![]() As the countdown video played we waited with eager expectation for youth ministry colleagues near and far to learn and grow together.Īll was going as planned until just as the countdown video was reaching its final few seconds, some strange lines starting appearing on the screen. We had prepared well, inviting some guests to share who had been experimenting with some interesting approaches, as well as creating space for questions and break out discussions. The appetite for learning was obvious with more than 150 youth leaders from all over the UK and even further afield having logged on to see what they could glean. It was shortly after the people of the UK had found themselves in lockdown, youth leaders had many more questions than answers, so we at LIMITLESS decided to go early and facilitate a shared learning environment via Zoom that we called a Live Online Youth Leaders Forum. So where were we? Oh yes the fail of meteoric proportions. Except we weren’t, which brings me back to the story. Until then Zoom had been swimming along in the background, utilised by a few forward-thinking organisations to manage remote teams, until all of a sudden, practically overnight, we were all expected to be Zoom-experts. ![]() The middle ground that most of us settled on as our bread and butter for youth ministry online, however, was Zoom, a video-conferencing application that was more reliable than Skype, more functional than FaceTime, and more safeguarding-friendly than HouseParty! We tried all kinds of approaches and apps, from live broadcasts on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, to group chats on What’s App and Messenger. With the sudden and rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth leaders all over the globe found themselves moving their youth ministry online. Tim Alford shares the mistakes of not securely using Zoom. Learn from my mistakes - a guide to youth ministry on Zoom
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