Check out InterVarsity’s Ministering Online through COVID-19 page. It has an inspiring message, basic Zoom tutorials, as well as webinars and outlines for leader gatherings and small group meetings. We’ve outlined some of our favorite take-aways below.
- We love the three objectives (#2-4 below) for leader meetings that prioritize care for leaders and their networks:
- The leader meeting Full Guide pdf outlines a network mapping activity where students
- Identify people in their network
- Brainstorm how to connect
- Make a plan for action
- The leader meeting webinar demonstrates the use of Zoom break-out rooms for a meeting with many leaders.
- The webinar on small groups shows you how to use Zoom’s annotation tools to mark up a Scripture passage live with small group members.
- InterVarsity’s Inductive method of Scripture discussion is similar to the “mark-up method” featured in our REACH MORE™ Small Group Training.
- In various places throughout their online ministry resources, InterVarsity wisely coaches leaders to be more directive than normal when facilitating a leader meeting, small group, or group prayer over Zoom.
- Since you can’t “go around the circle” to pray, you might need to call on people directly.
- Having specific questions that everyone can answer and calling on people to share may help drive conversation further. Of course, people are always free to say “pass.”