Give to the
Shalom Mutual Aid Fund*
(Updated: March 26, 9:30 am)
Technology:
- Simple steps to use Facebook Live for a virtual service using a cell phone (video)
- Facebook Live general tutorial for beginners (video)
- Zoom Video Conferencing for beginners – setting up an account, joining and hosting a Zoom meeting (video)
- Best Practices for Hosting a Digital Event (Zoom blog)
- Zoom Events (live demos, webinars, online trainings)
- How to Livestream Your Church Service: A Practical Guide from The Gospel Coalition (article)
- Community Without Communing: Resources for Virtual Church – Sojourners (article)
- Mixing audio for your church service livestream (video) – intermediate skill tutorial for churches using a sound board to mix worship
- Top five questions about copyright coverage (article)
- Music Licensing info for streaming/podcasts (webpage)
- Dwell Scripture Audiobook App is offering 60 days free for congregations (email your request)
Need some personal assistance? Contact one of our staff persons below:
- Scott Roth – proficient in Zoom, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch
- Zoom coaching – Noel Santiago, Brooke Martin, Hendy Matahelemual, Danilo Sanchez, Chantelle Todman Moore
For children:
- 1st-4th grade (or younger) curriculum – (PDF) provided by Heather Gingrich (Plains congregation).
- Preschool Lessons – (PDF) provided by Sarah Rittenhouse (Franconia congregation, and a PreK teacher at Little Sprout Learning Center)
- Facebook Live daily story time (9:00 am) – Zion Mennonite Nursery School; previous story time videos are also on their Facebook page
- Turn Quarantine Into Quality Time: 14 Days of Questions and Activities – blog from a local stay-at-home mom who used to work as a teacher
- Shalom at Home – (PDF) resource guide provided by The City School
Worship and devotional resources from around MC USA:
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MC USA’s 2020 Lent At Home
- Weekly devotional email from MennoMedia. Subscribe here and click “Pandemic Resources”
- Congregational prayer, entitled “Prayer in a time of fear,” from Eastern Mennonite Seminary
- AMBS’ compilation of resources for prayer and worship
- Shine resources for Sunday school at home from MennoMedia
- Corporate reading of Tales of the Kingdom on Doylestown Mennonite Church’s Facebook Live, Monday through Saturday at 10am. The chapters are about 25 minutes long. Great for both children and adults. Catch up with the recordings.
Finances:
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Everence announces initiatives aimed at providing financial support (The Mennonite)
*The Shalom Fund supports pastors, congregations and ministries in direct response to the Coronavirus and the ensuing economic crisis. We will seek to respond to the most vulnerable within our membership and neighborhoods by empowering local ministries to meet real needs with Christ’s love and generosity in a time of fear and anxiety.