How to livestream a church service with a volunteer team
Step by step
- 1Set it up once
Save the camera layout, lower thirds for songs and speakers, and your logo, so nothing is designed on Sunday morning.
- 2Write a one-page checklist
Power on, open the session, check sound, pick the layout, go live. Print it and keep it by the desk.
- 3Train two volunteers
One runs the stream; one watches the chat and the stream on a phone. Swap each week.
- 4Test 20 minutes before
Check the sound from the desk above all. Bad audio loses online viewers faster than a bad picture.
- 5Share the message through the week
A short clip from the sermon each day keeps people connected between Sundays.
Before you stream music
- Check that your licence covers streaming the songs you play.
- Some platforms mute or block copyrighted music.
The CloudReel way
Do it in CloudReel
- Save layouts and graphics, so a volunteer opens the session and goes live.
- Stream to every platform at once.
- Share clips of the message through the week.
Questions
Is CloudReel hard for volunteers?
Layouts and graphics are saved, so a volunteer opens the session and goes live.
What do we need to start?
A laptop with Chrome or Edge, a camera, and a feed from your sound desk.
