Music plays such a beautiful and important role for Christian communities in both contemporary praise and traditional worship services and special events such as marriage and funeral services. Good music can calm anxious feelings, unite diverse communities, and create a powerful atmosphere of worship and praise that enables everyone to enter more deeply into prayer, meditation and spiritual reflection. But, did you realize the amount of time and energy it takes to plan, prepare, schedule, organize, print, distribute, arrange, rehearse, promote and perform music for musicians, choirs, orchestras and bands? Divine Praises provides music leaders and group members with a powerful yet practical collection of tools and functions which will enable them to accomplish many of their music ministry tasks with much greater ease.
Music Planning – Giant searchable database listing of songs and musical compositions that allows you to add and update attributes such as tempo, topics, audience, musical style, scripture references, composer, liturgical season, mood, copyright information, links to sheet music, links to videos, ratings, reviews and much more. Also lets you keep track of and view trends of all your music selections over time.
Event Planning – Select from dozens of worship template topics in sidePlanner to plan, schedule and communicate worship services and music events with your church and music group.
Smart Calendars – Display schedules for church activities and events. Change or cancel events from your mobile phone and automatically notify all your musicians and technicians. View events from affiliate partner calendars.
Musicians Needed– Describe the specific kind of help you need for retreats, celebrations, missions, shows, worship services and anything else you are doing. Gather and save contact, music experience, education, or audio skill information for new, existing and potential volunteers. Learn more about the Fantastic Teams component.
Virtual Meetings – Hold group meetings with just a mobile phone, tablet or laptop. Give group leaders and members the ability to setup meetings, invite attendees, set agenda items, moderate discussions, take votes, make decisions, review details from past meetings, set schedules and more. See Crown Meeting for details.
Buy, Borrow, Sell or Trade – Musicians can post free Craig’s List style classified ads for music books, instruments, and sound equipment. They can also list and manage musical stuff they own but are willing to lend to others for short periods.
Event Attendance – Take attendance using GPS or touch pad sign in and keep a master roster that tracks all events, practices, and training your members have attended.
Custom Surveys and Polls – Create quick questionnaires to gather information, test ideas, rank priorities, or just find out who can actually attend a proposed event. You can also send them to affiliate partner groups.
Multimedia eCards – Select from hundreds of custom made designs from silly to serious with artwork, animation, music, and sound effects. You can personalize them with your text and send them automatically (like birthday cards) or individually.
Resource Directory – This is where you save and categorize bookmarks, favorites and links to special web resources endorsed by your ministry team.
Leadership Formation Tools – Plan, set up, track, and evaluate custom training, service and leadership goals for staff, volunteers and student leaders.
Regional Event Planning – Plan and promote auditions, concerts, jam sessions, praise and worship celebrations and more with affiliate church communities.
Needs and Service Requests – Announce, list and track equipment, materials, supplies, and meals you need. Announce, list and track drivers, chaperons, cooks, teachers, technicians, musicians, and other services you need.
Prayer Requests and Praise Reports – This is where members can ask their group and affiliate communities to pray with them for special needs. This is also where members can tell everyone how those prayers were answered.
Alumni – A blog page to stay connected with alumni musicians.
