TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

• Worship Facility: The “why” and “how” for evaluating your worship service.

• Resi: Selecting a high-performance streaming provider.

• Brady Shearer: Church smartphone photography masterclass.

• YouTube Creators: New YouTube features.

Evaluating Your Church Service

Worship Facility shares “Evaluating Your Church Service: Why Sunday Postmortems Matter” (5-minute read), highlighting the importance of structured post-service evaluations. The article emphasizes aligning reviews with the church’s mission, forming concise review teams, and balancing feedback from in-person and online attendees.

Selecting A High-Performance Streaming Provider

Resi shares “Selecting a High-Performance Streaming Provider for Live Broadcasting” (5-minute read), guiding Churches on choosing a live streaming provider based on factors like reliability and performance across a wide range of viewer devices and internet speeds. The article explains how features like Resilient Streaming Protocol (RSP) and Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) meet those needs. Spoiler alert: the article recommends Resi.

Church Smartphone Photography Masterclass

Brady Shearer shares “The Church Smartphone Photography Masterclass” (19-minute watch), equipping Churches to take amazing photos using only a smartphone. The tutorial provides a downloadable Church Smartphone Photography Superguide for shot lists, presets, and tips.

New YouTube Features

YouTube Creators shares “Communities Expansion, Longer Shorts, Super Chat Goals, Inspiration Tab & more” (3-minute watch), introducing new features for creators, including mobile access to Communities, enhanced moderation tools, longer Shorts, Super Chat Goals, an Inspiration tab for content ideas, and voiceover capabilities for iOS users, all aimed at improving audience engagement and creativity.

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