What’s Next?

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:  (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