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Portal Overview

After logging in to Lessons.church, you are taken to the Portal -- your church's dashboard for managing classrooms and lesson schedules. This is where you will spend most of your time when organizing curriculum for your church.

What You See​

The portal is organized into two main areas:

  • Classrooms (right side) -- A list of your church's classrooms. Click a classroom name to view its scheduled lessons. You can also add new classrooms or edit existing ones from here.
  • Scheduled Lessons (left side) -- Once you select a classroom, this area displays the lessons that have been scheduled for it. If you have not set up any classrooms yet, you will see a setup instructions video to help you get started.

What You Can Do from the Portal​

From the portal, you can:

  1. Manage classrooms -- Add, edit, or remove classrooms. Each classroom can be linked to a volunteer team (so they see upcoming lessons in the B1 app) and a parent/student group (so they can access recent lessons).
  2. View and manage scheduled lessons -- See which lessons are coming up for each classroom and make changes as needed.
  3. Subscribe to classroom feeds -- Click the feed icon next to a classroom to get a playlist feed URL you can use with compatible apps.
  4. Access External Providers -- Use the External Providers page to configure third-party content sources that support the Open Lesson Format. This lets you bring in lessons from other providers beyond the built-in Lessons.church library.
  5. Access the Admin area -- If you have admin permissions, you will see an Admin option in the navigation. The admin area lets you manage programs, studies, and lessons at a content level.

The portal navigation includes:

  • Home -- Return to the public Lessons.church home page to browse content.
  • Schedules -- The main portal view for managing classrooms and lesson schedules.
  • External Providers -- Configure third-party lesson providers.
  • Admin -- Manage programs, studies, and lesson content (visible only if you have admin permissions).
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The Admin option only appears if your account has been granted content editing permissions. Most church staff will use the Schedules and External Providers pages for day-to-day management.

Getting Started​

If you are visiting the portal for the first time and have not created any classrooms yet, start by clicking Add First Classroom in the classrooms panel. Give your classroom a name (for example, "Preschool" or "3rd-5th Grade") and save it. From there, you can begin scheduling lessons.