Creating a Worship overview
The Worship Overview feature in the ChurchDesk Calendar allows you to display selected events – such as services or other activities – in a clear and visually appealing format. It's perfect for sharing information with your congregation, for example on a notice board or as a printed handout.
The service schedule pulls all its data directly from the ChurchDesk calendar and can be downloaded as a Word document (.docx) for easy editing and printing.
The quality of the overview depends on how well your calendar events are maintained.
Navigate to:
Calendar > Reports > Worship Overview
Set your filters:
Select the time period and the types of content you'd like to include in your overview.
You can filter by:
Date range
Categories
Location(s)
Tags
Visibility
Participants (e.g. priest)
Assigned users
Display results:
Click “Get results” to preview all events that match your filters.
Adjust columns (optional):
In the top right corner, you can customise which columns are shown in the overview and exported to Excel (e.g. title, location, time, participants).
The Excel export is more suited for internal use, as it is not visually formatted.
If you want a polished layout for display, the print function is ideal. Here's how it works:
Click “Print Worship Overview” in the top right corner.
A new window opens with available templates:
Without ChurchDesk Studio: 1 simple template
With ChurchDesk Studio : 12 different layout options
Choose your template and define which details should be included on the left-hand side, such as:
Parish
Contributor
Priest/celebrant
Location name
Price
Short description
Intentions
Click “Confirm”
A .docx file will be downloaded, which you can open, edit or print as needed.
Printing is not done directly from ChurchDesk – it happens after downloading the file in Word or another editing tool.
The Worship Overview is designed for public use – such as posting on a church notice board, distributing as a flyer, or attaching as a PDF in your newsletter.
This feature does not replace calendar entries – it only formats and displays them in a presentable way.
The service schedule pulls all its data directly from the ChurchDesk calendar and can be downloaded as a Word document (.docx) for easy editing and printing.
The quality of the overview depends on how well your calendar events are maintained.
How to find the feature
Navigate to:
Calendar > Reports > Worship Overview
How the Worship Overview
Set your filters:
Select the time period and the types of content you'd like to include in your overview.
You can filter by:
Date range
Categories
Location(s)
Tags
Visibility
Participants (e.g. priest)
Assigned users
Display results:
Click “Get results” to preview all events that match your filters.
Adjust columns (optional):
In the top right corner, you can customise which columns are shown in the overview and exported to Excel (e.g. title, location, time, participants).
The Excel export is more suited for internal use, as it is not visually formatted.
Print the Worship Overview (Word template)
If you want a polished layout for display, the print function is ideal. Here's how it works:
Click “Print Worship Overview” in the top right corner.
A new window opens with available templates:
Without ChurchDesk Studio: 1 simple template
With ChurchDesk Studio : 12 different layout options
Choose your template and define which details should be included on the left-hand side, such as:
Parish
Contributor
Priest/celebrant
Location name
Price
Short description
Intentions
Click “Confirm”
A .docx file will be downloaded, which you can open, edit or print as needed.
Good to know:
Printing is not done directly from ChurchDesk – it happens after downloading the file in Word or another editing tool.
The Worship Overview is designed for public use – such as posting on a church notice board, distributing as a flyer, or attaching as a PDF in your newsletter.
This feature does not replace calendar entries – it only formats and displays them in a presentable way.
Updated on: 30/05/2025
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