John Hamer's congregation online service

[John Hamer]

Several people on this board have asked me about the prospect of joining online gatherings or church meetings of my congregation in Toronto. We are launching the first of these tonight (May 11) at 8:00 PM Eastern. The medium is free Zoom teleconferencing software that you can download to your computer or smart phone. We are envisioning this initially as a monthly activity, so if the timing doesn't work for you, plan on joining us next month.

The link to the meeting is here: https://zoom.us/j/819204162

[2bizE]

Thanks John. I didn't see your post in time to catch the service. Please let us know next month.

[Korihor]

Hey - this is cool. With a bit more notice I might have been able to see this. However 8 EST is 5:00 my time so that's tricky.

[redjay]

John

Thanks for making it available - it was 1AM local time, on a school night, so I couldn't tune in.

TBH I'm not sure how TBM DW would handle me virtually attending.

But keep us posted, and if any of the meetings would make for a half decent podcast I do have a long commute each day...

[wtfluff]

Any plans to record these types of meetings for posterity John?

[Mad Jax]

So... Drive thru internet fundaligionism them? I approve.

[moksha]

Would this include downloadable absolution?

[John Hamer]

I'm sorry that we didn't give everyone a lot of notice. This was our "soft launch," so we only advertised it a few places the day of the service because we didn't want to attract so many people that we had a software malfunction, etc. Fortunately, the technical glitches were minor and we have a sense of how these are going to work going forward, so we'll be able to give more notice of the next one.

Meanwhile, you can watch the recording of last Thursday's service on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpZzPbilYc

[AllieOop]

I'm sorry that we didn't give everyone a lot of notice. This was our "soft launch," so we only advertised it a few places the day of the service because we didn't want to attract so many people that we had a software malfunction, etc. Fortunately, the technical glitches were minor and we have a sense of how these are going to work going forward, so we'll be able to give more notice of the next one.

Meanwhile, you can watch the recording of last Thursday's service on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpZzPbilYc

Thanks for posting about this, John. I'll take a look!

And...it's so great to see you here

[John Hamer]

Regarding the timing, we're not exactly sure what to do for world-wide convenience. Currently I think we're might push it to 9 PM Eastern, which will be 7 PM Mountain and 6 PM Pacific ---- still a bit early for people in North America's west coast, but obviously that makes it 2 AM for Redjay, which is no help. Any later than 9 PM Eastern would be too late for our local seniors (9 PM may also be too late, we'll see).

I think it's unlikely to make a good audio podcast, because our normal services involve a lot of visual material --- charts and photos, etc. --- so it's probably best for watching on YouTube.

[John Hamer]

You all have a lot more notice now for next month. We'll have our second "Beyond the Walls" gathering on June 22nd at 9 PM Eastern.

[John Hamer]

Just a reminder to anyone interested, this online inclusive church gathering will take place tonight at 9 PM Eastern / 7 PM Mountain time.

You can join us using free Zoom webconferencing software following this link: https://zoom.us/j/743690820