A Sunday Booth That Is Ready Even When the Internet Is Not

The WorshipDeck desktop app gives churches a prepared Sunday booth without giving up the shared web library. Sync before the gathering, then start downloaded presentations and services on the booth's monitors even when the internet is unavailable.

Prep still happens in the web-based WorshipDeck app. The desktop install is what you put on the presentation computer: pair it to the church, open Presenter when Sunday starts, and bind each room output to a physical monitor.

Pair the workstation once

Church admins claim the install under Settings → Workstation:

1. Download WorshipDeck for Windows or WorshipDeck for Mac from the workstation page.
2. Install and open the app. The home screen shows a six-character pair code.
3. In the web app, click New workstation, name it (Sanctuary, Kids room), and enter the code.
4. When the desktop status bar shows Online, Displays, Presentations, and Services unlock.

You can claim more than one booth. Each computer has its own pair code. Do not enter a workstation code in Pair display — that is for outputs, not the booth itself.

Present from the booth computer

After the workstation is paired, the desktop app can run live presentation without opening a browser operator tab:

• Presentations and Services are read-only pickers that show Ready offline or Needs sync
• Present opens Presenter — preview, Start/End, filmstrip, speaker notes, and next/previous
• If another booth is already live, Join follows that item instead of starting a second show

The editor, themes, and team library stay in the browser. The desktop console is for the person in the booth.

Sync before Sunday

While the workstation is online, WorshipDeck downloads the content the booth needs: presentation and service details, service-item bundles, media, and output pages for its paired monitors.

• Ready offline means the item can start locally without reaching the server
• Needs sync means the download is incomplete or the church changed the content after the last complete sync
• A service becomes ready only after every presentation in its setlist and the required output pages are downloaded

Make checking for Ready offline part of rehearsal. It turns an internet outage into a local booth state instead of a stopped service.

Multiple outputs from one workstation

Open Displays and add the monitors you want to use. Each display:

• Binds to one connected Windows or Mac monitor
• Has its own nickname and six-character pair code
• Pairs to one Remote screen in WorshipDeck
• Can receive a different output through your screen layout
• Opens fullscreen only while its presentation or service is live

That lets one computer drive a main projector, stage confidence monitor, and lobby feed without treating them as one mirrored desktop.

Pair displays, then go live

Setup is split between the desktop host and the web app:

1. Pair the workstation first (above). Displays stay locked until that church claim is done.
2. Add a display in the desktop app and copy its pair code.
3. In the web app, go to Settings → Screens, create or choose a Remote screen, and select Pair display.
4. Enter the display code — not the workstation code — and confirm that the output is online.
5. Add that screen to a layout and choose what it should show.
6. Present from the desktop app or the browser operator. The paired output opens on its assigned monitor while live and closes when live ends.

Each output uses the same remote-display protocol as Android TV. See wireless displays for mixing desktop outputs with TVs and local browser windows.

Automatic fullscreen without browser popups

The desktop app opens output windows in borderless fullscreen on their assigned monitors. It does not need browser popup permission, browser monitor binding, or a click in each output window.

This is different from WorshipDeck's small Automatic fullscreen policy helper. That optional helper is only for churches using Local browser output windows on Windows or Mac. Use the full desktop app when you want the workstation to host paired Remote displays; use the policy helper when outputs remain local browser popups.

Start offline or keep going through a dropout

Once content is marked Ready offline, you can reopen the desktop app with no server connection and start that presentation or service from Presenter. The booth serves the downloaded slides, media, and output pages from disk to its paired monitors.

If the internet drops while you are already live, Presenter can keep advancing this machine's outputs in Local only mode. Remote Android TV, Fire TV, and browser outputs stay on their last cloud position until the connection returns. On reconnect, the desktop app pushes the booth's current position back to the cloud and resumes normal synchronization.

Offline mode protects the prepared booth; it does not turn the desktop app into a separate editor or make unsynced cloud changes available locally.

Requirements and boundaries

The desktop app supports Windows 10 and Windows 11 on x64 PCs (Microsoft Edge WebView2) and macOS 13 or later (Apple silicon first; Intel is a second installer). It needs a connection for first-time pairing and library sync.

It is a booth host, not a second editor. Browser editing, new cloud content, and remote Android or Fire TV outputs still need connectivity. It does not provide native slide rendering or NDI/SDI. Build decks in the browser, sync the booth before Sunday, then let the Windows or Mac host keep the prepared service on the right screens.

See wireless displays for Android TV and browser-output options, or live presentation for the operator workflow.