How to view our worship services online using Zoom

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Step 1. Set Up Zoom

Setting Up On a Mobile Device

  • You do not need a Zoom account (but please know that accounts are free).
  • For a smart phone or tablet, look for the Zoom app in the app store and download.
    • “Zoom Cloud Meetings”–it’s free.
    • “Zoom for Blackberry” for Blackberry users–also free.
  • When it’s time for your meeting or worship, launch the app and click “Join a Meeting.” Enter the meeting ID in order to access the meeting or worship.

Setting Up On a Computer

  • You do not need a Zoom account (but please know that accounts are free).
  • Go to this page and download “Zoom Client for Meetings.”
  • Find “Zoom.pkg” (or something similar, like “Zoom.exe”) in your downloads and double-click it to install the application.
  • When it’s time for your meeting or worship, launch the Zoom application and click “Join a Meeting.” Enter the meeting ID in order to access the meeting or worship.

Step 2. Test before Sunday

It is helpful for you to practice “joining a meeting” before Sunday to see if your software is working correctly (meaning you can see and hear). Chalice offers a Zoom lunch on Tuesdays from 12 noon to 1 p.m.–this is a great time to test Zoom.

Zoom lunch with Rev. Sharon:

Step 3. Attend worship!

Before Worship

  • You might like to light your own chalice, so consider setting that up where you will be watching worship.
  • You might also like to light candles of joy and sorrow, so consider setting those up as well.

Worship Times

Our worship happens using Zoom’s “meeting” format. When:

  • Sundays at 10:00 AM (the meeting “opens” at 9:30 am)

Logging Onto Zoom

  • Please “join a meeting” by entering the ID: 832 129 662 or click to join the meeting:
    https://tinyurl.com/qr5fr4m
  • Please create a screen name that shows your real name.

Tips During Worship

  • Once you join the worship, you will be muted, so you don’t need to worry about people hearing you talking.
  • You will be invited to use the chat, so look for the chat button. IMPORTANT: Make sure you send your chat comments to “everyone.”
  • If you need to “rename” yourself (change the name that shows up for you), click on “participants” from your menu, click on yourself, and the option to “rename” should come up.
  • If you get a notice of “internet unstable,” that means YOUR internet is unstable. If you get that message while your video is on, turning your video off can sometimes help.

After Worship

  • We hope you’ll join us for coffee hour conversation after worship! Just stay put in the same “zoom room” as worship, and the conversation will begin a few minutes after worship concludes.
  • Read our Tips for Attending Sunday Coffee Hour.