Lutheran Service Builder vs Worshipful
Lutheran Service Builder
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Worshipful
worshipful.ioSide by side
| Figure | Lutheran Service Builder | Worshipful |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 1 |
| Spec score · Worship Planning Software | 8.1 (#8) | 7.7 (#12) |
| Presentations | Presentation view fills from the service plan and can export to MediaShout 6. | Presentations include a projector audience window and an operator view with searchable slides and current and next previews. |
| Purpose | Lutheran Service Builder is web-based software for planning worship services, bulletins, and presentations. | Worshipful keeps a church’s order of service, volunteer assignments, and presentations together in one app. |
| Service planning | Users can view daily propers, select lectionary or other readings and hymns, choose an order of service, and add rites and staff notes. | Churches can reuse templates or previous services and update songs, Scripture, notes, and assignments. |
| Support | The maker offers an online help center, support technicians, webinars, and blog posts, and lists support by phone and email. | The site says users can send a message with a question and Worshipful will reply by email. |
Plans
Lutheran Service Builder
- One and All Rejoice$60 a year
- Hymn License — 1–199 weekly attendance$150 a year
- Hymn License — 200–399 weekly attendance$260 a year
- The Concordia Organist subscription$300 a year
- Hymn License — 400–699 weekly attendance$375 a year
- Hymn License — 700+ weekly attendance$500 a year
- Lutheran Service Builder — 1–199 weekly attendance$500 a year
- Lutheran Service Builder — 200–399 weekly attendance$650 a year
- Lutheran Service Builder — 400–699 weekly attendance$800 a year
- Lutheran Service Builder — 700+ weekly attendance$950 a year
In their own words
Lutheran Service Builder
Lutheran Service Builder is paid web software for planning worship services, bulletins, and presentations. Service plans can include daily propers, lectionary or other readings, hymns, an order of service, rites, and staff notes. Bulletin and presentation views draw from the plan; bulletins export to a word processor, while presentations export to MediaShout 6. Global search filters resources by type, topic, tune, meter, author, copyright, and holiday, and can show hymn text, melody, copyright details, and Scripture references. My Worship Resources stores custom elements and liturgies, supports creating hymns and common service parts, and reuses templates. Desktop databases, including custom resources, can be uploaded. The Concordia Organist add-on creates playlists and downloadable MP3 ZIP files. A separate Hymn License tracks covered use and submits reports, with stated exclusions for LSB 462 tune and LSB 712 text and tune. Core plans start at $500 a year for 1–199 weekly attendance.
Worshipful
Worshipful has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.