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ETHICS AND INTEGRITY IN MINISTRY UPDATES FOR DIGITAL MINISTRY
Parish directors of religious education and youth ministers in the Diocese of Austin are invited to a Zoom conversation regarding fall 2020 EIM updates for digital and online parish ministry with young people. Emily Hurlimann, Associate Director of EIM, will join us, as well as staff of the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis and the Office of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry. The three sessions will be focused on either the religious education setting, or the youth ministry setting and will be held at the following dates and times:
- July 13 at 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (DREs) Zoom Link
- July 15 at 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (YMs) Zoom Link
- July 16 at 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (DREs) Zoom Link
Please RSVP here by July 6. On the RSVP form, you may also let us know any digital ministry or general EIM questions you have in advance and we will include the answers in our conversation.
Zoom Recordings
April 6, 2020 / Virtual Ministry
April 16, 2020 / Planning in times of Uncertainty
April 20, 2020 / Helping Teens Cope During Isolation (Password: 6U#+%%iF)
April 27, 2020 / Prayer & Spirituality
May 4, 2020 / Transitioning to a new normal
May18, 2020 / Webinars, Conference and Resources (Password: 1r@53E6$)
June 1, 2020 / Resources and Planning (Password: 0e++1!oC) -
VIRTUAL GATHERINGS
- PROJECT YM LIVE / Join parishes from around the United States for the BIGGEST Catholic youth night ever! Sunday nights from 7-8pm Central
- LIFETEEN / Anchored: a Global Life Night Series (Sunday 4 p.m.) and Lectio Live
- Mass on the Air
- Young Life Catholic Retreats
- Steubenville Live Virtual Conference
- GREATER -- Project YM Confirmation Retreat
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ONLINE VIDEO CONFERENCING / LIVESTREAM / MESSAGINGWhen using any video conferencing software for your virtual youth ministry, be sure to change the meeting link each time you meet and avoid sending the link via social media to prevent trolling and uninvited guests. (Remember to include 2 EIM adults on all calls; see below for additional EIM guidelines)
- Zoom (video conferencing)
● Waiting Room – participants wait to be accepted into the meeting
● Expel a participant or all participants
● Chat with a single participant or all participants
● Mute/unmute audio and/or video for a single participant or all participants
● Password protect meetings; only those with a password can join a meeting
● Rename Webinar Attendees
● View All Participants’ Video in Gallery View While Screensharing
● Pre-Assign Breakout Rooms
- Goto Meeting (video conferencing)
- Cisco Webex (video conferencing)
- Vimeo (livestream)
- Facebook Live (livestream)
- Groupme (messaging)
- Flocknote (messaging)
- Remind (messaging)
- Calendly (calendar/meeting scheduler)
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SAFE ENVIRONMENT
USCCB Guidelines to Ministering to Minors Online
EIM / SAFE ENVIRONMENT ONLINE
There is not really an “approved” messaging app, but keep in mind that you want to have as much transparency as possible, and have parents connected to any communications.
As far as conferencing, Zoom or a similar platform are along the same lines. As far as safe-environment, you will want two EIM-compliant adults on any conferencing that you do. You do not need to worry about additional ratios, as this is not an in-person chaperoning situation. If you do a chat or anything like that, you may want to have additional adults moderate that. You will also want to record the presentation.
If there will be shared cameras with the teens, you may want to ask them to sit in a neutral location in their house, as well as seek parent permission for filming, if you don’t already have it on file. I would then make the recording available to your pastor and parents, if they would like to see it. -
Young Adult Ministry Resources