Sermon notes
Aria writes the points as they are spoken. Nothing has to be prepared, typed or uploaded first.
What it produces
- The topic, worked out on its own.
- Each point, as it is made.
- The key takeaway.
- All of it on the screen automatically, if you want it there.
You do not need an outline
Aria listens to the sermon and builds the outline from what is actually said. A pastor who preaches from memory, or wanders off the plan entirely, is the ordinary case rather than a problem — there is no script for Aria to lose its place in.
If you do have a plan, you can bring one in and Aria will follow it and tick the points off as they are reached. That is an extra, not a requirement.
Turning it on: the four Autopilot settings
Open the sermon notes panel and choose how much Aria is allowed to do on its own. This is the setting that decides whether an operator stays in the loop.
| Setting | What happens |
|---|---|
| Off | Aria writes nothing automatically. |
| Capture | Aria builds the full outline quietly for the bulletin or the archive. Nothing appears on screen and nothing pops up during the service. |
| Assist | Each point Aria catches pops up in the corner for the operator. It reaches the room only when they tap Show. |
| Auto | Points Aria is confident about put themselves on the screen. Nobody has to press anything. |
Most churches start on Assist, see what Aria catches for a few weeks, and move to Auto once they trust it. Capture suits a church that wants the write-up afterwards without anything new on the screen.
Aria starts reading once the service begins; there is nothing to press per point.
Controlling how much reaches the screen
Three choices for how points are shown:
| Setting | What the room sees |
|---|---|
| Point: one at a time | Only the point being made now. The cleanest for a congregation to follow. |
| Point: all (numbered) | The points so far, numbered, building as the sermon goes. |
| Point: topic + all | The same, with the topic held above them. |
Look controls the styling, and can be set per note. Use the preview screen to see a note before the room does.
The title
Type a title if you have one. Leave it and Aria fills it in as it listens.
What else the panel holds
- Scripture in play — the passages the sermon has touched.
- Key takeaways — the lines worth keeping.
- Quotes and notes — anything quoted along the way.
- Bilingual layout — both languages on one note.
Choosing how the notes look
The panel has two tabs. Notes is what Aria has heard so far. Templates is the gallery: twelve designs for putting the outline on the screen, each with a preview, so you are choosing a picture rather than reading a description.
Every item can be sent to a screen on its own, and the tray offers whole-outline sends too — a title card, all the points at once, or just the takeaways.
Typing it yourself
You do not have to wait for Aria to work the topic out. Type your own and it wins — Aria stops overriding it. Clear what you typed and it goes back to following the sermon.
This matters more than it sounds. Until you can set the topic by hand, the title card, the title templates and the title image all sit empty until Aria has decided what the sermon is about. If you already know the title on Saturday, type it on Saturday.
Turning a note into a picture
Any point, takeaway or title can become artwork. Press Turn to image on the note and Aria makes a picture with the words built into it — not text laid over a photograph, but a scene composed around what the sermon actually said.
It takes a little under a minute. If you do not like what came back, make another, or send the note as a plain template instead — the Send buttons never generate anything and never cost you an image.
This one uses your monthly image allowance and is part of Pro. Aria tells you what is left before it spends one.
Which plans have it
Aria writing the notes as the sermon happens is a Pro feature. Your free trial includes it in full, so you can see it work on a real Sunday before deciding.
If the trial ends and you stay on Free, Aria stops writing notes. Nothing else about the panel changes and nothing you have already made disappears.
Two languages
Notes can be written in two languages at once, for a congregation that needs both.
Printing the notes
The notes can be printed as a handout after the service, using Aria's print layout.