Covid-19 Tech Tips

A special thank you to Seattle Presbytery for sharing their resources.

ZOOM

For Congregational and/or Session Meetings (using ZOOM):

Advisory opinion on Church in an Emergency/Pandemic how to proceed with a congregational meeting in such a time as this: English | Spanish.
Videos on how to hold a meeting as shared by Synod of Mid-America:
- For council leaders/ meeting hosts: https://youtu.be/aya4LpkVyms
- For potential meeting participants: https://youtu.be/y6_bAbRdlnM
Best Practices: How to Use ZOOM for our Presbytery meeting: English | Spanish .

Bruce Reyes Chow-Zoom worship resources:

Post on some basic best Practices for Zoom Worship

Monday AM (8:00-9:00am) Zoom Laboratory: This is a weekly gathering where colleagues offer and share encouragement and best practices.
https://www.facebook.com/events/204670224114691/

Zoom Church Facebook Group: We focus on using zoom in all aspects of church life, about 700 members.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/zoomchurch/

All recordings of the meetings and a few others are on YouTube:

First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto is committed to a completely live service so if folks are interested to see what that looks like here is the recording from our Palm Sunday Service

Suggestions for using Zoom for meetings & worship for church, by Dean Strong, Synod of Alaska-NW Stated Clerk

Tips and tricks for taking your church committee meetings to Zoom (Greater NW Area of the United Methodist Church)

Zoom for pastors and church leaders, Northwest United Methodist Foundation

“4 Tips for using Zoom and video conference call software to stream your event” by spf.io

Ten easy tips for better Zoom meetings, Stanford Medicine