Worship Musician Magazine September 2020 | Page 68

KIDS WORSHIP
A LEGAL CHECK-UP FOR KIDS WORSHIP | Yancy
Here we are… living in the middle of what has
become a new season of how to do Church in
2020. Some of you are gathering together in
person, albeit with various restrictions of size,
space and cleaning procedures. Some of you
are meeting outside. Others are still restricted
to online services only while others are doing
a combination of all the above. Whatever boat
you’re in, it’s time to shine the spotlight on a
few things you need to be aware of moving
forward. These things apply for kids worship as
well as adults. Do a check-up on your church
and make sure you are doing worship legally
moving forward.
1. ONLINE STREAMING.
Whether you’re streaming your service live
only or making it available for families to watch
on demand you need to make sure you’re
covered. A CCLI streaming license is a great
place to start. Think of CCLI as covering you
for the song itself (songwriter) but not the
recording (Artist/record label/organization who
owns the master). If you’re performing your
music completely live then this will cover you.
However if you’re using stems/backing tracks,
using pre-recorded music and even showing
videos within your service that you did not
create completely yourself you need to make
sure you have the necessary permissions and
licenses to use them in your livestream or on
demand viewing.
Early in the pandemic there was a huge shift in
the Kidmin world to move kids church online.
Many organizations granted free permissions
for a season as we all shifted and adjusted. If
anything this season has taught us is it’s not as
much a “that vs. this” either/or scenario as an
“and” combination of both in person gatherings
and online offerings. My ministry launched a
new “Annual Streaming Master Use License”
to allow Churches to use the music, video and
curriculum we create outside of your four walls
in an online method for your online services.
Some other ministries that have followed are:
Doorpost Songs, JumpStart3 and Orange.
Reach out to the creator of your content and
ask what their guidelines and requirements
are. It’s probably an easy solution for you
but it’s important to do things the right way
so that those that worked hard to create the
content that blesses your Church family are
compensated for your usage. This is how they
are able to continue creating for the future.
WorshipHouseKids.com has a web-license
available for you to use the video you purchase
in an online setting. Some of these are at a
gratis level. Others have a small fee but these
options help contribute towards all the extra
access points you’re making available of the
video that the Producer made.
2. YOUTUBE
It is great place for research of content but did
you know when you read the fine print of the
“terms of use” that it is for personal use only?
We all scroll, check the box and hit “I agree” on
sites but often times in the process we overlook
some important information that would affect
our actions. You can’t use YouTube at your
Church. If that’s your database of worship
resources just know that is a copyright
infringement. Even worse, ripping the video off
of YouTube is breaking a Ten Commandment.
(Mic drop). Let’s choose integrity in all
our actions.
What you can use YouTube for is linking families
to a resource. Remember it’s for personal use.
So for instance in your email to parents you can
send them links to a few songs or a Bible story
that goes with your lesson. On your Facebook
page you can share a link to a video that would
benefit your families and help them grow
their faith.
3. OPEN RESOURCES
If your budget is limited or maybe even nonexisting
know there are resources you can
access for free from some awesome churches
out there. These churches are able to share
and give the things they create for their church
with other churches and it’s a huge blessing to
many. A few of the options include:
• https://open.life.church
• https://seeds.churchonthemove.com/
resources/kids
• https://newspringnetwork.com/
resources/kids
However you’re leading kids in worship in this
season I pray you will be filled with wisdom in
each step. As you move forward in the days
to come I pray you will be aware of what God
wants to do in and through you. May you lead
from a place of overflow fully aware that God
is faithful and good in every season. Help
kids draw close to God and seek Him first in
all things.
©2020 Yancy Ministries, Inc.
Yancy
Yancy is a worship leader and songwriter for kids
who travels the globe doing family concerts and
training worship leaders. Every week her songs are
used in thousands of churches around the world.
Yancy has a passion to serve the Church which is
why she created “Heartbeat”, a five lesson curriculum
series to teach kids the heart of worship. This year
she is releasing lots of new music in her “Little Praise
Party” series for young kids. Check out her latest
“Ready, Set, Go!” She lives with her husband and
sons in Nashville, TN.
YancyMinistries.com
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