Visual Liturgy 4.1 for Common Worship is a watershed in the development of this popular service planning software. The design has been completely revamped in order to make it easy to use whilst promoting best practice in service planning.
Content includes
Common Worship: Main Volume, Pastoral Services and The President's Edition
New Patterns for Worship
RSCM Sunday by Sunday Hymn Indexes
Entire lectionary in both NIV and NRSV translations
New tagging system to support styles
Official Common Worship font installed on the user's machine.
The software has been updated to provide a more user-friendly approach and even more functionality for VL users.
New Service Overview to make quick changes to established services
New Services planner to work with multiple services over a period of time
Calendar revised to contain more information in an easier-to-use format
Lectionary planner revised to enable forward planning and to prepare readings well in advance of services
New intelligent browser to search the VL database for content
Many more ease-of-use features to assist in planning services.
The version 410 upgrade can be used in conjunction with any previous version of Visual Liturgy. This version is also compatible with all the Visual Liturgy add-on modules. VL is used by St Bartholomew's Church.
Resources for Visual Liturgy 4.1 for Common Worship
VL4 ENHANCEMENT PACK PUBLISHED
Church House Publishing are pleased to announce the publication of the new 'Enhancement pack' for Visual Liturgy 4.0 for Common Worship. Following the release of version 4.0, many users sent in comments with ideas on how the software could be improved. The 'Enhancement pack' or EP is a free download that incorporates some of those suggestions. You can look at a list of the changes (and some example dialogs) at the following web site addresses - [Please click on the respective logos below]:
Important instructions for downloading and use
When you download any of these files, you must save them to your hard disk. In order to save the files to your hard drive (on a PC), right-click on the download link and choose 'save target as' (if using Internet Explorer) or 'save link as' (if using Netscape).
If you save the file to your Desktop, it will be easy to find when you come to either install a module or copy the file to the right location in your Visual Liturgy directory. Even the largest of the downloads should take less than thirty minutes to complete on an average 56kbps modem. Some downloads, like the stylesheets, will be very quick.
To make use of the stylesheets, print templates or planner layouts, you will need to copy the downloaded files into the relevant directory in your Visual Liturgy installation folder (usually c:\program files\visual liturgy 4). Once safely placed in its relevant folder, you will be able to use your downloaded file alongside your existing options within Visual Liturgy 4.0.
To make use of the content module and the fixes provided in the Series One update, you will need to extract the zip file to your desktop. If you do not have .zip software, you can download a free trial from www.winzip.com. Once extracted, double click the extracted .msi file to begin the update process.
Content modules: Content modules provide new liturgical material. Forthcoming modules include the ECUSA Psalter and the MIDI files modules (both of which will be updated from version 3.1).
Series One Marriage and Funeral services (vl4update1r.zip, 1.08Mb)
Recently given an indefinite authorization period by General Synod, the Series One marriage service and the Series One Burial and Burial of a child services are now available as a free downloadable module for Visual Liturgy. Also includes latest fixes to the software - fixes last updated on 09/12/03.
Images: Images can be attached to Content items to either decorate a service sheet with appropriate artwork or, more practically, display elements like musical notation.
No Images are currently available for download.
Print templates: Print templates control the way that Visual Liturgy 4.0 for Common Worship can print services.
No Print templates are currently available for download.
Planner settings: Planner settings control the way that the Services planner displays services.
Global roles sorted by location and time (RolesLocTimeSort.xml, 110Kb)
This layout provides the Global service roles - who is responsible for the Sound desk, Flowers and playing the Organ in a format sorted by Location and Service Time.
Stylesheets: Stylesheets control the way that services are displayed and printed. There is advice available on how to edit, use and download stylesheets.
No Red used in the stylesheet (NoRed.css, 3Kb)
This stylesheet turns all items that appear in red in the default vlHTML.css stylesheet and makes them black. Includes all rubrics, psalm diamonds and other red items. The intention is to improve print-outs on black and white printers where the current stylesheet may print the red as shades of grey.
No Wide Margin, No Verse numbers (NoWideNoVerse.css, 3Kb)
This stylesheet extends the NoWideMargin stylesheet supplied with Visual Liturgy 4.0 for Common Worship by also hiding any verse numbers in Bible readings. Please note that verse numbers are not present in NIV readings so this stylesheet would only impact NRSV readings.
VL classic (vlClassic.css, 3Kb)
If you are longing for the days when everything was black and Times New Roman, this stylesheet is for you!
For more information and update downloads, (as above), visit Church House Publishing at:-
NOTE: Simply click on the web address or highlight/copy and paste the above hyperlinks to web address browser and click return. The file will automatically download. Dependant upon the Server/ISP used it will take some little while to download owing to the size of the above data file(s).
Although care has been taken in preparing the information contained in this document, St Bartholomew’s Church & Centre – [PEH] does not and cannot guarantee the accuracy thereof. Anyone using the information does so at their own risk and shall be deemed to indemnify St Bartholomew’s Church & Centre – [PEH] from any and all injury or damage arising from such use.
Disclaimer of Endorsement: Reference to any products, services, hypertext link to the third parties or other information by trade name, trademark, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply any endorsement or non-endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by the St Bartholomew’s Church & Centre – [PEH]. nor is an endorsement of us implied by such links. They are for convenience only, as an index of Service Users at St Bartholomew’s Church & Centre.
