What appears on your public page
A section-by-section map of where each part of your public page comes from — which content appears automatically once you fill it in, and which you opt in per item (public events, public announcements, featured team, giving). It explains why something is or isn't showing.
Your public page is assembled from content you already manage elsewhere in Psalmly (see Your public page for the big picture). This guide is the map: for each section of the page, where its content comes from, and — crucially — whether it appears automatically or only when you opt it in. That one distinction explains almost every "why isn't this showing?" question.
Two kinds of content
- Always-on — once you fill it in, it appears. These are the parts that describe your church itself: About, Service times, Visit info. Nothing to switch on.
- Opt-in — these come from places where not everything is meant to be public, so you choose which items go out: each event, each announcement, each team member, and your giving funds.
When something you expect isn't on the page, it's almost always an opt-in item that hasn't been switched on — or content that's still a draft.
About — always-on
Your About text and tagline (from the Basics pane of Church profile) appear as the welcome on your page. Write them for a stranger: who you are, what a visitor can expect, what you believe in a sentence or two. (The Write/Polish with AI helper on those fields can get you a first draft.)
Service times — always-on
Everything in the Service times pane appears on your page's service-times section, in the order you list them. Keep this current — for many visitors it's the single most important thing on the page.
Visit info — always-on
The Visit info pane feeds the "what to expect" part of your page: up to six short cards (think "Come as you are", "About an hour", "Kids welcome"), plus optional parking and accessibility notes. It's written for first-timers deciding whether to come — anything you fill in here shows automatically.
Events — opt-in per event
Your public page shows upcoming events that you've marked Public — and only those:
- In the event editor, an event's Visibility is either Public or Internal. Only Public events reach your page; Internal ones stay in-app for members.
- Drafts never show — an event has to be published as well as Public.
- Past events drop off automatically — the page always shows what's still to come.
So if an event isn't appearing, check that it's published and set to Public. For the full event flow, see Scheduling events.
News — opt-in per announcement
Announcements are members-first, so they only reach your public page when you say so:
- In the announcement composer there's a Show on your public page switch. Leave it off and the announcement goes to members only; turn it on and it also appears in your page's news/updates.
- Only sent, church-wide announcements can be public — a group announcement always stays private (the switch is disabled for those).
See Sending announcements for where that toggle lives.
Our team — opt-in per person
The "Our team" section is drawn from your Directory, and it takes two yeses so no one is ever surfaced publicly by surprise:
- An admin marks a person Feature on public profile in the Directory (the member's detail panel).
- The member themselves hasn't hidden from the public page (each person controls a "show me on the public page" setting on their own profile).
Only people who are both featured and not hidden appear — shown with just their name, photo, title, and bio. If you've featured someone and they're still not showing, they've most likely opted themselves out, and the Directory will tell you so. For how featuring and titles work, see Managing your church directory.
Giving — appears once giving is live
Your page shows a Give button and your funds once two things are true:
- Your church has online giving set up — your Stripe connection is active and accepting payments (see Setting up online giving).
- You have at least one visible giving fund.
When both hold, visitors can give straight from your page — no account needed. For how that works and where those gifts land, see Receiving gifts on your public page.
When something isn't showing
Run down this short list:
- Is your page published (not a draft)?
- For an event or announcement, is it published/sent and marked Public?
- For a team member, are they featured and not hidden?
- For giving, is your Stripe connection active and a fund visible?
The Your public page checklist at the top of Church profile mirrors exactly what a visitor would see right now, so it's the quickest place to confirm what's live and jump to whatever's missing.