On Wednesday, March 11, our church’s elder board met and decided to join our nation’s unprecedented response to COVID-19 by suspending the physical gatherings of our church. We also made the decision to begin livestreaming our morning service. That wasn’t a hard decision for us; in an extreme situation, we don’t believe we’re violating any scriptural commands by doing so, and we think it’s an undeniably good thing for people to hear and meditate on the Word of God. So we have a small team of musicians who sing a few songs, we read Scripture and pray, and I preach—all from the Main Hall where we normally gather. If your church has decided to make the decision to livestream, here are some pieces of advice you may find helpful.
1. Don’t try to convince everyone that this is great.
It’s not great. It stinks. The music is thin and suboptimal, there are half a dozen people singing when the church would normally be raising the roof, and it’s no fun preaching to a basically empty room. So be honest with your church about that. Mention every once in a while how you long to be back together; mention how un-fun it is to be apart;
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