OpenLP: Adding Bible readings to the plan

Adding a Bible reading to the service plan

To add a Bible reading to the plan, click on the Bibles bar in the Library.

In the Find box type the reading you want, for example:

• Isaiah 2
• Isaiah 2:1-5
• Isaiah 2:1-5,8-10,2:3-9

As you can see from the examples, you can specify multiple extracts from a book. Click on Search and the verses you chose will be listed below. If you are happy with the result, click on the ⊕ symbol (below the Bibles bar) to add the reading to your plan.

Note that the Bible version we use is 'New International Version - UK'. This will normally be selected by default.

Bible readings are fetched from the Bible Gateway website when you add them to a plan. This means that you need to have internet access while adding Bible readings to a plan.

OpenLP tutorial

• Introduction
• Creating a service plan:
  • The OpenLP desktop
  • Creating a new service plan
  • Adding songs to the plan
  • Adding a new song to the library
  • Adding Bible readings to the plan
  • Adding slide presentations to the plan
  • Adding images to the plan
  • Adding sound or video items to the plan
  • Adding custom slides to the plan for announcements or liturgy
  • Making changes to the service plan
  • Extracting song words from a service plan
• Running a service plan:
  • Preparing the desktop
  • Presenting the plan
  • Dealing with surprise requests
• Other matters:
  • Installing OpenLP on your computer

External documentation

• The OpenLP user manual