Share Service Companion

Quick start

1. In the service builder, choose Service companion.
2. Write an Attendee summary. Alternatively, choose Generate with Ezra, edit the draft in Attendee summary, and review it before continuing.
3. Select Show speaker notes if attendees should see speaker notes.
4. Select Show song lyrics if attendees should see available song lyrics.
5. Select Enable companion link.
6. Choose Save. Ezra only places a draft in the editor; it does not save the summary or publish the companion.
7. Under Public companion link, choose Copy link, Preview, Download QR code, or Create QR presentation.

The first editable open prepares and retains the companion address, even while public access is disabled. Copy link, Preview, Download QR code, and Create QR presentation use that existing address; none of them enables the link or saves pending companion settings.

Deep dive

Add an attendee summary

Open Service companion from the service builder. Enter the text attendees should read in Attendee summary, or leave the field blank if the service does not need a summary.

Generate with Ezra creates a draft from available service information and puts it in the Attendee summary editor. Read and edit that draft before saving. Generation does not save the draft, enable Enable companion link, or change the public companion.

Choose public content

Show speaker notes makes saved speaker notes available through the companion. Review the notes before selecting it because they may contain private pastoral material or stage directions.

Show song lyrics makes eligible song lyrics available through the companion. Your church is responsible for permission to publish those lyrics.

These settings follow the panel's control order: Attendee summary, Show speaker notes, Show song lyrics, and then Enable companion link. Choose Save to apply all changes together.

While the service is running, attendees who open the link can turn on Follow live and stay with the slide that is on screen. See Follow live in Service Companion.

Create and use the link

When an editor first opens Service Companion, WorshipDeck prepares the share key used by Public companion link. It keeps that key and address when the link is disabled. Opening a locked panel does not create a key.

Select Enable companion link, then choose Save to make the retained address publicly available. Preview stays disabled until that enabled state has been saved.

The link tools appear after the retained address is available:

• Copy link copies the existing companion address. A green check briefly replaces the copy icon after success.
• Preview opens that address in a new tab.
• Download QR code opens the QR designer. Choose foreground and background colors, module style, and corner style, then download the image.
• Create QR presentation opens the same QR designer. Enter an optional line of slide text and a presentation title, choose Next, select a theme, and choose Create QR presentation.

These tools do not save pending changes, enable a disabled link, or create a different address. Choose Save after changing the summary or any setting.

Create and revisit the QR presentation

WorshipDeck uploads the generated QR image, creates one 16:9 announcement presentation with one slide, and adds it as the first item in Service order. The presentation uses the selected theme. Its default title is the service title followed by Service Companion QR code; you can change it before creating.

Only one Service Companion QR presentation can be connected to a service. After creation, View presentation replaces Create QR presentation and opens the presentation viewer in a new tab.

Removing that presentation from Service order does not remove the connection or allow a second QR presentation. Delete the presentation itself if you want to clear the connection and create a replacement.

Disable and re-enable access

To make the public page unavailable, clear Enable companion link and choose Save. Disabling keeps the existing share key and address, but the public page remains unavailable.

To restore access at the same address, select Enable companion link and choose Save again. Copying, previewing, or downloading the QR code while the link is disabled does not restore access.

Link options

Service Companion links do not support passwords or custom URLs.