Sermons How to use ipad and Logos to create?

Let me first apologize if this question has already been addressed in another post. I would like to use my ipad in place of my notes when conducting a sermon. I would like to know if anyone has experince in using their ipad as there notes for a sermon, and or creating sermons directly from their ipad.

I know that I can create a sermon in word on my laptop or PC, then place them on my ipad. Although the effect looks like a constant scrool with the pages going up and down. It is difficult to scrool to the next page. I am looking for the effect much like you would find with ibooks, that has distinct turning pages so you can tell what page of notes you are on.

Also does anyone know if you can import sermons from the Sermons logos.com to your ipad? Should I assume cut & paste or import?

Thanks Mike

New to ipad looking to do the work a little easier.

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JT (alabama24)

I have not used my iPad for sermons… I am between ministries (just graduated)… but I can tell you how I used my iPod touch...

It works very well to use a program like Keynote (Apple's version of powerpoint) to create slides to speak from. If you want, you can even control the projector for the audience.

Keith Gant

I know that I can create a sermon in word on my laptop or PC, then place them on my ipad. Although the effect looks like a constant scrool with the pages going up and down. It is difficult to scrool to the next page. I am looking for the effect much like you would find with ibooks, that has distinct turning pages so you can tell what page of notes you are on.

Miguel,
You could save a copy of your Word document as a pdf file. (This can be done directly in Word 2007; I don't know about other versions of Word.) Then the pdf file on the iPad would give you page by page views rather than continuous scrolling.

Charles Tondee

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336756#Comment_336756

The guys i know, who use their ipad for sermons, who want the page turn effect use keynote, I haven't played around with it enough to tell you too much on the setup. They like the page turn or next slide effect for notes.

Personally i like the continuous scroll of up and down, I can be precisely where i want to be and if i need to go back up for any reason I don;t have to shift back through "pages" of notes I can pinpoint where i want to be without much hassel.

They key for me is I don't want it to be a distraction, while I'm preaching. Preaching takes enough concentration, and mental focus as it is to have to stop and think about what you are doing on the Ipad. That being said I love using the ipad to preach with! Good luck finding what works best for you

PS: As far as copy and pasting notes, i find evernote to be wonderful, for cutting anything from the web and importing it to the ipad (or saving it on the ipad) or PC/Mac for that matter. I use evernote, like a file cabinet for clippings much like preachers used to do in years gone by.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336774#Comment_336774

They key for me is I don't want it to be a distraction, while I'm preaching.

I think you are speaking to a distraction to yourself, but in my practical theology of Sunday morning church service, I always have held the view that we should eliminate distractions. Technology can be a wonderful thing. I believe presentation software is wonderful... but too often things like crazy transitions are a distraction more than an aid to learning. My 2 cents.

Rev. Kelly Todd

Let me first apologize if this question has already been addressed in another post. I would like to use my ipad in place of my notes when conducting a sermon. I would like to know if anyone has experince in using their ipad as there notes for a sermon, and or creating sermons directly from their ipad.

I know that I can create a sermon in word on my laptop or PC, then place them on my ipad. Although the effect looks like a constant scrool with the pages going up and down. It is difficult to scrool to the next page. I am looking for the effect much like you would find with ibooks, that has distinct turning pages so you can tell what page of notes you are on.

Also does anyone know if you can import sermons from the Sermons logos.com to your ipad? Should I assume cut & paste or import?

Thanks Mike

New to ipad looking to do the work a little easier.

Mike, I use my Ipad every week. I personally prefer to write the sermon in Word and then email it to my ipad and then open it in "Docs to go." If I am at the hospital and need/have time to write my sermon there I will write in "docs to go." I like "docs to go" because it lets the sermon scroll with no page brakes, but that is my preference. However, since that is not your preferred way, and instead would like page turns, then after you have written your sermon, print it/save it as a pdf, and then email to your ipad and after downloading the email, press and hold the document in your email, it will ask what program to open it in, tell it Kindle or ibooks and now you have an ebook that will turn pages... make sure that you use larger than normal type in the document as neither ibooks or kindle will let you quickly enlarge the type with out the page going off of the screen. I hope that this helps.

Keith Gant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336789#Comment_336789

I personally prefer to write the sermon in Word and then email it to my ipad and then open it in "Docs to go."

Kelly,
Not sure if you know that Docs To Go will wirelessly sync files or folders on your PC to the iPad (if both are on the same WiFi network). When you do a sync, if the document has changed on either device, it will sync the newer version to the other device. Also it can maintain the documents in the same folder structure on the iPad as you have on the PC.

Miguel Rivera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336786#Comment_336786

Wow, to all of you who have responded you have been a call to blessing!

Lots of information posted out there and I will give it all a try. I am looking forward to a Mission trip to Cuba, thus I wanted to have my sermons notes prepared ahead of time and easily accessed. I won’t have the standard technology or need of it such as overheads or power point, but I wanted the ease of having the preparation of my notes, bible etc.. all in one place.

@ Alabama24 I too just completed Pastors College last year and am New to this Ministry position. If anyone is willing to send me a sample of their sermons (or formats) I would greatly appreciate it. I am interested in the various formats other Pastors use and how they prepare themselves. “Where there is no counsel, the people fall;
But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.”

Thanks to you all

Andy

I would like to know if anyone has experince in using their ipad as there notes for a sermon, and or creating sermons directly from their ipad.

Hi Miguel,

I thought I would highlight an option which hasn't been mentioned as yet.

Logos have recently released Proclaim a presentation software package which works across both Mac and PC. There is more information about Proclaim, here. One of the interesting features of this package is that it enables you to control your sermon presentation from either an iPad or an iPhone (although it requires a Mac or PC in order run the software). I also find the integration between L4 and Proclaim really helpful as it enables me to send verses, quotes, etc. directly from L4 to Proclaim.

I have been preaching using Proclaim since November and find it to be a really useful prompt (there are ways of incorporating the sermon structure and prompts into the slide presentation while keeping it hidden from the congregation). The developers have announced that they intend to release an iPad specific app which will enable notes to be displayed on the app alongside the presentation slides.

I mention this as it is possible, I understand, to trial Proclaim for free throughout February (there will be more information on the website or via the forums). If this is something which you feel might suit your needs and that of your church, you may want to check it out now.

God bless,

Andy

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336845#Comment_336845

Miguel - in the future you may want to avoid giving your email address, at least in a clickable format. It is better to use something like (username AT whatever.com). When you use the standard format (username@whatever.com), spambots are able to glean your email address and sell it to others - ones that you would not want to receive email from. [This is not a Logos website issue, but is true on most any website that is public].

Miguel Rivera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336889#Comment_336889

Thanks for the info , I have updated the setting.

Bohuslav Wojnar

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336917#Comment_336917

I also preach from my iPad every week. I prepare sermon notes in the MS Word 2010 and then save it as a pdf in an A5 size. This gives me large enough font for my eyes.

I open it via Dropbox on the iPad and send it to the GoodReader application. (I tried many alternatives but found this one to be the best). This application has many setup options I use (like "disable auto-lock", "disable auto-rotate" etc.) You can use docx files but with pdf you have more options like turning pages (what I use). With scrolling I found I can be easily lost in my notes. Turning pages works better for me.

I found iPad to be just perfect tool for preaching. Before I preached from my notebook (for years) and now I found iPad is so much easier to open it. Also it is less visible for the audience at the same time.

Jonathan Sine

As mentioned by other posters, I also use Docs to Go as my word processor. For preaching I have found the Kindle app to be most helpful. Previously I would have to alter my documents and convert to pdf. and use either iBooks or Docs to Go (depending if I wanted scrolling or page flip). Now I send them (.docx files) to my Kindle address and have the flexibility of adjusting the font within the app. All personal docs are stored in Amazon's cloud so I can archive or download at will.

Leo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336976#Comment_336976

I use Evernote (www.evernote.com) to prepare sermon on my PC while running Logos. Evernote is free and cross platform (PC/Mac/iPad/etc). It sync on all the clients automatically. On Sunday I sync one last time before leaving home, then I don't need internet at church. I preach with Evernote/iPad and a Bible using Logos or YouVersion running at the background.

Besides writing sermon, I use Evernote to collect ideas/illustration, clip webpages related to sermons, etc. during the week as I work and study. You can add tags to your sermon/notes in Evernote too.

Give these tools a try. Love iPad and Logos on iPad too as I can study on the go.

Jason M. Dickinson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/336929#Comment_336929

I also use GoodReader for preaching form my iPad. I especially like the ability to highlight and annotate by adding text or handwriting in many different colors (this is helpful for quick additions / subtractions between services). I have used PDF Expert as well.

I create my sermons in Pages or Word and save as PDF to DropBox. My GoodReader is linked to my DropBox so I can open the sermon right from the application.

Gordon Loop

Hi Miguel,

I too use my Ipad in preaching. I use "Pages, or Word on my Mac, and save it on the app called "Dropbox" I can then open the document from the dropbox app on either iphone or ipad. You have to buy "pages app and have it both on your Mac then it is so easy to use. I might look into Keynote to see if I like it. Great help on all the comments.

Patrick Tye

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/388737#Comment_388737

Here is how I use it.

I write in word and save it in my documents to go sync folder as a PDF then I open it in IBooks on my pad. This works great the only thing is save with font that is a little larger than you normally would in word.