Articles and Writings: (click to view)
- Caught Between Anxiety and Anger, by Sarai Rice, Congregational Consulting Group
- What Your Church Must Know Before Reopening Your Building, by Aaron Earls
- 24 Questions Your Church Should Answer Before You Return, by Ken Braddy
- 24 More Questions The Church Should Ask Before People Return, by Ken Braddy
- Distributed Church and the New Normal of a Pandemic World, by Michael Adam Beck
- Dealing with the ‘new normal’. Creating places of sanctuary, community and hope for children and young people in schools and local organizations, at infed.org
- CDC Initiatives and Activities Supporting the COVID-19 Response at the President’s Plan for Opening American Up Again, at Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Country is Reopening – Now What?, by Joseph Piccirillo at Yale Medicine
- Re-Opening Resources for Churches During COVID-19, compiled by Dr. Carlus Gupton
- As states reopen, is it safe to see friends now?, at Today
- Teenagers and Reopening, by Rae Jacobson at Child Mind Institute
Denominational Resources:Â (click to view)
- Phasing Forward, Southern New England Conference, UCC
- Conference Ministers urge caution, prayer as churches create processes to discern when to reopen, at UCC
- Returning to Public Worship, at Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
- U.S. Bishops Guidelines for Reopening Mass, by Joshua J. McElwee at National Catholic Reporter
- Guidance for Returning to In-Person Faith Formation, by Debbie Gline Allen at Southern New England Conference, UCC
Videos: (click to view)
- What’s Next with COVID-19: New Normal or Second Wave?, by Clara Liao and Mary Petrone, Yale
- Boundaries & Youth Ministry During COVID-19, at UCC InsuranceBoard