Connecting during social distancing: This week's resources for worship, study and navigating COVID-19

SUBSCRIBE \ ABOUT  \ DONATE \ CONTACT Presbyterian Outlook COVID-19 news & resources Friends, This week, we offer a number of timely resources. We are grateful to Rebekah Close LeMon, a pastor in Atlanta, for offering this prayer in response to the murder of 8 women in her city this week. Keith Dove has written this prayer marking the anniversary of the changes and griefs brought by COVID-19. You are welcome to use these prayers in worship on Sunday (but please give credit to the author!). Leslie Scanlon provided this round-up of how Presbyterians and congregations are planning to observe Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter this year — with many meaningful and creative ideas. Remember: Check our website or follow us on social media to get materials as soon as they are released. You'll find weekly "Looking into the lectionary" reflections, all of the Outlook's COVID-19 news and stories, and our new worship resources here. Grace and peace, Jana Blazek Outlook associate editor  Worship resources Order of service for March 21 by Roger Gench Sowing seeds: Christian ed at home by Joelle Brummit-Yale God is our home: Family faith formation by Rebecca Davis News & Ministry Aids Prayer marking one year of COVID-19 We lament our year of worshipping apart. God of community and communion, draw us together once more.  by Keith Dove Holy Week and Easter during the pandemic: What are Presbyterians planning? For the second weary year, churches are preparing to celebrate Holy Week at a distance. Here are some approaches Presbyterians are floating as possibilities this year. by Leslie Scanlon A prayer in a time of violence Come, Lord Jesus, to show us how to live; give us the wisdom, courage, and fortitude we need to tell the truth and to be changed.  by Rebekah Close LeMon Churches minister to children and families in create ways during the pandemic Churches are crossing borders and boundaries, reaching into homes, communities and villages, impacting lives as never before.  by Sherry Blackman Pandemic ministry: Lessons learned from navigating snow What has the church learned by doing ministry during the COVID-19 pandemic? There is not one answer, but many, directly related to the many different experiences throughout the pandemic.   by Julie Raffety Number and names In the aftermath of the Breonna Taylor killing, the significance of numbers and names in the biblical narrative and in current life together became clear.  by Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty Are these resources helpful to your ministry or faith practice? Please make a donation today. Every amount helps! Donations help us create additional resources to serve the church. PRESBYTERIAN OUTLOOK | [www.pres-outlook.org]  ‌  ‌

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