Pastor or rector
Draft or revise the pastoral message and confirm the worship details assigned by the office.
One workspace for the whole bulletin week
Church-specific structure without complicated publishing software
Reuse the stable parts, collect what changed, improve appropriate copy with AI and review the print and mobile editions together.
The weekly path stays obvious
Four stages from setup to publication
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Set up the bulletin once
Choose the bulletin type, tradition, page format and church details. Use the closest starting structure, then add or rename anything your church needs.
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Duplicate last week
Carry forward the design, church details and existing sections for review. Update what changed instead of rebuilding pages from a blank file.
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Collect each person’s part
Send the pastor, music director and ministry leaders a private link. Each person sees only their own section, and nobody needs to create an account.
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Review, print and publish
Read what came in, run the four checks before printing, then produce a print-ready PDF and—if you want one—a phone version of the same bulletin.
A calmer weekly deadline
Start from last Sunday, not from zero
A previous issue becomes the starting point while every copied detail remains visible for review.
- Duplicate a previous issue with its layout, branding and sections intact.
- Let Weekly Autopilot create the next dated draft and send recurring contributor tasks on schedule.
- Clear issue-specific worship assignments while carrying the structure forward.
- See contribution tasks that are open, submitted or accepted.
- Keep completed issues together instead of searching through renamed files.
Bring the bulletin you already know
Turn a PDF, printed-page photo or church website into an editable starting design
Import combines source-measured text positions with visual analysis, then places the generated PDF beside the original for approval. Nothing is applied until a church editor selects the pages and accepts that proof.
- Reconstruct selected PDF pages as individually editable text, picture, shape and line layers.
- Keep searchable PDF wording anchored to source-measured positions instead of asking AI to guess it.
- Detect recurring sections, church facts, service times, colors and possible branding for review.
- Paste a public church website address to prefill contact details, staff, schedules and a possible logo.
- Keep prayer lists, health details and other sensitive material out of reusable imported content.
Contribution without confusion
Give each contributor one clear job
Private links limit contributors to the material they were invited to supply.
- Role-scoped links for pastors, music directors and ministry leaders.
- Links can be reopened until the organizer closes or revokes them.
- Autosave, submission status, organizer email notifications and side-by-side review.
- Final publication remains under the church office’s control.
Structured with respect
Begin with the shape your church recognizes
Choose a parish-news bulletin, worship guide or hybrid, then use a tradition profile as a starting point rather than a rigid rulebook.
- Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Orthodox, non-denominational and Pentecostal starting structures.
- Terminology and suggested sections change with the selected tradition.
- Local customs remain editable, and any missing section can be added.
- Editors decide which sections AI may assist and review every suggestion before it enters the issue.
- Catholic dates can receive reviewable Sunday or feast, season, color and reading-reference suggestions from the built-in calendar.
One issue, more than one language
Prepare bilingual editions without losing the approved source
Create a language variant from reviewed bulletin content, compare it with the source and approve it deliberately before publication.
- Generate an editable translation while names, dates, times, links and Scripture references remain locked.
- Exclude protected liturgical, licensed and sensitive sections from automatic translation.
- Flag a translation as stale when its source section changes.
- Choose side-by-side or mirrored language presentation for the edition.
One reviewed source
Print the booklet and share the live version
The same structured content is adapted for office printing and comfortable phone reading.
- Print-ready PDF layouts for common Letter and A4 workflows.
- Fold-aware booklet options, grayscale output and large-print support.
- Live mobile bulletin with tappable links and a shareable address for each published issue.
- A QR code that can be placed in the printed issue or on church screens.
- Generate an email newsletter, lobby-screen loop and ready-sized social graphics from the reviewed issue.
- Add optional local sermon notes, connect cards and event RSVPs to the live bulletin.
Useful signals without surveillance
See what readers use and give sponsors a clearer digital story
The workspace summarizes live-bulletin activity while deliberately avoiding raw reader IP addresses and cross-day tracking.
- See aggregate mobile views, QR opens, link clicks, downloads and print actions.
- Measure sponsor-section views and sponsor link clicks on the live bulletin.
- Collect consented connect-card and RSVP responses inside the church workspace.
- Keep fill-in sermon notes only in the reader’s own browser.
Meet Bulletin Maestro
Ask for the design help you need in ordinary words
Bulletin Maestro is a preview-first design partner for the current page or the whole bulletin, while the secretary keeps final control.
- Dictate an announcement or pastoral note and receive an editable draft.
- Draft, improve, shorten or proofread without leaving the section.
- Supply dates, times, names and places as locked facts that AI is instructed to preserve.
- Ask Bulletin Maestro to polish, fit crowded content, coordinate a theme or restyle selected pages.
- Request a Spanish translation of eligible text while protected liturgy and locked facts remain unchanged.
- Compare Before and Suggested, then apply, keep yours or undo.
A safer final check
Catch the errors that become expensive after printing
Preflight checks focus attention on practical publication problems while people retain final judgment.
- Check required church facts, publishing channels and empty required sections.
- Check image descriptions and any consent choices added by the church.
- Keep any section out of AI processing when editorial judgment calls for it.
- Review dates, links, page fit and print settings before export.
Nothing important gets forced into the wrong box
Add the section your church needs
A tradition profile is a starting point, not a locked template. Add a custom section, decide where it belongs and carry it forward by duplicating the issue when useful.
Heading
Name the section clearly
Body
Write, paste, dictate or ask AI for an editable draft
Optional media
Add an image, link and call to action when useful
Reuse
Keep it for one issue or carry it forward for review
Collaboration that respects people’s roles
The pastor does not need to learn the layout editor
Each private task opens directly to the assigned material. Contributors can save, return and submit; the organizer receives the work in a review queue and retains publication control.
Music or worship director
Add hymn and song titles, service music, numbers, placement details and any notes the office needs.
Ministry leaders
Submit an announcement heading, body and optional action link for office review.
Church office
Review every submission, edit for space, decide what belongs in the issue and control publication.
Bulletin Maestro · review-first AI and voice
Ask for design help in ordinary words—and remain the editor.
A person can speak rough thoughts, type a few notes or ask Bulletin Maestro to polish, fit, coordinate or translate the current page or the whole bulletin. Every design appears as a preview before it can be applied.
Protected facts
Keep names, dates and details explicit
Critical information stays visible in fact fields. AI is instructed to preserve it, and a person verifies the suggestion.
Human approval
Review before the draft enters the issue
AI output is proposed copy. It does not become approved bulletin content automatically.
Editorial choice
Decide where AI may help
Use AI for the sections that benefit from writing help and leave any other section exactly as the church supplied it.
Page design
Talk to Bulletin Maestro
Ask it to polish a page, use space better, unify a theme or translate eligible text. Compare Before and Suggested, apply it, keep yours or undo.
Confidentiality choice
Exclude sensitive sections
Prayer lists, Mass intentions and other protected section types are blocked from AI processing.
The output fits the reader
One reviewed issue, adapted for five practical formats
Letter booklet
Fold-aware pages for common US office-printer workflows.
Letter page
Single- or multi-page portrait layouts with readable columns.
A4 booklet or page
International paper sizing without manual page reconstruction.
Large print
A clearer edition for readers who benefit from larger type.
Mobile bulletin
Responsive reading with tappable links and no pinch-to-zoom PDF.
A final pass built for church-office consequences
Catch practical problems before making hundreds of copies
The preflight review checks required church facts, publishing channels, missing content, key dates, image descriptions and the selected output settings.
The tools follow the week you already have