Order of Service
Build reusable service-plan components, create plans per event, and run finalized plans in live view.
Order of Service lives under the Events workflow and helps teams prepare repeatable service plans with reusable building blocks.
In the app, the main entry points are:
- Events → OOS Components for reusable building blocks
- Events → Order of Service from an event record for event-specific service plans
OOS Components
The Order of Service Components screen is the setup area for reusable plan structure. It has three tabs:
- Segment Types for the kinds of service segments your church repeats
- Technical Cues for reusable production or stage instructions
- Templates for spreadsheet-style service plan layouts
Segment Types
Use segment types when you want service plans to follow a clean vocabulary such as welcome, worship, scripture, sermon, altar call, or dismissal.
Technical Cue Templates
Use technical cue templates for reusable notes such as lighting changes, mic handoffs, projection reminders, livestream instructions, or countdown triggers.
Service Plan Templates
Templates let your team create and reuse spreadsheet-style layouts for service plans.
- Search, import, and export templates from the components screen.
- Keep structure such as segment rows, cue columns, leader columns, timing columns, and notes areas.
- Use templates later when creating a service plan for a real event.
Why templates matter
If your church already thinks in run sheets, stage notes, and timing blocks, templates help the app match that workflow instead of forcing everyone into a plain text outline.
Service Plans For Real Events
Service plans are created from the event-specific Order of Service screen.
When you open an event's service plans page, Holy Resource can create:
- a plan for a one-time event
- a plan that applies to all occurrences of a recurring event
- a plan for a specific occurrence date
- a plan that applies to all services
- a plan for a specific service time
This matters for churches that run multiple services or recurring gatherings but do not want to duplicate every plan manually.
Working In The Editor
The Order of Service editor lets leaders build and review the plan itself.
- Add sections to structure the run of service.
- Work with segment timing, cues, leaders, notes, and other service details.
- Export the plan as PDF, Excel, CSV, or print it directly.
Finalized Plans And Live View
Finalized plans are intentionally treated differently from draft plans.
- A draft plan stays editable.
- A finalized plan becomes read-only.
- Live View is only available after finalization.
Live View is designed for real-time service tracking against the event time window, so teams can follow progress during the actual run.
Suggested Workflow
Prepare reusable components
Set up segment types, technical cues, and templates before a busy service week.
Create the event plan
Open the event, create a service plan, and choose the right scope for recurring dates or multiple service times.
Review and finalize
Confirm timing, sections, and cues before switching the plan from draft to finalized.
Use Live View during the service
Open the finalized plan in Live View so the team can follow the service as it unfolds.
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