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The account was purchased directly from ward budget funds following approval from the Stake

I was Executive Secretary and was involved in all of the discussions but from what I could tell they just used the tools in the zoom account. You get more control when you get a paid account.

We just moved from one ward to another within the same Stake. In our old ward the had a full sacrament meeting using a paid zoom account. We had Choir music for prelude and postlude. For congregational singing we just played music from the app and families sang at home (interesting to watch), we eve...

We are just starting. We have had one full worship service. We had congregational music, everyone muted, words and music, we had three speakers, announcements , business and yes we did have a 5 min pause for sacrament.

How about specific zoom activities?

Our primary music leader started doing a version of the masked singer with some of the leaders being singers of primary songs Along with clues. She edits the video and posts it on the ward Facebook page.

As I understand it, Zoom still has the 40 minute warning, but the meetings themselves are not limited. Just ignore the warning (for now). The first time, yes. The second time you try it, when the 40 minutes arrive, zap. Your meeting ends. At least that is what happens to me. I decided if I really n...

Our area authority has essentially opened up the options with the caution that what works for one unit is not necessarily what another unit needs and to not compare. For a long time our Bishop was very set on allowing members to focus on the “home centered” direction, but lately he is venturing into...

I’m going to pass some of that along. Our ward is having its first ward meeting via zoom Sunday but my brothers ward has been having them from the start of this thing. His Stake bought a couple of large capacity zoom accounts, they have now expanded to 4. He conducts from his study at home and they ...

Our Bishopric is interested in doing some benchmarking and getting input regarding virtual meetings and youth activities. What are some best practices related to running a virtual ward sacrament meeting (without the sacrament) using a tool such as zoom. What are other units doing to keep the primary...