Zoom Webinar Features for Sacrament Meeting

The attached PDF provides some features to consider using when utilizing Zoom Webinars for Sacrament Meetings

Thanks for the very helpful PDF! Quick question. Since the following is recommended (as long as chat, raise hand, and other potential avenues of disruption are disabled):

Webinar Passcode – Generally a passcode is not needed for sacrament meetings using webinar since it is noninteractive for attendees and should be available to anyone who wants to join.

Wouldn't it also make sense for those using YouTube Live to be able to run a Worship Service meeting as "Public", as long as similar avenues of disruption are disabled?

Zoom webinar and YouTube live "Unlisted" events are very similar if things like chat are disabled. They both require the viewer to have received the viewing link in order to watch the event. I don't think marking a meeting as "Public" on YouTube is bad, the benefit is it is searchable in YouTube. That said I would mark mine as "Unlisted" though because if I accidentally enabled post event viewing for an event we've been requested not to record (e.g. sacrament) the on demand video will be harder to find.

bartj wrote:I don't think marking a meeting as "Public" on YouTube is bad, the benefit is it is searchable in YouTube. That said I would mark mine as "Unlisted" though because if I accidentally enabled post event viewing for an event we've been requested not to record (e.g. sacrament) the on demand video will be harder to find.

There's a switch I use in YT Live that automatically changes the video to "Unlisted" 60 seconds following the upload stream stopping. That gives me a chance to review them for quality issues before deleting them.

I compare this to Meetinghouse Webcaster where Worship Service meetings are generally public beforehand and are taken offline following the webcast. These videos can still be reviewed for a day or so by an STS (or ATS) that planned ahead and jotted the Event Codes down.

Hi all, the document say to use "Unregistered Webinar" to simplify the connection experience for remote attendees. I'm sorry, but we have to enter a Name AND an Email to access a webinar !!!! compared to a zoom meeting this isn't to simplify the connection experience !
Is there an other way to connect with our Name only ? Why is an email mandatory ?
Thanks for your reply if you have already experienced it !
Jerome.

In fact, this happened only if the participant do not have a zoom account or is not connected to his own zoom account. With your zoom account, zoom knows already your email an name ! But not every member or church friend has a zoom account created !!

aside from accessing issues, how are you switching your video source in Zoom to prevent broadcasting the Sacrament portion of the meeting?
If we use YouTube to broadcast then using OBS as a broadcast manager / editor makes accomplishing this simple.
I do not see an option to run OBS or any other broadcast editor up front in Zoom.
Any suggestions would be appreciated

Rtech815 wrote:aside from accessing issues, how are you switching your video source in Zoom to prevent broadcasting the Sacrament portion of the meeting?
If we use YouTube to broadcast then using OBS as a broadcast manager / editor makes accomplishing this simple.
I do not see an option to run OBS or any other broadcast editor up front in Zoom.
Any suggestions would be appreciated

There are a couple of options I can think of. Using only Zoom, just mute and turn off the video for the chapel camera. Optionally, you can share a screen with a message that the sacrament ordinance is in progress. Then stop screen sharing, enable the camera and unmute when ready to resume the meeting.
You can use OBS as a front-end to feed into Zoom. OBS has a virtual camera plugin that Zoom recognizes as a camera source.

Since we are using personal computers for our sacrament streams, we use a program called ManyCam which gives us up to 4 video inputs. We currently have it setup for 2 cameras and 2 graphics (building outdoor picture & "Sacrament is being administered... The broadcast will resume shortly" graphic that includes a picture of the bread & cup). When the sacrament hymn is done being sung, and the organist plays one more verse, we dissolve to that graphic then mute the audio when the organist is finished playing. After the Sacrament is finished being administered, we dissolve back to the podium camera and un-mute the microphones.

I have a recurring zoom webinar. How can I make it so those recurring meetings show up under the local broadcast at this url? www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/broadcasts

trevorwilcox wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:11 am I have a recurring zoom webinar. How can I make it so those recurring meetings show up under the local broadcast at this url? www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/broadcasts

A leader needs to go to meet.churchofjesuschrist.org, click on "Events", and publish the event.

A problem that many have commented on is that only new events show up in meet to publish. Older events that predate the link haven't come over. Some have reported that edits to events don't make the transition as well.

Is there an official Sacrament Disclaimer Image / Document we should be using/screen-sharing while pausing video/audio in the webinar during administration of the Sacrament?

paulgpeterson wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:57 am Is there an official Sacrament Disclaimer Image / Document we should be using/screen-sharing while pausing video/audio in the webinar during administration of the Sacrament?

I don't believe so. I have seen different units use different images, and some use a running slide show with reverent music in the background. My only suggestion is to use images with no copyright restrictions.

Edit: My ward has a "Sacrament in progress" text at the bottom of the image with sacrament music in the background. The image we use is one of the Savior praying in the Garden of Gethsemane.