their congregation, or financial standing can greatly benefit from using church digital signage.

Using digital signs can help enhance the church experience for church members, aid in outreach and gaining new members, help unify the congregation and foster a greater sense of community, and in general, foster an excited, more engaged, and better-informed congregation at your place of worship.

n this article, we will inform you about the basics of digital signage and how it can apply to your church. Then we will give 5 concrete examples of digital signage for churches that you can implement and will hopefully get your creative juices flowing as you consider how you can best use digital signage to benefit your house of worship.

The use of digital signage displays can resolve many challenges that the congregation might face. Here are some of the challenges that houses of worship face:Offering opportunities and activities that make the members and visitors more supportive and engaging.

Marketing and other operating costs can take a toll on the church’s budget. Most faith-based communities want to ease these expenses to serve the needs of the congregation and the broader community better.

Digital signage involves using digital display screens, such as TVs, LED Displays, and LCD displays, along with digital signage software or hardware in order to display digital content, such as images, text, animations, social media feeds, video walls, digital menus, infographics, real-time updates on upcoming events, inspirational messages, testimonials, wayfinding signs, interactive materials, and so much more.

Moreover, digital signage displays can range in size from billboards to tablets, so they can be strategically placed for a variety of purposes, making digital signage a dynamic and powerful tool for conveying information, efficient communication to groups both large and small, and promotions. As you can probably tell, churches use digital signage in a variety of ways. You can use digital church signs to replace church bulletin boards, church screens, and church backdrops.

You can keep easily updated directories and important phone numbers. You can use digital signage to show that your church is up to date with the tech-savvy world by displaying social media feeds from congregation members. Welcome signs can be made more effective by using eye-catching graphics for better outreach to new members. Digital signage can be put to use in fundraising campaigns and can help inform the congregation about upcoming church events, community events, volunteer opportunities, member birthdays, and service times.

Inspirational messages displayed around the church can change daily with ease, raising the morale of people, and, if your church doesn’t mind integrating technology into traditional sermons, you can use digital signage as a back-drop to the speaker in the pulpit, utilizing graphics and important text to convey information in an entertaining, engaging, and informative way. There are so many different applications for digital signage in churches, that we can’t begin to exhaust all the possibilities in this article.

Luckily, there are great digital signage solutions out available so getting started with digital signage for your church is pretty straightforward with the potential for low operating costs, especially when compared with the benefits that you can get.

First, you will need to get something to display your content on. TVs and LED screens are two common options, though they are by no means the only options. Additionally, you will likely want to get a wall mount for whatever display device you choose to use

The other thing that you will need is a digital signage solution. Luckily, companies like Loop TVmake this easy. They send you a content player and the software you need to get your digital signage up and running. You don’t need to be a professional designer to create great displays, as your digital signage solution will come with templates that you can use to create incredible displays.

What comes next is up to you! But don’t worry. If you aren’t yet sure how you would like to use digital signage at your church, up next in this article are five great ways that churches can use digital signage to benefit the church, improve the worship experience, create a better sense of community, and inspire people to become new members.

The digital signage for churches typically entails a mixture of video wall displays and outdoor displays that help offer information to members and non-members. Digital signage for churches both inside and outdoor can help attract the community’s attention more effectively. In fact, they can attract at least four times more engagement than static signages over time.

Moreover, when placed outside in strategic places, passersby can pay more attention to what they view than they can with a static one. Seriously, so many people pass churches without giving their outdoor signs a second of attention. This does not mean that they are not open to joining a church. In fact, they may very well be interested in joining a church. However, people are so used to seeing church signs that look the same that it barely registers when they pass by.

Moreover, outdoor signages such as welcome signage outside a church can also deliver messages to more people in far more interesting ways. Digital signage is not only more eye-catching than static signs, but they can also be far more effective in conveying messages that would make someone want to enter the church. Visuals, animations, and bright and colorful text can all signify to a person that this church is worth checking out.

Church digital signage solutions can help you create immersive experiences. That can include meditation, reading, prayer, and visual or audio elements. Greetings and sermons from ministerial staff are also easy to broadcast with these digital solutions. While they aren’t a substitute for in-person interactions, live streams can help give visitors an idea of what to expect during events or services.

The digital church screens will allow services or sermons to stream live throughout the church building. Parents taking their young children to quiet places don’t need to worry about missing anything from the service or sermon. Moreover, church digital signage also works well for religious education for all ages. The digital screens are ideal for showing presentations, lesson plans, and other items.

Digital screens can display church social media feeds for an enhanced sense of community engagement. For instance, photos of events and activities, birthdays, and anniversary announcements can help boost this sense of involvement. Keep in mind that the congregants are more likely to check out the displayed information on social media. As they catch up with this information, they’ll also learn more about fundraising, volunteering opportunities, and similar information.

Another great way to increase community engagement is by opening up space for congregation members to say a few words. This could be a call for people to pray for someone who is sick or struggling in some other way, or it could be an announcement about a non-church-related event. These messages could even be more personal. Maybe a parent has a child that is in need of a good tutor. By opening up the space for church members to ask for the help of other church members, people can feel much more connected to the community.

Another way to create more engagement is to ask any church members if they want to introduce themselves through a digital display. The member could say something about themselves and express how they feel about joining the church. This is a great way for the congregation to get to know new members, and once the introduction is made, it is a lot easier to talk to the new member and welcome them into the community.

One of the major reasons people attend church is the praise and worship session. People’s attention is on the song, the singer(s), or the choir during this hour. However, that can quickly become monotonous when done every service in the same way or by the same person.

So, as an organization, you should make people feel excited about the praise and worship session. For instance, you can organize a different, well-known choir to perform at your church. You could also try to encourage other groups within your church to lead the praise and worship hour at different times. That will promote creativity among the members and make the church livelier.

The church can install digital screens on stage where the praise and worship singers or choirs perform. Then, you can use graphic design and special effects to make the stage more captivating. Moreover, you can use different motions and static pictures to bring out the appropriate theme and mood. For example, if it’s the praise session, you can create motivating and exciting content relevant to such a moment.

A great way of making people stick around the church is by making them involved in the organization’s activities. Churches can form groups targeting youth, men, women, and kids. These groups can have different activities to engage the members. Every group can hold a meeting often after the main service to discuss the issues affecting the church and how they can improve them. As such, people will not hurry to leave the premises.

For congregants to remain behind after the service is over, they should receive alerts and announcements. However, the attention of any crowd is often very low during announcements. Thus, it’s likely that people will miss the announcements about the group meetings. So, churches can remind the congregation about the appointments using attractive, catchy, and easy-to-read notices on the display screen to catch the crowd’s attention. Digital screens can display such messages when the sermon starts or when it’s about to end. That can draw the attention of the crowd and let them know that they should remain behind after the service is over.

There are so many opportunities to improve the worship experience and create a stronger sense of community when churches use digital signage. While we only covered five great ways that churches can use digital signage, we hope to have given some inspiration for you to figure out how digital signage can work best for your place of worship!

Digital signage not only brings a more dynamic experience to churches, but it saves them money. The days of printing hundreds of bulletins each week are over now that you can take that message and put it on a display; most churches have even gone away from buying hundreds of copies of hymnals now that the same music can be placed on a large screen that is easier to see and follow.

PowerPoint was the best solution for churches wanting to display their announcements and praise music on a display, but today most churches want to streamline their solution to make it easier and less time consuming for their staff.

Your church knows digital signage is something it needs to give people visiting the church a much more dynamic experience, and you’ve been tasked with setting up the digital signage solution: now what?! There are so many solutions and options. What’s right for your church? We’ll cover everything you need to get started on any budget in the four easy steps below.

When people talk about digital signage displays, they’re really talking about TVs. You know TVs--you got one in your living room, after all, so this part should be easy, right? Sort of. Commercial displays are different from the consumer TVs in your home, and it’s important to know how before you buy one for your church.

Once you decide on a display, you need to determine how you are going to put your church announcements and other digital signage onto it. The advantage of using dedicated digital signage CMS software over something like PowerPoint or Keynote is it lets you do things that presentation software will not, such as schedule when announcements will play (and on what display), and wirelessly manage hundreds of displays across satellite church campus.

The last step before you start building your digital signage is deciding what media player to get. A media player connects to your display; this is where the software sends your digital signage. There are literally hundreds of options for media players when you use Rise Vision. We have pre-configured media players that you can buy, but many users choose their own.

Now that you have everything you need to get started, what goes on your display? With Rise Vision, you can create any presentation from scratch or use one of our several widgets to add videos, slideshows, social accounts, and more; you can also use one of the 150+ templates. Templates let you create professional digital signage in seconds.

More than four years ago we wrote a short post about the free and open source alternatives to the professional, and somewhat costly, church presentation software products that were available back then. That blog post, to our surprise, immediately got a lot of attention and shares on social media. The comment section, which is still active today, was quickly filled with literal praise, questions and recommendations by our readers. It was obvious that there was a big crowd actively searching for options on how to handle the AV and multimedia content at their sermons and church services, and not many sites offering a listing of the available free alternatives.

Today, in 2023, the space has gotten a bit more crowded, with more products and offers, and the amount of web sites blogging about the Church Presentation Software space has grown significantly. However, we couldn’t find a single post that offered an up-to-date listing of all the available Church Presentation Software products. And that’s when we decided to make an effort to compose such a list and dedicate our self to keep it updated. We are going to keep adding new products as they appear on the market and move discontinued products and projects to the graveyard section (at the bottom of this post).

We urge everyone who finds or knows about other products in the Church Presentation Software space, that are not in our list, to add a comment with a link to the product(s) website and optionally a short review/recommendation. We will strive to add the missing entries as they are discovered.

While not specifically tailored for it, SlideDog is used by more than a hundred Pastors and Church AV technicians for handling sermons and church services in the USA today. It offers great PowerPoint and media files compatibility, has an iOS/Android and web based remote, includes audience interaction features and is apparently a good enough church presentation software alternative for many people. SlideDog does not come with Bible or SongSelect integration, so content creators would have to add that to PowerPoint slides, videos or images themselves.

Free and well maintained open source projection software for churches with a variety of import options, meaning you can easily migrate your existing content to Quela from other software such as EasyWorship, OpenLP and OpenSong. Multilingual user interface offering out of the box support for a separate stage/presenter view. Offers video background support in addition to static colors and images. Comprehensive manual and good support for setting up projectors. Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Free church presentation software with a seemingly focus on song lyrics, but with lots more to offer once you look under the hood. It has Bible, PowerPoint and video support. It includes a browser based remote control, integration with OBS Studio for live streaming and offers the possibility to store your service in the cloud via DropBox, Google Drive or similar cloud storage provider. It’s available for Windows 7 and up and has an active community forum. They offer video tutorials on their website.

Free church presentation software with a vast amount of features. Highly customizable MS Office inspired user interface with support for displaying Bibles, song lyrics, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, picture slideshows, videos, and image galleries. Allows for displaying of music chords over lyrics. Its blog has tips on how to sync songs between multiple computers using Dropbox and how to add and use video loops. Available for Windows. Has a YouTube channel with fairly new and well produced getting-started videos.

As the name indicates, this is a Bible and scripture focused church presentation software. It describes itself as “a software solution for presenting Holy Scripture verses on any video display device connected to a personal computer running Microsoft Windows”. Comes with support for many bibles in many languages and allows for much customization of themes, backgrounds, fonts and more. Supports NDI (Network Device Interface) video monitors. Has a list of useful keyboard shortcuts and tries to set itself apart from others by offering to display any scripture using at most 3-4 mouse clicks. It also boasts being able to show 4 synchronized Bible verses on the same screen.

This open source software focuses on editing and displaying song lyrics and passages of text along with images and videos on a second screen/projector. With Lyricue you are not restricted to setting everything up before the event as you can add, remove and change songs on the fly. You can type up notes directly to the screen or quickly display a bible verse at an instants notice. It is a networked software in its nature and requires you to set up a server on a Linux box. Hence it must be controlled by a web interface (called Precue) on the server computer or another remote device. The user interface is translated to English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese and Swedish. The project has been running for quite some years and slowly but steadily releases new updates. It’s Linux only, uses a client-server architecture and requires a bit of technical insight to get up and running.

Mediashout is a feature rich church presentation software solution and comes with all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a market leader in this space. It is available for both Mac OS and Windows and the user interface has a lot of options for customization, such as layout setup, light/dark theme and interface language (French and Spanish, in addition to English, is supported). A nice feature, if you have volunteers running the show, is that you can enable “Voulenteer Mode”, which offers a simpler interface mode, hiding the settings and edit content controls. Mediashout offers an iOS app (why no Android app?) for remote control in addition to supporting USB wireless remotes. It has built in integration support for Dropbox (file sharing), Planning center (worship planning tool) and SongSelect (song database) and offers some additional tools for printing and reporting. The documentation on their website is good, with comprehensive articles and videos, and they even have a dedicated knowledge base app for iOS and Android that can help you out with common technical issues.

Proclaim is a major player in the church presentation software space. Their license model is subscription based and unlike others they will allow you to create an unlimited number of team accounts and install the software on as many Mac or Windows PCs as you want. This also means your team can edit and run several concurrent presentations using the same license. Proclaim integrates with the usual providers (SongSelect, Planning Center, Logis Bible Software and more) and any changes made to your service is saved to your teams cloud account. Their (and their partner) media library contains over 16 000 motions, stills and mini-movies, but you have to pay an extra fee to get access. Proclaim have implemented Polls & Surveys in their software, making it easier to interact and engage with your congregation. They have their own Proclaim Remote App for iOS and Android that works over local WiFi (no Internet connection required). Proclaim is probably the most complete church presentation tool out there. It has features and functionality that moves beyond the Sunday worship service, such as Digital Signage, Slide Sharing and Sermon Recording and Publishing.

ProPresenter is a cross-platform (Mac and Windows) worship and presentation software for live events. It not only targets worship gatherings, but also sporting events, conferences and trade shows. It has advanced video editing features that allows you to crop and zoom videos dynamically from right within the software. As for slides, ProPresenter offer “A multi-layered architecture allows for backgrounds, live video layers, slides, props, and masks to be controlled independently”. In addition to these multimedia features, the software can be extended with Audio Visual modules (hardware and software products) to further extend its capabilities. As for Worship-specific features, ProPresenter supports Planning Center integration, has a scripture engine which gives access to Bible translations in a variety of langues, lets you import lyrics from SongSelect and has a built in Media Store that lets you add media from their partner media library (Worship House Media). The user interface is multi-lingual and also comes with an iOS/Android remote. It has cloud integration for saving and sharing content and a built in twitter wall feature, allowing you to curate and display Twitter posts.

Zion Works is a worship presentation software product for Windows designed for a dual screen setup. The user interface is simple and lets you display Songs, Media, Bible scripture and PowerPoint slides on a secondary monitor while controlling the flow from the main monitor. You create playlists of these components, which you can package and transfer to another computer. It integrates with the bibles of the BibleGateway website and you can import songs and CCLI formtatted files. As with many other worship software you can also instantly display popup alerts and notifications.

Unlike most other church presentation software products, Sharefaith Presenter isn’t a stand-alone application, it’s a PowerPoint Plugin. In their own words: “Sharefaith Presenter is not for every church. It’s custom built for the small-to-medium size church that works on a PC, has multiple campuses, and/or still believes that PowerPoint is of great use within the church.” Sharefaith Presenter requires Windows 10 and the version of PowerPoint that comes with Office 365 (2016/2019). It has a built in worship graphics library that gives you access to 90,000 media items inside PowerPoint (templates, videos, backgrounds, etc.). You also get access to SongSelect by CCLI directly from the plugin inside PowerPoint. They have a subscription based license model. The higher price tiers include more media and some additional features.

Big Screen is, unlike most others, a web based church presentation solution. That means you don’t have to install any software and you can run it on both Mac OS and Windows using a modern browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla FireFox. The downside to this is that an Internet connection is required. Big Screen is split into two sections; the admin section and the control surface. The control surface is the interface to present your media. You can add Songs, Videos, Images, Timers and Bible Scriptures to playlists and save them in your online library. When presenting, multiple new browser windows will be created for each of the screens connected to your computer. You will then have to drag the window to the correct screen.

Worship Extreme is a modern looking worship software product for Mac OS and Windows. It features song lyrics and slide editors as well as Google Slides integration. The software you install on your computer works in combination with the Worship Extreme cloud server, where all your media and playlists are stored in your personal Worship Extreme Media Library. PowerPoint isn’t supported natively, but you can import slide decks, which will then automatically be converted into a suitable format for Worship Extreme. The software lets you import lyrics from SongSelect, OpenLP, MediaShout and EasyWorship. Both Free and Paid bible formats can be imported. Worship Extreme also features a Remote App and a Stage Display app, both available for iOS and Android. Other features that deserves to be mentioned are: congregation/audience polls, alerts, countdown timers and their LiveSwap integration.

Presentation Manager is a Windows and Mac Worship Projection Software solution that comes with a built in media database of over 500 songs, over 500 images and over 100 videos included. The user interface looks a bit dated, but comes with the essential controls for displaying videos, images, songs and scriptures. Presentation Manager supports displaying PowerPoint natively and has built in editors for songs and image/graphic backgrounds. You can create sermon notes and view these while giving the presentation, setup looping announcement slides and toggle nursery alerts for displaying numbers, sets of numbers, or messages during worship.

SongShow Plus is a fully featured worship presentation software solution. It displays songs, scripture, images, video, web pages (including YouTube & Vimeo) and allows for importing of PowerPoint slides. It has built in editors with tools for colorization, hue adjustments, blurs, hinges, reflections, image masking, overlay and more. You can sync your content to your cloud account at Dropbox, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive. Contentwise, SongShow directly integrates with Shift Worship where you can find over 3000 pre-produced mini-movies, motion and still backgrounds for worship environments. SongShow Plus also includes integration with Planning Center and they have their own app on Google Play for remote controlling the Windows application.

SongPro isn’t only for songs, but (according to their web page) designed to handle all the requirements for services. Their software includes support for displaying songs (of course), hymns, Bible passages, liturgical text, PowerPoints, audio, video, Web pages, YouTube clips and notices. It is a Windows only software solution and comes with more than 3000 songs and over 300 background images and videos. SongPro supports syncing to Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. It has some advanced video and graphic features such as using live camera feeds as your motion background for songs and liturgy.

Sunday Worship is “Church Song Presentation Software” that allows you to project songs, scriptures, photos, videos and notices for all the congregation to see. It is not as advanced as many of their competitors in this list and only offer basic features for song, Bible and video display. Its user interface is straight forward, minimalist and without any clutter, and might be just good enough for many users. Their software isn’t updated frequently, but with a relatively simple feature set that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Screen Monkey is professional media playback and control software for Live Events, Theatre, Churches, VJ’s and Broadcast. They have a separate software package called Worship Monkey that is intended for use by churches who want to use Screen Monkey for displaying their song words. It provides a simple interface to search for songs and build a service plan that can then be imported into Screen Monkey. To use the Open Song library in Screen Monkey you must download a separate converter tool from their web page.

Ephphatha (I have no idea how to pronounce that) is a church presentation software tool made in India. Their web page isn’t very clear on what features that are included or how much the software costs, but looking at the screenshot from the application, it is definitely a Windows application. It also seems from the screenshot that they support creating playlists of Bible scriptures, hymns, prayers, liturgy and media, including PowerPoint and audio/video files. You can request a demo on their site and there’s also a phone number you can all to get more information.

Praisenter is an application that provides display of Bible verses, songs, and notifications (among other things) to a secondary display, typically a projector, monitor or television for use in a church service or event. Praisenter allows display of verses from numerous bible translations (provided by The Unbound Bible) with standard graphics for each verse. It’s available for Windows, Mac and Ubuntu Linux. Unfortunately the project seems dead as its source code repository on GitHub hasn’t been updated in many years. The last entry of the News section of its website was in January 2014.

LiveWorship by GeekJam, LLC is a Mac/Windows cross platform worship solution. It features a drag and drop interface and allows you to display Bible scriptures, songs, audio, video and image backgrounds. They offer a 30 day trial that you can download directly from their web page. The last update on their “What’s New” page was in May, 2011 and their “contact us” link doesn’t work anymore. Their Twitter and Facebook accounts also haven’t been updated since 2011. This is most likely a dead project.

There are two main ways to create church presentations. This first is using general presentation software like Slides or PowerPoint. This can work, but you miss out on a ton of specialized features when you go this route.

The second option is using church projection software that has functionality built for churches. For example, you can typically create and present versions of the same presentation to different screens.

What do I look for when I select the best church projection solution? Here’s a summary of my evaluation criteria: User Interface (UI): I look for a clean user interface that provides easy access to all the features you need. Intuitive presentation editors are a big plus point.

Integrations: Look for tools that integrate with bible or song libraries. Some tools also connect with your church"s other tools, such as PowerPoint and DropBox.

Here is a look at all the key features to look for when choosing church projection software and why they matter. Presentation editor: This enables you to create and edit presentations. Look for the ability to add images, text, video, and customize the design.

Cloud storage: Cloud-based tools allow you and other church leaders to access your presentations anywhere with an internet connection. You can also collaborate on presentations simultaneously.

Here’s a brief description of each church projection system to showcase each tool’s best use case, some noteworthy features, and screenshots to give a snapshot of the user interface.

The tool also stands out when projecting. It has a multi-screen mode, which lets you output different content combinations to different screens. For example, you could have a separate feed for the audience and for presenters.

ProPresenter pricing starts at $399 for houses of worship. You can test out the church software with a free 2-week trial. You also have the option to rent the software for a one-time event for $99.

The tool has a presentation editor that makes it easy to display lyrics, text, announcements, or backgrounds to help elevate your sermons. Anyone who is familiar with PowerPoint will be able to get up to speed with the tools quickly.

There’s a preview mode that lets you see how your presentation looks on each of the screens it is being output to. You can also send content to the stage display to act as cues for the sermon.

The tool has a built-in church media library, including images, graphics, and backgrounds you can use to build great-looking presentations. You can also integrate the tool with song libraries like SongSelect or WorshipPlanning to quickly import songs into your presentation. And you can also add bible verses to the presentation in real-time.

Proclaim pricing starts at $19.99 per month for the basic package or $29.99 per month for the Pro package, which includes access to the media library. The price increases depending on the number of people who attend your church services.

Praisenter ischurch presentation software with one standout feature: it’s completely free to use. The tool has plenty of features that make it a good option for churches on a budget.

OpenLP is open-source church presentation software that helps you quickly create sermons. The tool works on any operating system and you can download as many copies as you want for free.

The tool has plenty of features to help you display songs and bible verses. Import them from third-party sources and then format them to your needs. You can even add a backing track to your presentation if you don’t have access to a live band.

You can also download and display verses from your favored version of the bible. And you can search for them by reference or even a specific phrase. You can also add videos, images, and slide shows to your presentation.

As well as the congregation-facing presentation, the tool has a built-in stage view which you can display on any device with a web browser on your local network. The tool is free to download from the OpenLP website, and there’s even a remote app for iOS and Android.

The tool also has branding elements, so you can create a customized feed unique to your church. You can use the video alongside presentations made in tools like Powerpoint, Google Slides, or any app from your computer. You can also embed polls, surveys, or other content into your presentation.

Presentation Manager is projection software designed for churches. It uses a drag-and-drop interface, making it easy to make changes in real-time during a service.

Like the best church presentation software, the tool has a built-in library of songs and bibles you can easily import into your sermon. And you can choose from two different bible translations, which is helpful if you have a multilingual congregation.

It’s possible to set up two presentation streams to display on different projectors and you can preview each presentation. Use one for your congregation and one for people on the stage.

Shift Worship is a media library made to enhance church presentations. It isn’t projection software, but can help make your projections more engaging.

The church projection software on this list cover a wide range of use cases. Churches that create large-scale live productions will benefit from professional church projection software.

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From my observation, it seems that the majority of churches are not in compliance with their CCLI license requirements when it comes to displaying the copyright information. Merely possessing a copyright license is not enough for your church to comply with the copyright laws. Proper display of copyright information is another important piece of legality. Today, I hope to clear up the misunderstandings of what is required.

As part of the CCLI terms and agreement, you are responsible for including the copyright information on all songs reproduced under the Church Copyright License. If you did not read last week’s post on the CCLI license, please do so. The information that must be displayed is:

The abuse I often see occurs in bulletins. The church will include lyrics to songs and merely include something like, “CCLI License #777777.”  Some church bulletins I have seen include nothing concerning a license or copyright information at all; others list their CCLI license once somewhere in the bulletin. All of these examples are not in compliance with the requirements and are therefore illegal in their use of music or lyrics in the church. Here is an example from a last week’s church bulletin (I chose an out-of-state church) :

When TVs need to be updated manually with USB sticks, many churches find that their signage gets stuck with the same content for weeks and weeks on end. Having to manually upload a memory stick and change the content can take longer than expected, and leave the members of your church bored, wondering if it was worth the investment.

‍Playlister can help you to export your signage and curriculum across all church campuses so that volunteers can access it easily without the need for any USB sticks. All with an Apple TV.

Plus, you can store all of your church media in one place and schedule lessons to appear on screen at any time so that everything will be readily available when staff members enter the classroom. As one of the highest-ranking church presentation software systems, Playlister understands the importance of empowering volunteers to share the word of God with young church-goers, which is why we strive to make it as simple as possible to amp up the efficiency across all ministry locations.

With a single screen account available for absolutely free, why not try Yodeck as your signage solution? Design, schedule, and display professional content from the internet, using this software. Offering free widgets and layout templates to provide you with eye-catching content, this software package prioritizes quality signage.

Display documents, webpages, live streams, and YouTube videos while using this software to boost your church interior design. With a staggered price list ranging from $7.99 p/m to $12.99 p/m depending on the needs of your church, there is an option here for everyone, no matter your budget.

Powering over 10,000 screens across the globe, Screenly is a cheap solution and quick fix. Save your content offline for no buffering time, and so that even if there’s no internet, the show can go on! Not only can you share content to your screens remotely, but you can keep track of your screens’ playback functioning remotely as well.

This way, if a problem arises, you’ll be the first to know about it, no matter where you are. With a free option available for one screen, or staggered pricing depending on how many screens you have, Screenly is scalable to suit your church, whatever its size.

This cloud-based digital software allows you to update the content of your screens remotely. Whenever the content is created, and whoever needs to upload it, using this software, you can send it straight to the screens in your church. The flexibility offered by this allows for total control of your content.

Including more than 100 apps ready for you to use in your indoor church signage, OptiSigns helps you to keep things fresh. With over 500 templates offered for different industries and purposes, you’ll get sophisticated and impressive content displays with ease.

Starting at just $10 p/m per screen, this is an affordable option for the churches that are seeking to upgrade to a more modern church design. With a range of Android, Amazon, Mac, and Roku devices already equipped to stream the services, you won’t even need to buy an extra hardware device!

Suitable for churches of all sizes, this software enables you to remotely manage multiple screens. Offering a range of powerful features, the priority of OnSign TV is empowering signage operators to fit any digital signage project into any content management system.

As a cloud-based solution, it offers real-time synchronization, so that the content on your screens will be updated instantly. Starting from just $16.99 p/m per player, and moving up to $29.99 p/m per player for the enterprise option, you can choose exactly which package would suit your needs.

Doubling as a mobile device management software, this digital signage solution will equip you with all the tools you need to organize your media. Allowing you to distribute content to 1000s of screens from any internet-enabled device, the scope with Hexnode is big.

With a media editor included so you can trim, mute, and add background music, you can edit and share all in one place. Starting from just $1 p/m per device, this option really is the most price-efficient. Or, you can see how it goes with a 30-day free trial, and ensure it is a good fit for your church.

Designed for any industry, Rise Vision can help small to large churches to create, manage and deploy presentations, images, videos, and more. Create schedules for custom templates, so that the content displayed will change throughout the day as needed.

The media library can store an unlimited number of uploads, so your content won’t have to be limited by storage! Starting at $8 p/m per display and moving up to $11 p/m per display for the premium, tier 1 package, this software is affordable.

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