How to use Planning Center Live in ProPresenter 7

This page will walk you through how to get Planning Center Live working on your ProPresenter7 set up at your campus. Remember, you still need someone to go through Planning Center Live in order for this to work well! (Usually that's the Service Director.)

Why do we use Planning Center Live?

PCO Live guides us through the services as they've been planned. It's not a task-master it's a guide. Our services are planned with a lot of intentionality. The songs that are chosen, the order of service, the arrangement of those songs, which things make it to in person announcements, generosity stories, communion meditations, etc. all have a great deal of intentionality behind them.

Planning Center Live helps us stay on track. It can be helpful to a host to know how much time they have left so that they don't rush announcements where important information may be dropped AND so that they don't take too long to where the congregation might lose interest.

PCO Live can be displayed on the Stage Display of your ProPresenter 7 computer. This article will guide you through how to set it up, pick your playlist, and troubleshoot Stage Display issues.

Sign in to Planning Center on ProPresenter 7

With ProPresenter 7 selected, click "View," then select "Planning Center" in the drop-down. (Alternatively press control+shift+P)

In the pop up window, sign in to Planning Center if prompted.

Select Today's Plan

In the Planning Center pop up, click the clipboard icon in the top right corner. This will bring up another pop up.

Each campus has a folder. (ABG = ABinGdon, ABR = ABeRdeen, EDG = EDGewood, MTR = MounTain Road, BRD = BRoaDcast). Select the folder for your campus.

Inside each campus folder is a Sunday morning folder (usually just named after the campus) and a special events folder. Click on the one named for your campus.

Click today's plan

Fix Planning Center Live on your Stage Display

If for some reason the PCO Live box is not showing up on your Pre/Post Service Stage Display Layout or your Host Stage Display Layout, follow the steps below. NOTE, we DO NOT want PCO Live on the Worship or Message Stage Display Layouts.

Open the Stage Editor

In the ProPresenter7 tool bar, click the button with three dots that says "more."

Select Stage Editor.

On the left side of the Stage Editor, select the Stage Display Layout you want to add the Planning Center Live clock to. NOTE, do not add a PCO Live clock to Message or Worship layouts.

Click the "+" symbol to display the Stage Display options pop up.

Select "Planning Center Live"

Resize and position the Planning Center Live clock window as needed.

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