Volunteers, not a production crew
The person running the stream also set out the chairs. If going live takes a laptop, three passwords and forty minutes, it won’t happen every week.
07/ 08SEE IT END TO END
ON AIRFAITH & COMMUNITY
Stream services and gatherings to anyone, keep talks and notices for members, and take registrations with a fee and a signature — on one platform a volunteer can run before the doors open.
- Free or members-only, per event
- A camera that starts on schedule
- Signed registrations with a fee
- TV sign-in by QR code
02/ 08YOUR WORLD TODAY
Tools nobody owns
The livestream sits on a social page, notices go by group email, and the website can only be changed by the volunteer who built it.
Registrations on paper
The youth weekend needs a form, a fee and a parent’s signature — so it arrives as a box of slips and a spreadsheet somebody types up at midnight.
The people who can’t come in
Older members watch on the living-room television, not a laptop. They will not type a password with a remote control.
03/ 08WHAT CHANGES
- 01The service goes out on a social page, surrounded by whatever that platform wants to show next.It goes out on your own site and TV apps, under your name — and simulcasts to Facebook and YouTube when you want the reach.
- 02Someone stays behind to download the recording and upload it all over again.The replay publishes itself to your archive the moment the broadcast window closes.
- 03“Members only” means a password passed around in a group email.Mark an event, a series or an article for members. Everyone else still sees what it is — and the one button that lets them in.
- 04Consent slips, a cash tin and a spreadsheet.A form with 24 field types, a drawn signature, and a fee collected before the submission counts.
- 05The notice goes out on Friday if the one person who knows the email tool is free.Write it once, see exactly how many people will receive it, and send it to inbox, email and phone together.
04/ 08WHAT YOU SWITCH ON
Off means gone: the public page, the menu link and the app tab disappear together. Switch any of them back on in one click.
Live EventsServices, talks and gatherings as scheduled broadcast pages — free to everyone, members-only, or hybrid, decided per event.
On-DemandThe archive every replay lands in, with search, categories and resume from where a member left off.
Shows & SeriesA weekly talk series or the youth programme’s own show, organised into seasons and episodes, with Up Next.
Blog & ArticlesNotices and news written on Thursday, scheduled for the morning of the service in your own timezone, with photo galleries of the weekend.
RadioFor members who listen rather than watch — a player that keeps going while they browse, attachable to any event as its audio.
ScheduleThe weekly rhythm entered once as recurring entries. Every event appears on its own, so the guide never disagrees with the calendar.
Subscription PlansA free Member plan that activates instantly with no payment step, and a Supporter plan renewing through Stripe or Square for members who choose to contribute.
FormsRegistrations with a fee, file uploads, a drawn signature and a review queue that emails the applicant at every step.
StoreLeave offSwitch on when there’s a book, a recording or a shirt to sell — with guest checkout, so nobody needs an account to buy.
TicketingLeave offFor the annual conference that sells seats: barcoded tickets with your logo, shown at the door.
Web & Mobile AdsLeave offNo ad breaks and no banners around the service. Leave it off.
Live scoring & tickerLeave offBuilt for leagues and schools. Unless you run a community sports league, you won’t miss it.
05/ 08A SERVICE DAY
A composite service day at a community with one main hall, one fixed camera and a rota of volunteers.
- Service day · 08:15
The front page is already about today
The homepage slider only shows what falls in the next 24 hours, so this morning’s service leads on its own. The week’s notice, written on Thursday, published itself at 07:00.
- Service day · 09:45
The people who saved it hear first
Members who saved the service get a reminder on their phone fifteen minutes out. In a front room across town, a television signs in when its owner scans a QR code and taps Approve.
- Service day · 10:00
The camera starts itself
The automated camera over the stage opens its scheduled window and goes live on the dot. The countdown page becomes the player without a refresh. The volunteer at the back is handing out programmes, not watching a screen.
- Service day · 10:02
Audio for those who listen
The community radio station is attached to the event as its audio. Members who listen rather than watch hear the service in a player that keeps going while they read the notices.
- Service day · 11:20
The archive fills itself
The window closes. The page retires, the homepage slide comes down, and the replay appears in the archive with its artwork, description and access inherited. Nobody uploads anything.
- Service day · 13:00
Registrations over coffee
The youth weekend form went out in the morning’s notice. Each applicant pays the fee before the form is accepted, and a parent receives their own link to sign or decline. The coordinator’s queue fills while people are still talking.
- Service day · 16:00
One message, three channels
The care team writes the week’s update once and sends it to members by inbox, email and phone push. The number of people who will receive it is on screen before anyone presses Send.
06/ 08THE NUMBERS THAT MATTER
8content types in one catalogue
4access models per event, from free to hybrid
24form field types, drawn signature included
3languages — Arabic fully right-to-left
THE TALLY LIGHT IS RED
Walk through a service day on a call — the camera, the members’ plans and the registration form — and see what your volunteers would actually do each week.
A 30-minute walkthrough of the live product — no slides.