Editor’s note: We asked pastors how they’d been serving their people since the pandemic disrupted regular ministry. This list will be updated as more ideas come in.
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By Bob Johnson
I live and serve in the Detroit area where the pandemic has had a particularly big impact. Despite the severity of the disease and the strictness of our quarantine, I am very encouraged by my congregation’s response to this crisis and their care for one another. Here are some of the things that we have done in order to encourage and care for our church.
I send out a daily 5–7 minute video devotional from a psalm. I email the congregation twice a week. The first email focuses on loving God and the second on loving one another. In the second one, I include recipe ideas for things that families can make with their kids and share with others. Almost weekly, our 15 elders check on the members in their Member Care Group (about 65 each). The women of the church have a Zoom prayer time on Wednesday’s at 6pm. The church has a 24-hour-a-day, 6-day-a-week prayer chain. It follows a suggested prayer guide that
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