Description

The "Define Sermon/Service Library" webpage is used to define the sermons and/or services for a specific church such that a user of that church's Hub homepage can access those sermons/services. The sermons/services defined via this website should be saved in a Sermons.txt file (process is described later) that should be included with the other church files sent when the specific church's definitions have been completed.

If this webpage is used to define the sermons/service for the church, then the Sermon(s) input field on the Define General Info webpage should be set to use the Hub link (as opposed to another link on that church's website for accessing the sermons).

The user of the church's Hub webpages will see the sermons in a table showing the basic information from the "Define Sermon/Service Library" webpage (with fewer columns and a linked image to the lectionary festival).

If sermons are defined using this webpage and the Sermon(s) input field on the Define General Info webpage is set to use the Hub link, then the sermons image will be added to the Extended column on the Church Information webpage allowing direct access from that webpage to the sermons/services.

Procedure

The process for creating, populating and persisting the sermon/service information involves the following steps:

  • The first time this webpage is accessed, since there is no previously saved Sermons.txt file and since the default seeded files for the church do not include Sermons.txt, steps 1 and 2 can be skipped and the process should begin with step 3 (defining the sermons/services)
  • If the sermons/services have previously been saved to a local Sermons.txt file, then the contents of that file should be copied and pasted into the "Paste here:" field overwriting the "Paste here:" text (step 1) and then clicking the "Populate table based on pasted sermons/services" (step 2)
  • If the sermons have previously been loaded to the server, then, as an alternative to the previous bullet, the contents of the Sermons.txt file on the server can be accessed by specifying the district/church number (e.g., Southern/437723) and then selecting the Download button
  • As step 3, new entries can be added to the table by clicking the "New Sermon/Service" button and filling in the input fields for that sermon/service. This process should be repeated for each sermon/service to be added
  • When all the sermon/service entries have been added, the sermon/service information should be copied to the clipboard using the "Copy sermons/services into paste buffer" button
  • The clipboard contents should be pasted into a local Sermons.txt file that will ultimately be included with the set of delivered files

    Creating and Editing Entries

    The "Set Default Values" command button is used to set the default values that are used to populate any new sermons/services that are created using the "New Sermon/Service" command button. When the table is initially populated either by copying and pasting the contents of the local Sermons.txt file or by downloading from the server, the default values are copied from the last sermon/service in the table.

    The "New Sermon/Service" button creates a new sermon or service and populates it with the default values. These values can then be modified as desired using the input fields at the bottom.

    Clicking a cell in a row of the table will populate the input fields at the bottom, allowing that entry to be edited as desired.

    Input Fields:

  • Sermon/service number: System assigned number for the sermon/service.
  • Type: Sets whether the entry is for an entire service or just for the sermon.
  • Lectionary: Indicates whether the lectionary for the sermon/service is the one-year lectionary or lectionary A, B or C (three-year).
  • Church: Name of the church (typically minus the "Church" at the end).
  • City: City in which the church is located.
  • State: State in which the church is located.
  • Date: Month, day and year of the sermon/service
  • Pastor: Leader of the service or presenter of the sermon
  • Format: Indicates the format of the servide or sermon (video, audio or text)
  • URL: URL for the sermon or service file. This presumes that the sermon or service is available online. At some time in the future, the Lutheran Hub might allow for sermons to be uploaded to the church's Hub directory.

    • Saving sermons/services to Sermons.txt

    The "Copy sermons/services into paste buffer" command button should be used to copy the sermons/services defined on this webpage into the paste buffer (clipboard). Once copied, the sermons/services should be pasted into a local Sermons.txt file that should then be included with the files sent to me when the church definition is complete.