I’m not a worship guy at all (in terms of production, media, etc) but I do understand how much administration, planning, and scheduling they need to do!
Coordination is a must and sure there are a number of great applications out there that can help you (like Planning Center) but perhaps you can’t afford that or are looking for another option?
LifeWay has an option for you…
They’ve released a free online tool that’ll help you coordinate and plan our your worship experience. You can search for songs, add notes, and other creative elements.
A premium plan exists as well to help you coordinate among your team.
Check it out if you’re interested!
Stephen Bateman says
We use planning center, but this looks like a good alternative. Is there file upload capability?
John Saddington says
not sure. i’ll have to take a look.
Jeff Berg says
Hey John,
I saw you mentioned our product in this post too, thanks!! I would like to add that Planning Center Online also has a free version that we have thousands of churches using every week.
You have a great blog!
Jeff Berg
Owner/Developer
Ministry Centered Technologies
John Saddington says
SURE THING! thanks.
kylan says
This tool would be really valuable if it could be used to produce the weekly bulletin, too. Any idea if that’s one of the features?
John Saddington says
not sure. i’ll have to take a look….
Patrick Watts says
Hey John! Thanks for posting about our free worship planner! It really is free, no strings attached. Plan all you want.
Kylan, you can print if you register with the site first. Registering is a very light process… we only ask for detailed info when you want to purchase something.
If you want to download any of our audio, print or Powerpoint files, you can do that right from the free planner, or you can use the “find and buy” part of the site.
Here’s a poweruser tip… if you want to build a worship set of songs in the free planner, you can then click on “choose downloads” and you can add to your cart anything in your plan that we have audio or print for… it’s a quick way to get everything you need for Sunday.
And, churchm.ag readers, use promo code CHURCHCRUNCH02 for two free downloads from the Find and Buy world. Coupon’s only good to 5/15, so hurry!
John Saddington says
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
Jonathan Riggs says
Thanks for the shout-out, John.
Peace,
Jonathan Riggs
for LifeWayWorship.com
John Saddington says
Sure thing Jonathan!
Mikki says
This is a great review! Stephen was looking for upload-capabilities earlier and I wanted to mention that another great planning program that also doubles as a scheduler is Ministry Scheduler Pro – Online Service Planning! Features included in this program allow you to not only schedule the services, but then upload resources or song items, notes, and item by item plans to your service right online. Volunteers can even comment on a service! Pretty cool!