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title: 634 – Technology vs Pandemic
description: "Tune in to this week’s WELSTech to learn about a new tech tool to check temperatures before admitting people to your buildings for church and school. We also share googly picks, tips for content filtering and worship projection, and COVID-19 resources from WELS. The interview and discussion: Thermal Scanner – Art Flater, WELS member and […]"
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# [634 – Technology vs Pandemic](https://welstech.wels.org/2020/07/28/634-technology-vs-pandemic)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Jul 28, 2020 1:56:32 PM

Tune in to this week’s WELSTech to learn about a new tech tool to check temperatures before admitting people to your buildings for church and school. We also share googly picks, tips for content filtering and worship projection, and COVID-19 resources from WELS.

[https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_634.mp3](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_634.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_634.mp3) (Duration: 45:42 — 22.2MB)

### The interview and discussion:

Thermal Scanner – Art Flater, WELS member and owner of Central Office Systems, shares a timely tech innovation, the [Pyrexia Kiosk](https://www.pyrexiakiosk.com/), which uses thermal scanning technology to check body temperature before allowing admittance to a building.

### Picks of the week:

- Google (and more) tutorials for 
    - [Teachers](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zWbzS2b3V0Vzp7gUpTjwf25djeUJ5gEMeSL6HtKGGZQ/edit?usp=sharing&fbclid=IwAR26zj6opxuCa9WlOqabdknSig1u5oT1A9aCyWO8OCvWaPnJP6EBhF24dUk)
    - [Students & Parents](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_S9A45vTRArvGC7OUwfCzEwRgNRUypjLNlX9vO8_MOs/edit?usp=sharing)
- [Google Keep](https://www.google.com/keep/)

### Community feedback:

- Learn more about Proclaim worship projection software on [WELSTech 535](https://welstech.wels.net/2018/02/07/535-training-techies-worship-projection/)
- [WELSTech Google Group](https://groups.google.com/a/groups.wels.net/forum/#!forum/welstech) – [Content Filtering](https://groups.google.com/a/groups.wels.net/forum/#!topic/welstech/ueqchxsfEf4)
- [5 Reasons Why Some Churches Won’t Recover](https://careynieuwhof.com/5-reasons-why-some-churches-wont-recover/) – [WELS Intersections discussion](https://www.facebook.com/groups/WELS.Intersections/permalink/1954540274677607/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCcCy3UjBIZnGsxl82YzGk079PnMGysKsmiZ711LGrv2yywNzZ8TPNGcUukuRZdhqQECPkkGekDlirzYM6_Vpj-plE8yGXyjBtfhSGYmUXNJCjgBbt5btsBgDBzl5l22neKcnVaIIMrqea1NpO8HQmMj7UEYq_vqK9ckAL9NKMsq6lwFPZ8MiwTF4YBrutekm2_JzgJ3yfLTex1Ziq8FBmjPbn5e7Lbh2TmklC--jVzmm0mHxqPtPOZwX8qMeIF54RWtsL1JUPFI6rOJ0ICrp3p6Ve1zKwMYSVqQ2JFiKQWULuA0EuoAD9FtUimdvtqSt8SFTRH4156nwRe&__tn__=-R)
- Resources from WELS: 
    - [COVID-19 For Such A Time As This](https://welscongregationalservices.net/covid-19-for-such-a-time-as-this/)
    - COVID-19 School Resources
    - [WELS Early Childhood Planning for Reopening](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wdma9sdNzwpKennjp5DJ7FpYuWU_Sb6-2OtJqSzgBU/edit)

### Featured videos/online course:

[Members of St Mark, Green Bay, pray for police](https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/community-members-hold-special-prayer-for-green-bay-police/)

<https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/community-members-hold-special-prayer-for-green-bay-police/>

### Next time:

Summer interviews on pandemic ministry continue

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