URC Information Guides
Resourcing God's churchURC Information Guides: resources to download
The United Reformed Church has produced a series of free guides with advice for churches and church organisations to help them stay in contact with and support their local community during and after lockdown.
The guides include advice for post-lockdown recovery plans and help with setting up and running social media accounts and using technology to communicate with the outside world.
Click on the cover images to download the guides.
More accessible versions of these information guides for screenreaders, mobiles and tablets can be found here.
Text only version Emerging into the “new normal” (Word) here
Text only version New reality, same Mission (Word) here
Personal Risk Assessment PDF | Word
Being the URC
What is the URC?
Join the Family
Recognising and celebrating the birth of your baby
Virtual funerals
Social media
How to use Facebook for your church
How to use WhatsApp
How to use Twitter
Setting up an Instagram account
Church, mission and the Pandemic
New reality, same mission
Emerging into the “new normal”
Doing Online Differently
Online and contactless giving at local churches
Livestreaming
Livestreaming your church service
Setting up public wifi for your church
Using Facebook, YouTube and Zoom to record acts of worship
Recording and outting out a podcast
Using Zoom
Guide to setting up a Zoom account
Using Zoom securely
Zoom Breakout Rooms
A Guide to Zoom etiquette
Producing audio-visual material
URC visual identity guide
Writing for the web & Search Engine Optimisation
Taking great photos in Church
Getting to grips with copyright
Safeguarding
Quick Guide: Covid-19 and Safeguarding
URC guidance for children’s and youth work coming out of lockdown
