Usually when I am in church, I am busy doing various duties with The Band or Sound and don’t have time to really think about things during the “Praise and Worship” time of the service. However, recently while on vacation and attending a church out-of-town, I was a not part of leading worship. This gave me some time to think a little bit about how technology can be further integrated into the worship service.
I have used “phone apps” for many things, but I was thinking, why is there not some kind of “broadcast app” that shows the words of the songs, sermon outline, announcements, etc. on a phone app. There have been times when the Big Screen “conks out” for one reason or another. Wouldn’t it be GREAT to have the option of displaying the projection screen on our phones. Maybe even having the option of saving the screens for later use.
There’s got to be someone out there who is working on this doesn’t there? Maybe someone already has it. I don’t know, some times I am just too techie for my own good!
the lifechurch.tv app is the closest thing to what you describe with a sermon outline and corresponding bible verses that are generated throughout the message. They certainly possess the technology to further this app by displaying church announcements and words for worship songs but I don’t think they have tapped into this yet.