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In recent days, Christians have longed not for the return to a sacred space, but the return to a sacred assembly. We long to assemble with our church family and worship God together on the Lord’s Day (Hen. 10:24–25).
In my state (North Carolina), our governor recently gave orders for Phase One of reopening. This allowed for outdoor worship services on the condition that all people remained socially distanced.
Our elders decided to move forward with an outdoor gathering on the first Sunday we were allowed. Obviously, we didn’t know how to do this at first. But the Lord gave us wisdom along the way. If you are planning an outdoor gathering, here are ten things to consider.
1. Prepare now.
We were able to quickly decide to conduct an outdoor service because we had already thought through this option weeks before it was announced. We had already compared an outdoor service to an indoor service, and we realized an outdoor service had several advantages. First and foremost, it didn’t restrict our capacity, so we could maintain one assembly. Furthermore, an outdoor
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