St John’s beyond the Website St John’s Shaughnessy is reaching out to parishioners and guests through live streaming services, podcasting sermons and midweek meditations, and posting church school videos. All of the content has been developed by Father John, Mother Elizabeth and Deacon Pitman to reach out to everyone in this time of COVID and social isolation. We have:

Sunday Service o a “livestreamed” 10AM prayer services that include the choir and organ. o These are delivered over YouTube, Twitch and Facebook starting at 5 minutes to 10:00AM and are collected and curated on YouTube for later viewing. The sermons are also available on our podcast channel in audio form

Wednesday Midweek Meditations o The meditations by John, Elizabeth and Pitman are available as videos on YouTube at 8PM Wednesdays and audio only through our pod channel available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox

Sunday Church School o Mother Elizabeth leads a Sunday School session that includes crafts and sometimes uses materials sent by mail to those who have signed up and/or attended classes in the past

Sunday coffee time o 11AM Sunday over Zoom that lets people connect and chat after service.

How do you get to YouTube, the podcasts, and Zoom?

First, YouTube Getting to YouTube To get to the YouTube content, go to the youtube.com and search for “St John's Shaughnessy”. When the list comes up, select the St John’s Shaughnessy “channel”

When you get to the page it would be great for you to press the “SUBSCRIBE” button so that you will be a supporter of the channel and you can keep up to date on what videos are new or coming. Along with subscribing, press the “bell” at the top of the page to get notifications about upcoming videos and livestreams and new content

Live Service on Sunday on YouTube On Sundays around 9:55AM go to the St John’s Shaughnessy site on YouTube. You will see a thumbnail picture with the word “LIVE” in the corner. Click on it and it will play what is happening at the church

Second, Podcasts Podcasts are a great way to listen to sermons and meditations when you want to and where you want to. All Sermons and Midweek Meditations are transferred onto a podcast called “The Anglican Angle from Shaughnessy”. You can use your browser to go to https://stjohnsshaughnessy.buzzsprout.com choose the podcast service you want to use or you can pick your podcast service and search for “The Anglican Angle from Shaughnessy”. You can also just select from the episode list at https://stjohnsshaughnessy.buzzsprout.com and listen on your computer or device directly.

Third, ZOOM Getting to ZOOM ZOOM is a service that allows many people to see each other and speak to each other. For virtual coffee hour a meeting is set up and everyone is invited to join in. A moderator keeps track of what is going on and can help you once you are part of the meeting. Typically, this involves muting your microphone or turning your camera on and off. Every we send out a new link to the meeting that you can use in your browser to get ZOOM going. While ZOOM uses a very long web address that is difficult to enter, we have provided a quick link for you to use. You will find it in your Parish Bulletin. For example, the May 3, 2020 the address is  http://bit.ly/sjscoffee0503 with new ones every week. Pro tips:

When ZOOM asks you if you would like to download software you can say yes. Use your computer’s audio when asked. Click on “Gallery mode” to see as many people as possible on your screen. Try to mute your audio when you are not speaking and remember to unmute when you want to jump in!