Sermon notes overview
Prep, sermon speech, presentations, and service links.
Understand the sermon notes workflow from research and prep through spoken manuscript, slides, and service attachment.
Quick start
- Open Sermon Notes from the sidebar (
/sermon-notes). - Create a New note (blank) or AI note (generated prep or speech — AI note is always available).
- Write in the editor at
/sermon-notes/note/{noteId}— Prep tab for research/outline, Sermon tab for the spoken manuscript. - Optionally Generate speech from prep or use AI on the library page.
- Optionally Generate presentation from sermon speech.
- Optionally Attach to service when opened from a service workspace (beta).
You should see note cards with Prep and/or Speech badges in the library. Folders use /sermon-notes/folder/{folderId} (legacy /sermon-notes/{folderId} redirects there).
Deep dive
The sermon notes workflow
WorshipDeck sermon notes follow a natural progression:
Prep (research) → Sermon (speech) → Presentation (slides) → Service (order)
Not every step is required. You can stop after prep, write sermon speech manually, or skip presentation generation.
| Stage | Tab / location | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Prep | Editor Prep tab | Research, outline, scriptures, commentary notes |
| Sermon | Editor Sermon tab | Final spoken manuscript for Sunday |
| Presentation | Sermon tab or library ⋮ menu | Slide deck from sermon speech |
| Service | Sermon tab (workspace) | Link note + presentation to a service order |
New note vs AI note
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| New note | Blank note in the current folder → opens editor immediately |
| AI note | Modal collects topic, tone, length, Bible → creates note with prep or speech content |
See Sermon notes library for library actions and AI sermon prep / AI sermon speech for AI detail.
Where to learn more
| Topic | Article |
|---|---|
| Folders, search, cards | Sermon notes library |
| Tabs, references, autosave | Sermon note editor |
| AI prep generation | AI sermon prep |
| AI speech generation | AI sermon speech |
| Slides from sermon | Presentation from sermon |
| Service attachment | Attach sermon to service |
Prerequisites
Preferred translations available to your church are set in Church general settings. Your personal default is under Bible settings.
- AI generation consumes church AI credits — see Billing.
Tips
- Start with a blank New note if you already have an outline; use AI note for a first draft.
- Keep research in Prep and polish the spoken flow in Sermon before generating slides.
- Generated presentations open in the presentation editor for final tweaks.
Troubleshooting
I do not see AI buttons
- Library AI note and editor Generate speech from prep / Generate presentation are always shown when the UI is available. Generate presentation runs as a background job (toast + estimated wait); speech may still use proposal review when speech beta is on.
- Ask an admin if Generate grounded prep or speech proposal review is missing — those are beta-gated per church.
- Attach to service only appears when you open the note from a service workspace (flag + linked presentation required).
Bible picker is empty
- An admin must add preferred Bible translations under Church general.