> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.adoraone.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Community sharing

> Share hymns and service-order templates with other churches, use what they list, and keep license warnings in view.

**Community** is how churches reuse each other’s worship work — hymns and service-order templates — without linking live libraries together. When you add a listing, you get **your own copy**. If the publisher unshares later, your copy stays.

AdoraPlan is a **venue**, not a publisher. We require a license class and a warning. We do not decide whether your church holds a CCLI (or other) license.

<Note>
  **Playlists** and **slide decks** are not community-shared yet. **Public / Private** on a playlist means visible inside *this* church, not to other churches.
</Note>

## Quick Start

1. Set a church **Short Name** in **Settings → Portal** (required before you can share).
2. To share a hymn: **Hymns** → card menu → **Share to Community**. Pick a license class, attest, then share.
3. To share a service order: open a **Program** → ⋯ → **Save as Template**, turn on **Share to Community**, add a description and tags, attest, then **Save & Share**.
4. To use someone else’s work: **Hymns → Community** (heart) or **Programs → Create Program → Community** (**Use**).
5. Track what this church listed under **Settings → My publications**.

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## How-to Guide

### Understand Catalog, My library, and Community

| Layer                         | Who curates it | What you see                                          |
| ----------------------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| **Master Catalog**            | Adora          | Public-domain hymns with recorded evidence            |
| **My Hymns** / your templates | This church    | Your originals, imports, and copies                   |
| **Community**                 | Other churches | Peer-shared listings, named with their **Short Name** |

Community cards say **Shared by grace-community**, not the legal church name. That handle is the same slug used for portal URLs.

### Set your church Short Name

Sharing is blocked until the current church has a **Short Name (URL identifier)**.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Portal settings">
    Go to **Settings → Portal** (admins and moderators).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a Short Name">
    Pick a globally unique identifier such as `grace-community`. This is the name other churches will see on your listings.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Share a hymn

Staff and admins can publish. Volunteers cannot.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Share to Community">
    On **Hymns → My Hymns**, open a hymn’s card menu and choose **Share to Community**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a license class">
    Choose **Public domain**, **CCLI**, **Other license**, **Church original**, or **Unknown — metadata only**. CCLI and other licenses need a reference number (for example the CCLI song number).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Attest and share">
    Confirm you have the right to share this snapshot. AdoraPlan does not grant performance or projection rights. Hosted audio is not included.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  **Unknown — metadata only** shares titles and structure, not lyrics, charts, or recordings. Do not pick it if you intend to share words.
</Tip>

New churches wait for a platform moderator. Churches marked **trusted publisher** (granted by a platform admin, per church) list immediately.

Batch **Select** cannot bulk-share — each hymn needs its own license class.

### Share a program template

<Steps>
  <Step title="Save as Template">
    Open a **Program** with a complete **Service Order**. In the header ⋯ menu, choose **Save as Template**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Keep the local copy">
    Your church’s template still stores team assignments and song library links. Sharing writes a **separate** community snapshot.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Turn on Share to Community">
    Add a **description**, at least one **tag**, and at least **four** service-order items. Confirm the attestation. Song slots in the listing are titles and CCLI references — not another church’s hymn IDs.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Add a community hymn to your library

<Steps>
  <Step title="Browse Community">
    Open **Hymns → Community**. Cards show the publisher **Short Name**, license class, and **Report**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Acknowledge the license">
    Click the heart. Read the warning (for example CCLI) and confirm. AdoraPlan does not grant those rights.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The same warning can appear on **About this hymn** and when you **Present**. Your church is responsible before projecting lyrics.

### Use a community template

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the wizard">
    Go to **Programs → Create Program** (or **Browse Templates** from an existing program) and open the **Community** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use">
    Click **Use**. That copies the snapshot into this church’s template library, then you finish the program as usual. Song titles may still need to be linked to hymns in **your** library.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Report a listing

Every community card has **Report**. Choose a reason (copyright, personal information, spam, or other). Copyright and personal-information reports unlist the listing immediately while a moderator reviews. Spam stays visible until reviewed. You cannot report your own listing.

Unshare or a takedown does **not** delete copies other churches already added.

### Track My publications

Admins and moderators open **Settings → My publications** to see this church’s listings:

* **Pending review** — waiting for a platform moderator
* **Listed** — visible to other churches as your **Short Name**
* **Unlisted** / **Taken down** — hidden from browse
* **Unshare** — removes the listing; existing copies stay in other libraries

**Settings → Moderation** is not an approval queue. Churches do not approve their own listings. Platform review lives at **Platform Admin → Community**.

### License classes at a glance

| Class                       | What may be shared                  | Consume warning                          |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| **Public domain**           | Lyrics and metadata                 | Confirm the version matches              |
| **CCLI**                    | Lyrics; needs a CCLI number         | Your church must hold the proper license |
| **Other license**           | Lyrics; needs a named reference     | Confirm you have the rights              |
| **Church original**         | Lyrics or (for templates) structure | You are responsible for how you use it   |
| **Unknown — metadata only** | Titles and structure only           | No lyrics, charts, or recordings         |

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## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Hymns & Songs" icon="music" href="/en/adoraplan/hymns-and-songs">
    Your library, Master Catalog, and the Community tab.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Programs" icon="calendar-check" href="/en/adoraplan/programs">
    Save as Template and start a service from Community.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Settings" icon="gear" href="/en/adoraplan/settings">
    Portal **Short Name** and **My publications**.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Presentation" icon="display" href="/en/adoraplan/presentation">
    License banners can appear when you project lyrics.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>