Monday, March 16, 2020

Planning and leading worship when the size of gatherings need to be limited or when church is cancelled

A faculty colleague has asked about planning worship and preaching in light of the present CDC recommendations against holding large gatherings—yesterday we were asked not to gather in numbers greater than 50 people, today that number has been reduced to ten (10), an interesting number in light of the Jewish tradition that ten men and a Torah scroll was the threshhold for forming a synagogue.

Until I can respond more fully, I noted another colleague (in pastoral ministry) linked to this article at Hacking Christianity, which explains more of the technical side of things. I gather there will be a number of such logistical suggestions forthcoming and available, so I will not attempt to duplicate that effort. More to follow ... 

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