# Arrival

## Purpose

Since people are spending a majority of time at home, participants may need time to emotionally and energetically transition from something other activities at home into the memorial event. A short arrival phase gives participants time to reorient and be better prepared to wholly take part in a memorial.

* The arrival creates a feeling of everyone being in a shared experience. This time gives participants an opportunity to feel: 
  * You are in the right place. 
  * You are connected with everyone else
  * Everyone is seeing/hearing the same thing
* Mood setting… A moment to transition out of their personal reality and whatever was happening before the event 
* Aesthetically relevant (see an image, an altar, hear music, hear chatter, see chat)

## Ideas

* Video stream of an altar or physical memorial space.  The altar could have: photos of your loved one, flowers, items significant to the honoree, religious symbols.
  * \[add link to altar]
* Show a slide with an image of the deceased
* Put a prompt on screen asking attendees to maintain silence, and to ask questions to use the "chat" function if they have issues
* Play music (this may be a good opportunity to play music with no words)
  * \*\*Link to arrival playlist 
* Open the room 10 minutes prior to the start time.  Arrival should end 3-5 minutes after the scheduled start time, to give people a small buffer to be late.

## Slide Templates

<div align="left"><img src="https://163160670-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M796HZJYtiJjGOOEGTd%2F-M79Bp5av4SQoPIZ8vE1%2F-M79D2XXIM5V-7n5zVp8%2FScreen%20Shot%202020-05-12%20at%2011.48.22%20AM.png?alt=media&#x26;token=db50adbb-09e2-40b3-80b1-38bb9ccba79d" alt="Welcome Slide with Instructions"></div>

![Welcome Slide with Image](https://163160670-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M796HZJYtiJjGOOEGTd%2F-M79Bp5av4SQoPIZ8vE1%2F-M79D5pzWxV5pcA9C6IE%2FScreen%20Shot%202020-05-12%20at%2011.48.34%20AM.png?alt=media\&token=24b7eeb9-f13e-479e-8f66-24d60df99d99)

## Facilitation Support

![](https://163160670-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M796HZJYtiJjGOOEGTd%2F-M79Bp5av4SQoPIZ8vE1%2F-M79DMHZLWNgIh51isRQ%2FScreen%20Shot%202020-05-12%20at%2011.50.28%20AM.png?alt=media\&token=a1e75879-962c-4600-af26-6a3603ed6fce)