Planning Center Services LIVE Countdown on Every Screen

How it works

Following LIVE in three steps.

Sign in
Add a Show Schedule, choose Planning Center, and click Sign in with Planning Center. Cadence only reads Services: plans, items and LIVE.
Pick the service type
Choose the service type to follow — Main Campus, Youth, any of them. There's nothing to pick each week: Cadence follows whichever service goes live in it.
Wire it in
Wire the schedule into timers and designs. Text boxes can show the Current or Next item, and wired timers run with each item.

In the app

The real thing, not a mock-up.

Cadence itself, running a demo show. Clips are recorded in real time from Cadence's own renderer.

The Cadence editor with a Planning Center schedule tile driving an item timer and a service-end clock — The Planning Center schedule tile (current item, time left, next, Back / Next) driving the item timer, with a Service end clock running +2:34 late. Demo show: the Services LIVE state is simulated.

Built around Services LIVE

The whole service, in step.

The current item, counting down

Time left in the item Services LIVE is on — amber near the end, then red and counting on as + when it runs over.

Current and next on screen

Tie text boxes to the live item and the one after it, for a stage display or a lower third.

Timers follow LIVE

Wired timers load each item's length and run to its real end in Services LIVE, overrun included, kept in step every few seconds.

Ahead or behind

A Service end clock projects when the service will finish and shows how far ahead (−) or behind (+) it is running.

Drive LIVE from Cadence

Take control, then step Back and Next from the schedule tile. The tile says where LIVE is going until it gets there.

One per campus

Add a schedule per service type and each follows its own live service.

Cadence reads your plans and Services LIVE, and moves LIVE only when you press Back, Next or Take Control. Controlling LIVE needs a Planning Center account that's allowed to.

Questions

Good to know.

Do I need Planning Center Services?

Yes — Cadence follows Services plans and Services LIVE. Sign in with any account that can see the service type.

Do I have to pick the plan every week?

No. Pick the service type once; Cadence follows whichever plan in it goes live in Services LIVE. You can pin one specific service if you want to.

Does Cadence change my plans?

No. It reads plans and items. It only moves Services LIVE when you press Back, Next or Take Control in Cadence.

What happens when an item runs long?

The countdown turns red and counts on as +0:42, just like LIVE, and the Service end clock shows how late the service is running.

Can it run several campuses?

Yes. Add a schedule per service type (Main Campus, Youth…); each follows its own live service.

Keep every screen on the service plan.

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Planning Center item times, on every screen.