VIRTUAL CHURCH
- LIVE-STREAM WORSHIP - Anglican Churches Across Canada
Socially-, yet never spiritually-distanced site, by General Synod Communications. Livestream videos and recordings from the weekend, along with a list of upcoming live worship times you can join. Socially Yet Never Spiritually Distanced
- A Framework for Intergenerational Worship
Practical tips, ideas and an outline for Family Worship Online. Published by Building Faith, a ministry of Virginia Theological Seminary. Authors are: The Rev. Miranda Hassett and Sarah Bentley Allred, from the Episcopal Church. Framework for Intergenerational Worship
- How to Livestream Your Church Service in 4 Easy Steps
Facebook Live - Using a cellphone and a tripod. (From The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego) Livestream in 4 Easy Steps
- Worship Gatherings Via Zoom
Sign up for a basic free account. Host a meeting for 40 minutes for up to 100 participants. Zoom allows you to see other participants in addition to the presider. Others may lead parts of the worship like readings, prayers, hymns, etc. Participants may join a Zoom meeting either using their web-based platform, or by downloading the Zoom software. Those without access to high speed internet may call in using a cell or landline phone. Those calling in will only have audio, so worship planners and leaders should be mindful of that. The two links below are for Zoom Sign-Up and for the Getting Started page. Zoom - Sign-up Page Zoom - Getting Started
The Rev. Greg Johnston of St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Lincoln, MA has created a useful video primer as well as a PDF guide to Facebook Live for churches.
- How to record yourself for Youtube
Grant Vissers’ 36 minute video to share the "how" and a bit of the "why" of recording video for your ministry. YouTube - Video Primer How to Record for YouTube
- How to host a Zoom Meeting
Zoom Meetings - Best Practices, a teaching video sponsored by Lifelong Learning, Virginia Theological Seminary. Hosted by Sarah Stonesifer and Chris Decatur. Zoom Meetings - Best Practices
- OTHER WEB PLATFORMS
Skype - https://www.skype.com/en/
Google Hangouts - https://hangouts.google.com/
GoToMeeting - https://www.gotomeeting.com/en-ca
SoundCloud - record AUDIO messages, music for free -https://soundcloud.com/
iMovie - editing software for macOS, iOS devices (Apple) -iMovie
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) - OBS Studio
- INVITE WELCOME CONNECT IN VIRTUAL CHURCH
How can we get parishioners and others to engage beyond being just spectators? In this Episcopal Church Foundation Vital Practices article by Greg Syler, examine the some of the straightforward, helpful principles of Invite Welcome Connect. Invite Welcome Connect - EFC
ONLINE - LECTIONARY, ORDERS OF SERVICE & IDEAS FOR PRIVATE WORSHIP
- Liturgical Texts Online
The Anglican Church of Canada's page for Book of Common Prayer, The Book of Alternative Services, and a whole variety of Collects, Morning and Evening services, etc. https://www.anglican.ca/about/liturgicaltexts/
- Online Lectionary - Daily
Bible readings for each day for the BAS and BCP, from the Anglican Church of Canada’s adaptation of the Revised Common Lectionary. https://lectionary.anglican.ca/
- Online Lectionary - Sundays
From Vanderbilt Divinity Library, a division of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/
- Faith@Home Daily
Lectionary-based readings and reflections by Forma and Forward Movement. Read, pray, watch, listen, and activities to do. https://www.dofaithathome.org/
COVID-19 Resources
- COVID-19 LITURGY AND PRAYER RESOURCES - CofE
Includes prayers about the outbreak, prayers with children and worship at home. From the Church of England. https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-liturgy-and-prayer-resources
- Prayers for those afftected with Covid-19
Prayers written or adapted by chaplains from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in response to the Covid-19 crisis. This is a 22-page pdf. COVID-19 Prayers - Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Chaplains