This could be a helpful tool for faith leaders in helping their congregations find hope and ways forward as we look to the future. The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us the value of recalibrating our ex...
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How to do a blessing of the hands with social distancing?
Some suggestions: send a blessing on a hand print zoom blessing (hold your hands up to the screen) simple guided movements that people can do to bless their own hands (e.g.ask them to message their ow...
How to livestream a funeral?
some suggestions: For a large audience, with interpreters live caption, and simulcast to youtube: use the zoom webinar format and make the family and “altar party” (clergy and such) the pr...
Social Distancing and Officiating Funerals: Pitfalls and Promising Practices
Social Distancing and Officiating Funerals: Pitfalls and Promising Practices Social Distancing and Officiating Funerals: Pitfalls and Promising Practices April 17, 2020 Speaking to fellow religious le...
Communication in a time of wearing masks
People 60+ are more than likely to have at least some hearing loss. Some are aware and some are not. Many won’t say anything. With masks it is hard to see a speakers mouth for help by lip readin...
How much do you pay lay persons who edit worship videos?
some suggestions offered in a FB conversation thread: $20/hour (non-church member) If you want to compensate them but they won’t accept money, you could ask them to name a charity that you could don...
Live Zoom Captioning
Accessibility: I know many of us are trying to figure out how to create more accessibility on digital platforms. We are trying this out and wanted to share the opportunity with all of you. Note: It is...
Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours over Google Meet
Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours over Google Meet. I update bit.ly/night-prayer-today (which is a published Google Doc) and label who says what when, so I can effectively teach people how to...
Best Practices for Funerals
This Google doc outlines some best practices for conducting funerals along with some links to resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jp2i6bFvSTfLbDf0nu5QWsKI3aF_toK_uN1o0yvujEA/edit
Order of the Trinity – Praying the Hours virtually
We are creating an online neo-Friary, a Rule of Life, and hopefully a phone app and website that will allow for community discussion, Spiritual practices, live videos (Morning, Noon Day, and Evening P...