Online Worship Help
The Best Platforms for Online Worship
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Platform Guide
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Online Worship Platforms: A Simple Guide - A discussion of platforms useful to churches for meetings and worship.
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Facebook Live
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Facebook Live is probably the best resource to use for online worship unless you have a very small group (in the case of a small group, Zoom is probably the best). With that said, you may need some help optimizing Facebook Live to have a high quality presentation. Check out the following sources to optimize your viewers' worship experience:
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How to Use Facebook Live: The Ultimate Guide
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Using Facebook Live on Your Computer and Phone: These instructions were written by Mother Leann Wigner, the diocesan communications coordinator. If you have any questions about these instructions, feel free to contact Mother Leann at ttucanterbury@gmail.com.
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Zoom
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Click here for a fabulous YouTube video on best practices for using Zoom for online worship, produced by Virginia Theological Seminary.
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Click here for a helpful guide for leading the Daily Office via Zoom.
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Click here for a helpful guide for how to YouTube and Facebook live stream your Zoom meetings.
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Other Meeting Platforms
Video Editing Tools
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For Mac
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Ecamm Live - Ecamm Live is a macOS app designed to give you tremendous control over live streaming, with special capabilities for Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Periscope, Twitch, Restream.io and Switchboard Live. Ecamm Live can broadcast to any streaming service that uses RTMP streaming.
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For PC
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OBS Studio - Open Broadcaster Software is a free and open-source cross-platform streaming and recording program.
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Liturgical Material for Online Worship
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Resource Books
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An online version of the Bible
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The Book of Common Prayer
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The Book of Occasional Services
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Text of Expansive Language Liturgies
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Lesser Feasts and Fasts - 2018
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Great Cloud of Witnesses
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Hymns
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Daily Office Resources
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The Venite App - Use this app to make virtual Daily Office bulletins in minutes. Available as an app on iOS and android, or just type venite.app into your browser!
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Online Design Tools
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Click here to access free, printable Coronavirus (COVID-19) sign templates.
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Canva - A tool of creating attractive digital graphics - for free!
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Hubspot - Free infographic templates.
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PicMonkey - Free photo editing and design tool.
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Comfight - Free stock photos.
Online Giving Options
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The diocese has set up an online donation portal during this time of suspended in-person worship. This portal can be found here. While churches are encouraged to continue with whatever online giving programs they have already established, this option is available to support churches that have not yet established online giving. Upon clicking the link, donors will have the option to choose to donate to any church in the Diocese.
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If you are interested in researching other online giving portals, we recommend the following:
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Tithe.ly
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Stripe
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Giving Tools
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PayPal (Make sure you receive the nonprofit rate.)
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PushPay
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Click here to access an article by the Episcopal Church Foundation concerning platforms for online giving.
Other Resources
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Children's Bulletins through Instant Church Directory.
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Faith at Home: Lectionary-based readings and reflections from Virginia Theological Seminary.
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Study Material
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Episcopal Church Bible Studies during COVID-19 - Click here to access several Bible studies that address fear, something many people around the world are feeling right now.
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Forward Movement is offering an array of free resources to support individuals, families, and groups as they worship and pray at home. Click here to access the resources.
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Church Publishing is offering some free study materials for worship and prayer at home. Click here to access the resources.
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The Work of the People: Films for Study and Transformation. Work of the People is offering some studies for free. These studies include The Four Gospel Journey, A Contemplative Moment, The Gift of Faith, Love Distorted, The Universal Christ, Smashing Idols through Pain, A God-Oriented Heart, And Your Will Be Done.
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If you have any questions related to online streaming, please feel free to contact the Rev. Leann Wigner, the Diocesan Communications Coordinator, at ttucanterbury@gmail.com. We’ll be continuing to release more resources and guides for our churches, and will be updating this page with more resources we find as they come into our office.
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