We recommend that you save all your songs as separate files. This will allow you to compile your worship set for each service by inserting individual song files. Treat each song as a masterpiece- you only need to create it once, so create it in such a way that you can use it for many years to come. We also recommend that you make use of the notes area as this is an invaluable reference tool for times when services or worship times don’t go as anticipated.
PowerPoint Worship Friendly Songs
Because every church has its own unique way of worshiping, you may find that you need to modify some of our suggestions to better suit your specific needs. For example, your church may move from one song to the next without pausing; to help facilitate this worship style, you may want to remove the song titles from each of the songs.
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Above is an example of the song template window. The song template window is used as a reference for previewing the song once you have finished entering it. To download the song template for entering new songs, click here.
Below is a step by step guide to help you enter songs quickly:
- Delete all but the first and second slides from the template
- Delete all notes on slide 2
- Save the file as a new template
- Open the new template and save as the new song title
- On slide 2, type the footer text in the slide pane
- Enter the title of slide 2 in the outline pane
- Copy slide 2 to create additional slides (e.g. slides 3, 4 or more)
- Change the numbers on slides 3 and 4 in the outline pane
- Enter the words for slide 2 in the slide pane.
- Enter the words for slide 3 in the slide pane.
- Enter the words for slide 4 in the slide pane.
- Copy & past the words from the slide pane of 2,3 & 4 to the notes pane of slide 2
- Format the notes pane of slide 2 similar to the template.
- Copy the notes from slide 2 to slides 3 and 4.
- Add the *** ON SCREEN *** note to slides 2, 3 & 4.
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When entering the words in the slide area, there are two types of returns you can use: a hard return and a soft return. A hard return is created by pressing the enter key. A soft return is created by holding down the shift key while pressing the enter key. The template we supply uses soft returns between lines in a verse and hard returns between verses. By using the correct return, the line spacing will be automatically done for you.
If some lines of the verses are too long to fit on the screen, you can adjust the font size. If you do this, be sure to adjust all of the lines and slides for that song accordingly. Note: do not reduce the font size to less than 28 pts. If the line is still too long, you may let it wrap to the next line and change the line spacing so the two lines are closer together.
Make certain you do not change the background or the font colors when setting up your song files. They need to be set up properly so that they will adapt to the song list when inserted (i.e. take on the background and formatting). If you change a background or a font color, it will retain the properties you assign to it. Use the song template we provide to ensure your songs adapt to the background templates properly.
4 Steps to Using PowerPoint in Church
We use a Mac laptop to run a song program called Live Worship. We also occassionally need to show a DVD or PowerPoint presentation (projected on a screen). We have struggled to switch seemlessly between applications. How do I?
Power Point worship friendly songs template
Please explain more fully the step where you Copy & past the words from the slide pane of 2,3 & 4 to the notes pane of slide 2.
Martha- If you have the words copied into the notes area, you can see at a glance which slide you need to switch to when moving through worship etc. (For example returning to sing a chorus from a previous song).
The easiest and fastest way is to copy and paste then format the notes area as shown above and in the template. (Highlight the text, right click, copy; click on the notes pane, right click, paste.)