OpenLP: Dealing with surprise requests

Surprises

You may occasionally be asked in mid-service to show a song, Bible reading or other item which is in the Library but not in the service plan.

For a song, go to the Library, and click on the Songs bar. Type the first few words of the title into the Search: box. and click on Search Right-click on the item in the results and select Live to send it to the screen, or perhaps more cautiously select Preview to show it in the Preview panel - and it it looks good then click the projector symbol above the preview pane to make it live.

For a Bible reading, go to the Library and click on the Bibles bar. Enter the book, chapter and verse (eg Isaiah 2:1-5) in the Find: box and click on Search. Click the projector symbol under 'Bibles' to send it to the screen.

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