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COVID19 has so significantly impacted everyday life in church, home, work and community.
Digital Tools for
Churches
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For direct updates, see covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk Contents include
OtherResources
Giving
AppsSoftware & Other Useful Tools
Contributors
Starters Guide
Digital Platforms for
Churches [Mark Crosby |article] l ink
Impact of COVID19 on Church Comms [Digital Church Toolkit |video] link
Free Consultation with Digital Church
Toolkit to help implement in your church [calendly form| link
Latest Advice from UK
Government [gov.uk website] link
Taking Church Online in a Coronavirus
Age [Gospel Coalition |Article] link
Ultimate Coronavirus
Guide For Churches [Church Marketing Uni.|article] link
Running Digital Small
Groups [ Article | Vineyard Churches] link
Get started with
filming [ Article & video | Vineyard Churches] link
10 ways churches can
help during the coronavirus pandemic [Premier | Article] link
Prayer. It’snot our only response, but it’s important!
A guide to praying for Coronavirus
#PrayToEndCov19 [SIM] link
A coronavirus prayer
and other resources [Pete Greig| Article/slides] link
24/7 Prayer virtual
prayer room for the coronavirus pandemic link
Tools like Prayermate and Time to Pray may be helpful
Webinars to help churches and ministries
26th-27th March COVID-19 Church Online Summit. Evangelicals at Wheaton College.
Watch back from 17th March. Children & Youth in London (Watch back via Facebook) Host: Diocese of London Children & Youthwork
VirtualChurch 101 (via Zoom) Host:Chris Lim (TheoTech)
Live Streaming Guides to setting-up live streaming
A beginner’s guide to going live with
your service / event free [C of E|article] link
Livestream to Youtube
on just a phone [7 step tutorial] link
Licences to livestream worship
[Vineyard Worship|article] link
Most affordable live streaming cameras
for churches [ProChurchTools|Podcast] link
Record, stream &
podcast your services [CCLI | Article] link
Livestream Your
Church Service: A Practical Guide [GospelCoalition|Article] link
How to stream your
Church service on Facebook Live – [CBN|article] link
A note about live
streaming and song licensing in churches – [James Doc|Article] link
Songs in the public
domain – [CCLI | list] link
Best
practices for going Live from a Facebook Page [Facebook Article] link
Crisis Management What to think through for your church
All Things Coronavirus [Northshore
Church | Google doc] – link
Guidance for churches
[Church of England | Article] – link
Communicating your
response [CPO | Google doc] – link
Templates for Public
Statements; emails, social posts, etc [Google Doc] – link
Fbook Groups + resource for Church Comms. Places to go for support and advice from experienced Church Comms teams.
Church Tech UK – [Facebook] link
The Church Comms Collective
UK [Facebook] – link
CMG / Visual Church
Media [Facebook] – link
. OK it’s US-based, but has
lots of feeds about live streaming and tech setup for churches.
Coronavirus Tech
Handbook [directory] – link
Leveraging Facebook
for Online Church During COVID-19 from Nona Jones (Head of Global
Faith-Based Partnerships at Facebook) [Facebook Post] – link
Mental Health & Community Helpful resources.
Coronavirus & Anxiety – [Will Van Der Hart|Article] – link
How to stay connected
in the coronavirus pandemic [live Q&A via Sunday Mag] – link
4 Ideas to be FOR
Your Community During COVID-19 [article from Sunday Mag] – link
Joy – Support for
people self-isolating [service] – link
Other free Resources. Easily accessible resources to use in your church comms.
Custom video for
announcements [GoChatter] – link
Coronavirus graphics
[Sunday Social] – link
Updates and
cancellations graphics [Pixel Preacher] – link
Coronavirus photos
[Unsplash] – link
Viral kindness
neighbourhood print-out [PDF download] – link
Love our street
print-out [PDF download] – link
Viral kindness
postcard [print at home or professionally print | PDF] – link
Giving
SMS giving via Donr [Service] – link
Churchsuite giving
[Service] – link
Apps, Software & Other Useful Tools
Digital tools that will be useful for churches in this season (and beyond!)
For live streaming
Church Online Platform free link A platform to show a live streamed
video or a pre-recorded video with a link. Includes online chat, prayer request
and integrated YouVersion Bible App.
OBS free link
Free & open
source broadcasting for live streaming. Connect to Facebook, YouTube, Twitch
etc.
Remote working for teams
Slack free link Messaging, file sharing, group chats, video calls
Facebook Workplace link
Microsoft Teams link
Google Drive free link Free for charities to use team drives with unlimited space
For Small Groups
Running Digital Small Groups link
Google Hangouts link
Bible reading plans [from YouVersion
Bible App] link
Idea – ask small
groups to start a Bible App reading plan. Share a plan with friends and read
the Word together. There’s lots being highlighted at the moment about fear
& anxiety!
Prayermate Share
enables you to keep your small group updated with needs link
iknow Church – The
team at iKnow have made their platform completely free for churches until
September 2020. link
Running Alpha
Alpha online – link
Content Creation
Canva free link
Easy to use graphic
design templates, pre-made sizes for social media platforms
Video calls
Zoom link
Skype link
Google Hangouts link
Podcasting
Anchor link
Project management
Trello link
To do, doing, done
Airtable link Part spreadsheet, part database. They are giving out free pro-upgrades for groups working on covid-19 projects. details
Remote work
Four tips for staying productive working from home [Google | Article] – link
Contributors
Content
Mark Crosby, Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland
Benjamin Lyon, Living Rock Church
Ben Elliott, Christian Publishing Outreach
Peter Murden, Digital Church Toolkit
Finn Johnston, Digital Church Toolkit
Liz Morgan, Church of England
James Doc, Kingdom Code
Tech
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Phew!
Just pick what might help you and investigate.
Bless you
Matthew Porter, Officer.