Faithlife StaffIf you’re the one building church presentations every week, you might wonder, How can I: Do this faster Be sure I’m choosing the best backgrounds Get a consistent look for the entire presentation? The answer: Smart Media. Take a quick look at these...
You know the feeling when you get a perfect haircut? You walk a little taller, smile a little wider, and show it off with a selfie. A simple change like a new haircut can make all the difference in how you look and feel. Your church website is...
Incorporating closed-captions on your sermons allows people to engage with your content if they don’t have headphones or are hearing impaired. Reading closed-captions while listening to the audio of a sermon can also help people process and...
Matthew BoffeySermon transcription gives you new and improved ways to: Make your sermons accessible to anyone with impaired hearing Help others engage further with your sermon throughout the week Keep a searchable record of what you’ve preached And in Faithlife...
Raise your hand if you’ve been here before: You’re about to transition to a new verse or point in your sermon, when all of a sudden you can’t remember what’s next. Or you allude to the next slide in the presentation, only to...
Jess HollandRead the full tutorial for more screenshots and details. Don’t yet have Faithlife Proclaim? If you haven’t tried Proclaim, now is a great time to start a free trial (no credit card required). For a month you and your whole church will...
Want peace of mind knowing your volunteers are totally ready to use Faithlife Proclaim? Check out the Proclaim Volunteer Reference Guide. It’s available online and in printable form and covers the basics of how to use Proclaim: everything...
Live surveys are a fun way to engage your congregation while getting important information at the same time. You can use them as sermon illustrations, during announcements to get a pulse for people’s schedules, or in any number of ways. And...
One of the best ways to inspire generosity in your church is to keep your congregation informed. When people know where their donations are going, see the progress they are making together, and learn how God is using their gifts to grow the kingdom...
At the bottom of the playlist pop-up, choose Continue/Repeat until: End of section to loop the Pad until the end of the section. If you also want to keep the Pad playing after the service, choose Stopped in the repeat options...
Digital Signage is a smart new approach to church announcements. It allows you to display announcements and Bible Art on monitors throughout your church building—all wireless. And it’s totally free. It’s a simple and effective way...
You’re in the middle of a song when you realize the lyrics are out of order, or your pastor goes off script and asks you to pull up a Scripture passage on-the-fly. It’s every slide person’s nightmare—unless you have Faithlife...
Edit your sermon transcript Because the transcript is computer-generated, errors may occur. To edit for accuracy, simply click Edit transcript and double-click a word to edit. Then click Done when you’re finished. How to get this feature Automatic...
Church services aren’t meant to be one-way conversations. They are dynamic conversations between God, the people leading the service, and the rest of the congregation. That’s why Proclaim built a feature to increase whole-church...
You spend all that time preparing your sermon, preach it once or twice (or more), and then what? Get extra mileage out of your work by recording your sermons and posting them online. That way God’s Word continues to echo even while...
Ideal for pre-service slides, youth group games, or displaying on monitors throughout your church building, Proclaim’s Bible Trivia is easy to use and fun to play. It will engage your congregation and may even inspire them to dig into their...
Did you know you can share your worship setlist from Proclaim? You can use this feature to let your worship team and congregation know what they’ll be singing during the worship service. How to generate a setlist After your presentation has at...
Live surveys are a fun way to engage your congregation while getting important information at the same time. You can use them as sermon illustrations, during announcements to get a pulse for people’s schedules, or in any number of ways. And...
This is a game-changer for church announcements. Digital Signage is a new feature in Proclaim that lets you display announcement slides, Bible verse art, and more on monitors all throughout your church building. Think of it as having miniature...
As always, Proclaim’s developers have been adding new features to make it an even better program. Here’s the latest round of updates, which now make it easier to format text, choose media, upload sermons, and work as a team. Text Enjoy...
We recently made a couple small feature updates, and in the excitement of Digital Signage launching and our name change, we want to be sure you don’t miss it. 1) It’s now easier to edit multiple slides at once Hold Shift (or Command on Mac) and...
Ryan NelsonPads provide subtle background music for your service. They’re the perfect supplement to your worship, prayer, sermons, and other elements of your service—and they’re pretty affordable. One worship leader said: “It feels like we...
Andre KazadayevThe latest update of Proclaim brings new multi-line custom text fields, confidence monitor improvements, and a brand new Quick Screen. Customize slides the way you want Have you ever wanted to have more customization options for text fields...
In this Proclaim Monday Minute, we show you all the new controls that we’ve added to background images. * * * Try Proclaim for Free Proclaim provides your team with the tools they need to seamlessly assemble sermons, worship sets...
In this Proclaim Monday Minute, we show you how to add entire media series to your presentation with a click. * * * Try Proclaim for Free Proclaim provides your team with the tools they need to seamlessly assemble sermons, worship sets...
In this Proclaim Monday Minute, we show you how to easily improve your presentations with the free Bible verse art and animations available in Proclaim. Don’t miss this chance to learn about the free Bible art you already have at your...
Last week’s Monday Minute covered inviting people to collaborate in Proclaim. This week we share a quick way to revert slides to Smart Media formatting. Learn how to quickly reset slide styling: Bonus: Learn how to save and apply custom styles...
Last week we discussed showing scripture on the fly using the On-Screen Bible Quickscreen. This week we demonstrate video preview in the Media Browser. You can now preview motions, countdowns, and other video items before adding them to your...
Last week we showed you how to test your audio level by recording a sample. In this week’s Monday Minute we’ll show you how to quickly bring up Bible verses on the fly. With the On-Screen Bible Quickscreen, last minute Bible slides look...
