Project Planning
The UTO Grant User’s Group met for the last time as an organized team in December 2021. But if you are interested in learning more about the UTO grant, the resources that are posted on this site or about streaming at your congregation, please complete the Contact Us form and someone from the team will contact you.
Prayer for Technology
As you embark about your streaming journey, this is a wonderful prayer for discernment in the use of technology.
Project Plan
The following project plan will be updated on a frequent basis.
Streaming Disclaimer
The following streaming disclaimer from the Diocese needs to be put in your weekly bulletin, posted on a sign as you enter your sanctuary, etc.:
“All church activities may be internet streamed, video recorded, and photographed for church uses. Entry on to the church campus or in to any church building constitutes consent to be streamed, videotaped, or photographed for church purposes. If you would like to be seated where you will not be filmed, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs. Thank you!”
Photo/Video Release Forms
There are two editable versions of photo/video release forms that St. James is currently using that you’re welcome to review, edit and use in your own congregation.
- One for use with minor (under 18) children
- One for use with adults
Music Licensing Reporting Example
The following is used at St. James, Tempe and can be displayed during your service.
Shopping List
The following is a list of hardware/components that was ordered for each of 17 smaller congregations in the grant.
These are the selections that the congregations made for the tablet (Android / Apple) and the microphone stand (tripod / compact):
| Congregation | Tablet | Stand |
| St. Luke’s at the Mountain Episcopal Church, Phoenix, AZ | iPad | Compact Round |
| St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Casa Grande, AZ | Samsung | Compact Round |
| St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Wickenburg, AZ | iPad | Compact Round |
| St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bisbee, AZ | iPad | Mevo Tripod |
| St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Douglas, AZ | iPad | Mevo Tripod |
| All Saints Episcopal Church, Safford, AZ | iPad | Compact Round |
| Saints Philip and James Episcopal, Morenci, AZ | iPad | Compact Round |
| St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Tombstone, AZ | iPad | Mevo Tripod |
| St. Raphael in the Valley Episcopal Lutheran Church, Benson, AZ | iPad | Compact Round |
| Trinity Episcopal Church, Kingman, AZ | iPad | Mevo Tripod |
| St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Sierra Vista, AZ | Samsung | Compact Round |
| St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Glendale, AZ | iPad | Mevo Tripod |
| Grace Episcopal Church, Lake Havasu City, AZ | iPad | Compact Round |
| St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Nogales, AZ | iPad | Mevo Tripod |
| Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Mesa, AZ | iPad | Mevo Tripod |
| St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Coolidge, AZ | Samsung | Compact Round |
| St. Thomas Episcopal Church Clarkdale, AZ | Samsung | Mevo Tripod |
Here’s what all of the equipment looked like before delivery; what a Merry Christmas!!
After unpacking everything and testing, it was sorted into 11 kits, tracking the selection of tablet and microphone stand.
Each kit bag was labeled with which congregation it was for, the serial numbers of the tablets and cameras, and the stand selection.
And is now ready for distribution:
Episcopal Church of the Apostles and St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church had an alternate section of the UTO grant for a higher end streaming capability using computer workstations as the controllers and fixed PTZ cameras:
