Managing the Slides and Announcements/Notices ...

Managing Slides and Announcements #

The slides and announcements are based on the bulletin which is generally circulated a few days before the service.

Screens #

The slides are projected to the main screen during the service. The slide deck includes:

Title screens #

Welcome, Breaking of Bread, Giving, Sermon Title

Announcements #

These mirror the bulletin and include Birthdays, Anniversaries, Prayer Diary, Pulpit Ministry, Weekly Schedule, Bits and Pieces

Other Slides #

There are also slides for Welcome to Fellowship, Family Group Locations and Leaders, Mission and Vision

Preparing the Slides #

The slides are informed by the content of the bulletin.

Step 1 - Copy and rename the template
As the tech@monachapel.org user, visit Google Drive and browse to Computers > MHC Tech Team Mac Mini > Sunday Notices

Copy the template and name it using YYYY-MM-DD format (for example Sunday Notices 2024-12-02 or Sunday Notices 2025-02-23)

copying the template

Step 2 - Update the Title Screens

  1. Welcome
    Update the chairman, speaker and the date

    Edit the welcome screen

  2. Sermon Title
    Update the date, sermon title and speaker name

Step 3 - Update the Announcements Notices

Using the content of the bulletin update the following:

  1. Birthdays
  2. Anniversaries
  3. Prayer Diary
  4. Pulpit Ministry (the schedule of the speakers for the month)
  5. Bits and Pieces (if necessary, create more than one Bits and Pieces slide)