Software profile
Visual Liturgy Live
A Church of England service-planning application for Common Worship services, lectionary readings, liturgy and service sheets.
30-second answer
What to know before you open the full record
- What it is
- A Church of England service-planning application for Common Worship services, lectionary readings, liturgy and service sheets.
- Contexts worth testing
- Church of England parishes preparing Common Worship services, Clergy and parish teams using lectionary readings and seasonal material, Churches producing service sheets and planning liturgy from a structured Common Worship library
- Published starting price
- £52 / year
- Relevant UK checks
- UK-specific evidence · UK registered
- Shortlist when
- Church of England parishes planning Common Worship services
- Check first
- Use the demonstration to build a real forthcoming service, then confirm current PC compatibility, team licence rules, update process, document output and local backup workflow
- Evidence date
- Sources checked 25 July 2026
This is an evidence-led starting point, not a ranking or hands-on verdict. Supplier sources establish what they publish; your church should test material workflows and resolve the questions below.
Five-minute assessment
Assess the likely fit and trade-offs
Directory assessment
Visual Liturgy Live is a specialist Church of England liturgy and service-planning application, not a generic worship-band planner, presentation tool, people database or church-management suite. It is most relevant where Common Worship text, seasonal material and lectionary planning are central to the weekly workflow. The Church of England itself describes it as a legacy PC-only product, so a parish should test current device compatibility, team licensing, output formats and support before relying on it for live service preparation.
Decision framing
Shortlist when, then check first
- Shortlist when
- Preparing Common Worship services and service sheets without manually assembling lectionary and liturgical material
- Test in a real workflow
- A Church of England-specific desktop planning tool built around the Common Worship library
- Settle before buying
- Use the demonstration to build a real forthcoming service, then confirm current PC compatibility, team licence rules, update process, document output and local backup workflow
Decision evidence
Published details for a shortlist
These details are traced to the source shown. Supplier material establishes what the supplier publishes; it is not hands-on testing.
- GBP pricing
- Supplier sourcePublished GBP starting priceSource: Church of England national support services · checked 25 July 2026
Best suited to
- Church of England parishes planning Common Worship services
- Teams preparing liturgy and service sheets from structured authorised resources
- Churches needing lectionary-led service planning rather than music-team scheduling
Evidence-backed strengths
- Operated within the Church of England publishing context
- Specific Common Worship and lectionary workflow
- Current annual price identified by the Church of England
- Free online demonstration is available
Limitations and questions
- PC-only and described by the Church of England as a legacy product
- Not a volunteer rota, worship-presentation, church database or safeguarding system
- Modern data-processing, hosting, export and contractual detail is not established in the reviewed material
- Confirm operating-system support, team licensing and local backup arrangements before adoption
What the supplier publishes
- Common Worship services and prayers
- Lectionary readings and seasonal material
- Prayer, hymn and liturgy selection
- Service planning
- Service-sheet and handout preparation
- Current lectionary and content updates for subscribers
- Team subscriptions for shared use
What does the supplier currently publish?
Pricing and trial
The Church of England’s current national-support page lists Visual Liturgy Live at £52 per year and as PC-only. The product site says that a current subscription is needed for ongoing content updates. Obtain the current licence, team-use, support, cancellation and update terms before purchase.
| Tier or starting point | Published price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Annual subscription | £52/year | Church of England national-support material lists the annual subscription price and PC-only availability. |
Free trial: Yes — Supplier provides a free online demonstration, which it describes as an introduction rather than the full product.
Full due diligence
Evidence, operations and source record
Use this full record to test practical details, retain source links and take specific gaps to the supplier.
Published operations and support details
- Data protection information
- The reviewed product material is primarily about liturgical resources and desktop planning. It does not establish modern cloud data-processing, hosting, sub-processor or DPA terms. Churches should not assume that a desktop service-planning tool needs no local data-protection assessment: establish what user, licence, support and backup data are held and where before use.
- Import and export
- Supplier describes producing service sheets and other documents, Confirm current file formats, backup, migration and export options before introducing it into an established worship-planning workflow
- Support
- Supplier provides a free online demonstration, Church of England national support page identifies the product as a legacy PC-based programme, Obtain current technical-support and operating-system compatibility information from the supplier before purchase
Sources reviewed
Sources support only the fields named beneath each link. Supplier material is not independent testing; external review material is included as a limited signal rather than a verdict.
- Visual Liturgy Live overview
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Church of England scope, Common Worship library, Free demonstration - Visual Liturgy Live product details
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Service-planning features, Subscription updates, Team subscription - Church of England national support services
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Annual price, PC-only availability, Legacy-product caveat - Visual Liturgy project information
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Church House Publishing and Archbishops’ Council context
