Dear responsible brothers in Germany,
Lebensstrom is the registration center for the video training in Germany and is responsible for assisting the churches to host the video training. In order to clearly communicate the details, we have prepared this webpage with all the important information.
Important Dates and Information
- This deadline is strict.
- German translation of the audio will be available from 14.07.2024, therefore video training dates should start from or after 14.07.2024.
- The number of registrants can still be adjusted until 13:00 on 21.06.2024 without incurring a fee.
- If the church does not submit this initial registration by the deadline, it will not be allowed to host a video training.
- The donation will be waived for the saints from the Ukraine only if they are not gainfully employed. This is a change from previous trainings. Please make note of the number of saints from the Ukraine, who are not gainfully employed, who register and note it clearly on the Questionnaire.
- This deadline is strict.
- A printed outline is required for each registrant.
- No electronic outlines will be provided.
- The outlines will be available in German, English, Russian, and Farsi. Each outline costs 5 €. An invoice will be issued with the delivery of the outlines; therefore outline payments should not be submitted with training donations.
- If any other language is requested, please contact us at buero@lebensstrom.de.
- Please note that the quantity of extra outlines will be limited. Because the number of registrants is adjustable up to the start date of the video training but the deadline for ordering the outlines is fixed, if the church expects to have late registrants, it should order extra outlines for them. Any outlines requested after the deadline may not be fulfilled.
- This date should be announced to the saints as the deadline to register to the hosting locality.
- This deadline is fixed for the hosting localities to submit their final number to Lebensstrom.
- Changes to video training date will no longer be accepted after this date.
- Submit any change of the final number of registrants to buero@lebensstrom.de. Any registration after this date is regarded as late registration and will incur a 25 € late fee.
Live July Semiannual Training held in Anaheim
- Transfer the donation to Lebensstrom:
- Name Lebensstrom e.V.
- IBAN DE14 1007 0024 0017 4300 02
- BIC DEUTDEDBBER
- Ref. Spende 2024 JT
- An invoice will be issued with the delivery of the outlines; therefore outline payments should not be submitted with training donations.
- Download the questionnaire and complete it. Please make sure to clearly note the number of saints from the Ukraine who have registered. Their donation is waived.
- Submit any request for reimbursement for costs directly related to the video training. Please include the invoice. Late requests may not be reimbursed.
- Please inform us of your payment and send the questionnaire to buero@lebensstrom.de.
Training Regulations
I. Registrants must be at least 18 years old.
II. Video training donation:
- The video training donation is the same for full-time or part-time registration.
- Those sharing a seat count as one registrant and give one donation.
- Those who attend the live training may attend the same local video training without additional donation.
- The donation is waived for the saints from the Ukraine, who are not gainfully employed.
III. Video training participation:
- Trainees may register for the video training full-time, part-time, or they may register for a shared seat in the video training.
- Trainees must attend all sessions for which they are registered.
- Shared seats must be occupied full time.
- Those attending part-time should sign up in advance for the sessions they will attend; they may attend other sessions also when they are free.
- Only those registered or who attended the live training may attend.
IV. Conducting the video training sessions:
- Trainees should be in assigned seats five minutes before starting time.
- No admission to any session without a name tag.
- No unexcused absences; no more than two excused absences.
- Testing and sharing on each message. No more than three failures in testing.
- Permission is needed for leaving any session early.
V. Video training materials:
- Training outlines are mandatory for each trainee.
- All materials from this training, in both print and electronic formats, including outlines, audio materials, and video materials, must be obtained directly from Living Stream Ministry.
- We would ask the saints not to create copies of the training materials in any format without written permission from Living Stream Ministry, or to accept copies that have been produced illegally. This applies to illegal copies for so-called “personal use.”
Donation
- 70 € per registrant
- 25 € late fee
- 0 € for the saints from the Ukraine, who are not gainfully employed
Conducting the Video Training
Localities can carry out the video training by webcast only. DVDs will not be available for this video training. The training coordinator for your locality will receive an administrative login credential to view the training messages. The coordinator should use the login credential to show the messages to the registered saints via video conferencing platform. There will no longer be individual login credentials for the registered trainees in each locality.
Each locality has the option to carry out the video training corporately via Zoom or similar conferencing platform.
A corporate video training should be conducted as Zoom sessions by language for each meeting in which you gather the saints to sing and pray, conduct the test, watch the message together, and prophesy.
The training coordinators will receive a training webcast account from which they can access the video training messages to stream during the Zoom sessions. With this account the training coordinators will also be able to access the study questions. Outlines will no longer be available on the training webcast site.
The saint administrating the Zoom sessions can stream the message from the training webcast site through their computer, using the share screen function, to the rest of the registered saints in the Zoom session.
All audio languages will be available via a drop down menu on the training webcast account, and if the registered trainees need to meet together according to language groups, LSM will increase your license count to handle the additional language meetings.
The training coordinators will need to exercise much care that the Zoom meeting ID is not used by saints who are not registered for the video training.
If you are conducting the video training in person, please take attendance at the beginning of each meeting.
If you are conducting your training via Zoom or similar platform, you are responsible to take attendance using the Zoom “Participants” window or by following up with the saints individually. If individually registered localities arrange to view the video training messages together, the training coordinator for each locality is responsible to take attendance for the saints in their locality.
Attendance should be recorded as accurately as possible on the Video Questionnaire and submitted to Lebensstrom within one week of completing your video training.
Group study sessions and testing will be a mandatory requirement for those participating in the video training.
Groups are to be assigned by the local elders/leading ones. Groups of 8-10 are optimal.
Group study sessions should be conducted online by video conferencing software (such as Skype or Zoom).
There should be a testing of Messages 1-10. All registered saints, whether participating full- time or part-time should participate in the tests.
Testing should be carried out corporately, either in person or over Zoom or similar platform. The leading brothers should oversee the tests.
The testing is an important part of the video training. Therefore it is important for the trainees to participate in a study time. Those taking the lead need to carry out the testing in a way that encourages the trainees both to study and to prepare to be tested on every message they attend. Those who are unable to join the study sessions arranged by the responsible brothers in the locality may still register for the training as either full or part-time status, and the responsible ones should encourage them to study for at least an hour, if possible, and preferably with others when they can.
Registration Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
For the initial registration, you have to identify the contact brother in your locality who will be accountable for the entire process. This includes communicating with Lebensstrom in a timely way, submitting the dates of the video training for your locality, ordering outlines, and completing the questionnaire.
Late registration is defined as any registration submitted after 13:00 on 21.06.2024 and before 13:00 one day before the registered start date of your video training. Late registrants will incur a 25 € late fee.
Note: If a saint registers before 13:00 on 21.06.2024 but does not pay yet and your locality has included this saint in the numbers before the deadline, they are not considered late.
The printed outline is required for every registrant, so the church should order one per registrant. However, because the number of registrants is adjustable up to the start date of the video training but the deadline for ordering the outlines is fixed, if the church expects to have late registrants, it should order extra outlines for them. Any outlines requested after the deadline may not be fulfilled.
The church can decide how to conduct the training locally. It is fine to stream the training to the saints who join remotely.
The aim of the schedule is to keep the training atmosphere so that the registrants can fully enter into the messages. It should include singing, the message, overflow, and testing. The church should decide its own schedule according to the situation of the local saints.
He is the contact person between the locality he represents and Lebensstrom. His responsibilities include:
- Communicating any questions or concerns to Lebensstrom in a timely way.
- Submitting the dates of the video training.
- Ordering outlines.
- Receiving the access for streaming the messages and managing the credentials among the serving ones.
- Recording the attendance of the trainees for every meetings during the training.
- Making sure the donation is collected and transferred to Lebensstrom within one week after the end of the training.
- Completing and submitting the questionnaire within one week after the end of the training.
- Along with the questionnaire, submitting any requests for reimbursement of costs (with invoices) directly related to the video training within one week after the end of the training.
After a successful registration, an account for streaming the messages will be created for the contact brother. This account cannot be shared to the individual registrants, but should be used by the serving one to stream the messages in the in-person/online meeting.
Yes, any costs directly related to the video training can be reimbursed. Please submit requests with the invoice along with the questionnaire within 7 days after the end of the training. Any late requests may not be reimbursed.
If there are anticipated costs that cannot be submitted in time, please communicate this to us when submitting the questionnaire.
Further questions
Please contact buero@lebensstrom.de