A song library that starts full
Around 550 public-domain hymns, gradient backgrounds, themes and a sample service are installed on first launch. Add your own with structured sections, arrangements and full-text search.
Church worship presentation · macOS, Windows, Linux
Worship presentation that follows the room.
Lyrics, scripture and media on the projector, run from a calm operator screen. Plan the service on the web during the week; it is on the presenting computer when Lumen opens on Sunday, and it keeps working when the internet does not.
- Works fully offline on Sunday
- On-device auto-follow, nothing leaves the room
- Imports ProPresenter, OpenLyrics, SongSelect and more
How Sunday works
Three parts, each doing one job.
- 1
Plan during the week
Sign in here, pick the songs from your library, add passages, media and section headers, and leave notes for the stage display. Start from last week if that is easier.
- 2
Lumen syncs at launch
Open Lumen on the presenting computer. It pulls the plan, links every item to the songs, media and decks already in the library, and caches any new passages while it is online.
- 3
Present, offline if you must
Double-click an item to go live. Arrow keys advance, B blacks out, C clears. Auto-follow listens and keeps up with the band. The internet can drop; the service does not.
Everything a service needs
Built for the volunteer at the back of the room, not the vendor's feature list.
Scripture without the internet
KJV and WEB are bundled offline. Add any other translation online and every chapter you open is cached, so a passage planned on Tuesday works on Sunday with no signal.
Auto-follow that listens to the room
On-device speech recognition identifies the song being sung and advances the lyrics. Suggest, Assist or Auto — any keypress instantly takes back control. Nothing leaves the building.
Sermon to slides
Paste the sermon; AI proposes title, point and scripture slides you review before anything goes on screen. Your church account includes it — no API keys to manage.
Every output you need
Fullscreen on a second display or a floating window on one. A stage display with current slide, next slide and clock. Blackout and clear on a single key.
Any browser is a screen
Lumen serves the live output over your network. Point a smart TV, a tablet in the foyer or a phone at it — WebSocket sync with auto-reconnect, no extra hardware.
Bring your library with you
Imports ProPresenter 4–6, OpenLyrics, OpenSong, ChordPro, SongSelect, PowerPoint, Word, CSV and Excel. Exports open formats and whole service decks. Chord lines are dropped so lyrics come in clean.
Themes that stay out of the way
Font, colour, alignment, shadow, image or looping video backgrounds with a darken overlay. A global default plus per-song themes, with crossfades between slides.
Stream and record from the same machine
One encode, sent to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or any RTMP server at once, with an MP4 recording alongside. Each platform reconnects on its own if the connection blips. The live lyrics can be drawn on as a lower third, and if you already run OBS, Lumen can drive it.
Media and decks in the same list
Images and H.264 video with trim, loop and mute. Free-form slide decks for announcements and sermons. A lobby loop that runs between services.
Web planner
Plan the week from anywhere. Present from one place.
The planner is a website, so the worship leader on a phone, the pastor at home and the person who runs the slides all see the same order of service. Nothing needs installing to plan; only the presenting computer runs Lumen.
- Songs, passages, media and decks come from your synced library, so what you plan is what Lumen has.
- Drag to reorder, add section headers, and write notes that appear only on the stage display.
- "Copy last week" turns a good service into a template in one click.
- Each service shows whether Lumen has it yet, so nobody wonders on Sunday morning.
Why churches switch
Most presentation tools do part of this. Lumen was built so the whole Sunday, from planning to the last slide, works without a subscription tier or a signal.
| Lumen | Typical presentation software | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday works without the internet | The library, both Bibles and every media file live on the machine. The cloud is a convenience, never a dependency. | Cloud-first tools stall without a connection; desktop-only tools cannot be planned remotely at all. |
| Follows the singing | On-device recognition identifies the song and advances slides, with a one-key override. No audio leaves the room. | Manual advance, or a paid cloud add-on that streams the room's audio out. |
| Runs where you are | macOS, Windows and Linux from one codebase, with the same library format everywhere. | Often a single platform, sometimes two, rarely Linux. |
| Plan during the week | Plan in a browser. When Lumen opens on the presenting computer it syncs the plan, re-linked to the songs already there. | Plan on the presenting machine itself, or pay for a separate planning subscription. |
| Outputs | Projector, floating window, stage display and any browser on the network — included. | Extra hardware or per-output licences. |
| Your data | Open imports and exports, a documented bundle format, and a plain SQLite file you can back up by copying. | Proprietary files that make leaving expensive. |
| Livestreaming | Built in: camera, sound desk, hardware encoding, several platforms at once, and a recording — or control of OBS if you prefer it. | A second application, and often a second computer, to run the stream. |
| AI without the admin | Sermon-to-slides runs through your church account; keys and billing are handled for you and metered per month. | Bring your own API key, or no AI at all. |
"Typical" describes patterns common across church presentation products as of September 2026. Check each product for its current details.
Questions people ask
Do I need the internet on Sunday?
No. Songs, both bundled Bibles, themes and media are on the presenting computer. Online translations you have opened are cached. Cloud sync and the web planner are conveniences for the week, not requirements for the service.
How does a plan made on the web reach the presenting computer?
Sign in to your church account inside Lumen once (Library → Church Cloud). Every time Lumen launches it syncs, and any service planned on the web appears in the Service tab with its songs, passages, media and decks linked to the library. You can also press Sync now at any time.
What if I edit the service inside Lumen on Sunday morning?
Those edits stay. A web plan is only re-applied when it changes again on the web, and deleting a plan on the web removes the linked service on the next sync.
Where do my songs live?
In a single SQLite database on your computer, with imported media copied alongside it. With a church account, every team member's copy of Lumen shares one cloud library — pull, merge, push, with deletions respected.
Who pays for the AI?
Your church account does. Keys live on the server, never in the app, and each church has a monthly allowance. Failed generations are never charged.
How do I get an account?
Church accounts are created when you sign up — get in touch and you receive a sign-in that works in Lumen and on this site.