Podcasts / Devotionals
Coronavirus and What You Can Do About It / Ep. 205
Church & Worship Ministry Safety
Action Safety Steps
What will you do when the Coronavirus comes to your church? Below are important facts about this flu-virus and how to better protect your church and worship services.
How Your Worship Team and Church Can Respond to the CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
Steps to ensure safety and prevention
Download this handy PDF to use/post around your church / share on socials: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/workplace-school-and-home-guidance.pdf
Updated News Daily: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html
Steps to Respond Your Church Ministry
1a. Communicate to your Worship Ministry Social platform posts: Send critical church Info via Facebook, Twt, IG, etc.
b.Consider producing a quick video (even through your phone) to your team.
c. Repost your Pastor’s message, or create your own status updates inline with your church.
d. Post these alerts and updated church news on your ministry paged.
e. Email updates through your Worship Team Database. Send messages via Planning Center Online (or another database program)
f. Ask church office about help cleaning/disinfecting campus
1b. Worship Ministry Preventions
a. Don’t shake hands or hug. The Coronavirus spreads within a 6 feet radius.
b. Don’t share microphones or instruments
c. Keep your own iPads/tablets/phones and music with you – do not share
d. Disinfect microphone stands, music stands and other equipment
e. Audio teams, disinfect all knobs and mixing consoles, plus outboard gear
f. Media team and Projection disinfect keyboards, computers, displays, desks and chairs
g. Keep all water bottles separated from others / identify yours and keep safe
h. Keep your hands washed and clean after using equipment
i. Singers and musicians – don’t stand close to fellow musicians/singers
j. Speak to your Pastor/Senoir staff about video streaming services
k. Pray and show love/care to all people, share the love of Jesus, trust in His name
2. Worship Services
a. Re-communicate posts from your Pastor or Church Office: Decisions about closing or relocating services and/or streaming potentials
b. Re-communicate which bible studies or meetings are cancelled
3. Decide to stream your services
Options: Facebook Live, Youtube Live, livestream.com
4. Streaming Permissions
Ensure you have the right licensing to post/stream worship songs from your service https://us.ccli.com/streaming-license-terms-of-agreement/
If you do not have CCLI (Church Copyright Licensing), you can purchase one here for your church: https://us.ccli.com/copyright-license/
5. Staff Work/Church Office Hours
a.Designate when operation hours are available and where on your campus
b. Assign staff to work from home / hours to conduct meetingsc.Utilize Social Media for church hours and activity
6. If Anyone is Sick / Suspected / Post Church Caution Message
Any person who is feeling sick or running a fever to stay home (and away from small or large group gatherings) and let someone in the church know that you are not feeling well. Ensure care for others in every way we can as your church family without unnecessarily exposing others to potential sickness. Particularly if you are elderly or more physically at risk in light of the coronavirus COVID-19.7.
Precautions of what you can do on/off church campus:
•Wash your hands (several times per day) with soap and water for at least 20 seconds;
•Do not touch your face and hair•Using hand sanitizer when soap and water is not available;
•Not touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands;
•Avoiding close contact with people who are sick;
•Staying home if you are sick;
•Covering your cough or sneeze;
•Disinfecting objects and surfaces regularly.
8. Making Ministry Areas Safe:
•Wipe down all common area touchpoints (e.g., doors, light switches, countertops, etc.) throughout the day with an EPA certified disinfectant.
•Placing hand sanitizers in common areas throughout the buildings.
•Performing added in-depth cleaning of facilities on a regular basis.
Coronavirus is a type of virus that causes respiratory illness — an infection of the airways and lungs. COVID-19 is a new strain of coronavirus. It is part of the same family of coronaviruses that includes the common cold. The coronavirus outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
Since then, the virus has spread to other countries.
•You can also find more information from the World Health Organization: https://www.who.int
9. What you / we can do personally to spiritually help?
•Trust in God as the good and sovereign Creator and Sustainer of life upon whom we all depend.
•Pray for mercy for the sick, strength for doctors, insight for researchers, and wisdom for officials.
•Look for opportunities to love and care for others, whether they are sick, isolated, marginalized, poor, or oppressed.
•Avoid every semblance of prejudice or racism, as the virus has been associated with origin and affected countries; guard against all prejudice or racism in your thoughts, your words, and your actions.
•Stay closely connected to the church family. Gather with smaller groups as appropriate, and participate in worship gatherings online if that’s the only option.
•Continue to faithfully give financial offerings online so that the ministry of the church thrives all the more in the midst of difficult days.
•Reflect often on the brevity of life, the urgency of eternity, and the beauty of the gospel.
CDC Coronavirus Main Page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
Helpful Insights for Prevention of Virus: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html
Author Bio
Branon Dempsey
Branon Dempsey is the founder and CEO of Worship Team Training and Worship Team Training University WTTU.co He has over twenty years of leading worship and teaching worship theology, music and songwriting for churches ranging from 500 to 5,000 members. He has had the opportunity to train and study worship at Maranatha! Music as well as some of the most well-known churches in the country, including Coast Hills Church, and Saddleback Church, where Rick Warren is pastor. Branon Dempsey holds an M.Div in Worship Theology and Worship Arts, along with a Bachelors of Music in Composition and Performance, along with an emphasis in worship leader training by Maranatha and Integrity Music. Branon is a devotional writer for Bible.com Youversion and selling author / teacher with Faithlife (Logos Bibles) for worship teaching and training material. WTTU exists to help individuals understand their personality, their learning style and their spiritual maturity, which, in turn, helps the individuals sharpen their quality development and gain the needed confidence to reach the upward call of God in Christ Jesus Ephesians 2:10 and Philippians 3:14. Follow Branon: @BranonDempsey @worshiptt
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