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Publish on SermonAudio and copy the ID

After service ends, archive the webcast as a sermon, publish it, and copy the ID for the website embed.

Why this matters

The webcast goes off the air when the service ends, but it's not yet a published sermon — it's just an archived recording. Publishing it makes the sermon available on SermonAudio.com, and the ID SermonAudio assigns is what we'll paste into lfcopc.org in the next task to embed the sermon on the website.

You'll do this twice on Sunday — once right after AM service, once right after PM.

01

Add the just-ended webcast to a new sermon draft

Switch back to the SermonAudio tab. Refresh the page if it still shows the live state.

Scroll down to the Recent Webcast panel. The webcast you just ran is sitting there with the title, speaker, start/end times, and duration.

Click the Archive dropdown next to it and pick Add to New Sermon Draft.

The SermonAudio Webcasts page showing the Recent Webcast panel with an Archive dropdown menu open, showing
Recent Webcast · Archive · Add to New Sermon Draft
02

Add the media as-is

The Add Media from Webcast Archive dialog opens with the title and speaker already filled in.

SermonAudio recommends trimming, but we publish the full webcast — leave the start and end points alone. Just click Add Media.

The Add Media from Webcast Archive modal with the sermon title pre-filled, a recommendation to trim, and a timeline at the bottom
Add Media · Skip the trim · Add Media
03

Open the draft in the Sermon Editor

A Webcast Saved! confirmation appears. Click View Draft in Sermon Editor.

You'll land on the Sermon Editor with the title, speaker, and description already pulled from the webcast. There's nothing to change here — the bulletin info we set during Setup carries through.

The Webcast Saved confirmation modal with two buttons: View Draft in Sermon Editor and Close
Webcast Saved! · View Draft in Sermon Editor
04

Publish

Bottom-right of the Sermon Editor, click Publish. A Publish Sermon dialog opens.

Defaults are fine — Publish Right Away is selected and the copyright box is checked. Click Publish in the dialog.

The Publish Sermon dialog with Publish Right Away selected, the copyright checkbox already checked, and Publish/Cancel buttons
Publish Sermon · Publish Right Away · Publish
05

Copy the sermon ID

A Sermon Published! confirmation appears with share options. Close it.

Back on the Sermon Editor, you'll see the ID under the sermon title with a copy icon next to it. Click the copy icon — that's the ID you'll paste into lfcopc.org in the next task.

The Sermon Editor with a Published badge, the sermon ID displayed under the title, and a Copy to clipboard tooltip on the copy icon
Sermon Editor · ID · Copy to clipboard
06

Repeat after PM

Same flow after PM service ends: refresh the webcast tab, find the new Recent Webcast, add to a new draft, publish, copy the ID.

If something's off

  • Recent Webcast section is empty: refresh the page. If it's been more than a minute or two and still nothing's there, flag a tech.
  • Publish button is greyed out: check that the title and speaker fields are filled in (they should already be from the webcast metadata). If they're empty for some reason, flag a tech.
  • Lost the ID before pasting it into lfcopc.org: open the sermon again from Sermons in the left sidebar — the ID is at the top of the editor.