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PSA Safe Grocery
A very useful video, with practical suggestions that could end up saving your life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjDuwc9KBps&feature=youtu.be This is the most current video for new CDC data, safe takeout food practices, and an updated practice for safe grocery...
New Interim during a New Way of Life
I started 7 weeks ago as the interim pastor at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, Maine and attended my first week of interim ministry training with IMN in February in Parrish Florida. Fabulous group and training. I was so looking forward to my second week...
Church Amidst Coronavirus
Church Amidst Coronavirus (Will Mancini was a keynote speaker at the IMN 2014 Annual Conference) We are living in an unprecedented time for all of us—and especially for us as church leaders. This is a moment where we need to serve people and communities well ... in...
interesting times
Interesting Times...... submitted by Gene Kern, ELCA Here's a theme I've developed and started putting out into an anxious system..... The covid-19 virus is something that has happened to the world. no one chose it. no one wants it to stick around. it is upending...
Lockdown – Hendricks
Brother Richard shared his poem "Lockdown" in a Facebook post on Friday, March 13. His original post has received more than19k positive reactions and has been shared more than 34k times. Lockdown by Brother Richard Hendrick: Yes there is fear. Yes there is isolation....
Faith and Family
Traci Smith A lot of us are wondering how church will be the same (or different) now that we’re in the middle of a lot of changes related to COVID-19. I think this is a time for us, as church leaders, to show our creativity. I think that churches and ministry people...
Stewardship
Why Choose Generosity in Times of Uncertainty and Fear? Horizons Stewardship There will always be a reason for someone to be afraid of something. It could be financial market volatility, political unrest, health scares, or social complexities. Sometimes all of those...
Leveraging Social Media in the Pandemic
Unity World Wide Ministries Here is the link to our training page: You'll see the specific webinar and the information on how to register and deadlines. The participation has been so large, we have had to maintain a strict limit on numbers. We've found that beyond 100...
Church is NOT Closed
Never say your church is closed! We must remember that the church is not closed. Church is now doing ministry in new and creative ways, but the church is still open for business.
Open Air Easter Sunday Service – Norman Bendroth, UCC
We plan to hold Easter Service in the field of clover where our Church once stood, after burning to the ground in 2018. It will be a community effort.