Meeting for Worship

Skills

The following skills are needed by participants and hosts for a Meeting for Worship.

Equipment: Zoom works best on computer but can be used as a participant with any device. Need camera & video to participate fully but can also join by phone. Headphones with inbuilt microphone recommended to reduce background noise and prevent echo. Go somewhere with less background noise or visual busyness; be sure vocal ministry is audible - need to unmute.
Rename with correct name for that Zoom meeting.
Virtual background is a bit of fun. Nothing too busy or to arresting an image. Blur works well as a simple background.

camera & microphone so the Remote Participants can see and hear in the room.
speaker & video screen so the room people can hear and see Remote Participants.
Advise participants about the need to speak to a microphone and that they are 'on camera' and indicate where they can sit if they want to avoid it.
Consider etiquette about audible vocal ministry in relation to where the microphone is. Considerations about whether or not to have people walk into view of camera or not for vocal ministry.
To host a meeting, you must have a Zoom account. Most Host functions do not work from an iPad or phone – Zoom is designed for computers. If you are a Zoom account holder you can schedule a new meeting.

Allow participants to join anytime
Mute participants on entry
Request permission to unmute participants
Automatically record meeting but note warnings about doing that and get agreement from participants
Approve or block entry for users from specific countries/regions

The host can do the following

Mute all participants and ask to unmute
Turn off video of participants
Remove someone from the meeting
Create a waiting room and assign people to it/ admit them from it
Send a meeting invitation (with link) to people who want to join but can’t find the link – select “Invite” from the Participant panel
Assign co-host(s) or hand over host function to someone else in the meeting
Turn chat off if needed. Do this from Chat settings on bottom of Zoom screen.
Host or co-host should monitor for people with background audio/visual noise, as well as those speaking who need to unmute
Go to the from participant panel, hover over name, select More to assign co-host or host status

If you do not have an account, the owner of an existing account can give you a “host key” (password) so you can “claim host” of a meeting which the account owner has already set up.
In order to use the claim host function, the Zoom Meeting must be set up without waiting room and with “join anytime” enabled. Select “Claim host” from the Participant tab on bottom of Zoom screen, then type in the host key.