In case you missed this week or last week’s Tuesday Talks session with church communicators,
- Watch the November 29 recording at https://youtu.be/XpRQ74P9drE.
- Watch the Dec 6 recording at https://youtu.be/BsDxOtyvjgc.
Topics for discussion were:
- Did you miss the Current Practices for Radical Hospitality and Intentional Safety Teams webinar on December 1, 2022? Have you heard of all the upcoming events and resources coming from New & Vital Faith? Make sure you’re subscribed to the Conference Newsletter to get the latest information. Rachel was kind enough to record several video messages that your church can use to share the information. Videos messages coming soon will be linked below as they are available. Let me know if you need a downloadable file.
- January 11 Cooperative Parish
- About Church Cartographers
- Feb 17 or March 24 Reaching New People in New Ways
- Current Practices for Radical Hospitality and Intentional Safety Teams
- Pathways Process for all churches
- January District Conferences
- BI-POC Internship message for churches
- BI-POC Internship message for potential interns
- Youth Ministry Tips
Looking for advice or a shopping list for live streaming equipment?
- Megan Swanson from St Paul’s in Tucson has been live streaming since May 2021 and started with a webcam and now using Vimeo Premium with high-end cameras plugged into a soundboard. As a backup, they use two old iPhones and a Mevo camera. Live streaming to YouTube and Vimeo. Watch this video to learn more about what a Mevo camera can do. https://youtu.be/38kn86y4yeo. Find the various Vimeo plans pricing at https://vimeo.com/upgrade.
- David Topping from Song of Life UMC in Queen Creek, is using an iPhone + iPad equipment solution and using Switcher Studio. Find details about Switcher Studio at https://www.switcherstudio.com/. The $325 optical zoom camera that David was referencing and used at Faith UMC is available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Conference-Broadcast-Streaming-Education-Recording/dp/B092MHNT62/?th=1.
- The camera in the Galvan Conference room is an Aver camera with 12x optical zoom. You can find it at https://averusa.com/products/ptz-classroom-camera/dl30.
- Kris Kroeger at Dayspring in Tempe has a full studio with two fixed Black Magic cameras, a new soundboard and uses ProPresenter as the slides software. Learn about ProPresenter and download it at https://renewedvision.com/propresenter/
- The Logitech Conference Cam setup that we use in the other meeting rooms is available at https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1243634-REG/logitech_960_001054_group_videoconferencing_system.html.
- The Meeting Owl conference cam mentioned is available at https://owllabs.com/products/meeting-owl-3
Annual Conference prizes from 2022 that were intended to help the winning churches expand or improve their online ministry are:
- The $199 OBSBOT Tiny AI-Powered PTZ webcam is available at https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1630402-REG/obsbot_obsbot_tiny_ai_powered_ptz.html
- The $39.99 remote control for the OBSBOT Tiny camera is available at https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1674309-REG/obsbot_orb_2109_ct_tiny_remote_control.html.
- $99.00 DJI OM 4SE Smartphone Gimble available at https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1657931-REG/dji_cp_os_00000169_01_om_4_se.html
- The $229 RODE NT-USB Mini 2-Person Podcast Recording Kit is available at https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1635099-REG/rode_nt_usb_mini_2_person_podcast.html
Find more Tuesday Talks and communications resources at https://dscumc.org/committee/communications.
