Checklist
Process & Preparation
1) People
Do you have a large staff or none? Do you have a large congregation or has your focus always been those outside? The people available for focused collaboration will determine your go-to strategy.
2) Strategy
Will you be leading a high-end production type of worship service in a large sanctuary or will you be alone in your home office, recording a message by yourself?
What the Coronavirus Age has now determined is that social distancing will prevent a traditional gathering of worship and demand of ministry leaders depth and breadth of adaptation.
The goal is likely not to produce a digital facsimile of an in-person worship. Instead, what is likely the goal is to produce what the experience of an in-person worship service produces: an experience of God.
3) Equipment
Larger churches usually have the means to permanently install and build audio/visual equipment into the facility. But, if the facility itself is no longer usable, the equipment needs will change dramatically.
Depending on the strategy, what the church basically needs is:
- Something to capture media
- Something to broadcast or publish media
- Something to distribute media
4) Channels / Services
The delivery of media directly to large numbers of people has become simplified in the past decade with the growth of social media. Churches can now choose from a diverse offering for video livestream:
5) Permissions
Permission, usually a license, is required for copyrighted material (ie. music, etc.) to “leave the sanctuary,” including broadcasting online using any software/service.
Permission, in written form, is also required of anyone that will be “in the picture” in a live broadcast or recorded media.
- Sample Photo Release Form (eForms)
Special thanks to Rev. John Demaree