A COVID-19 Q&A For Church Leaders
We are grateful to have partnered once more with Meeting TENTS (Meeting The Everyday Needs To Survive) to share important COVID-19 considerations for pastors and their teams to help their church communities stay prepared, safe, and feel empowered as they resume in-person gatherings. In these Q&A videos made in partnership with Meeting TENTS, Dr. Danielle Walker (Co-founder […]
Being A Reconciling Community: One Church’s Story
When I think about what it means to be a reconciling community, a few things come to mind. There is so much good material available on the topic that I don’t want to just state the obvious, but hopefully can add a little context from our experience in this arena. First, as obvious as it […]
Making The Most Of An UN-Ideal Set Of Circumstances
If you are anything like me, you have been considering, contemplating, conversing and creating scenarios over and over and over again, trying to crack the COVID Era ministry challenge. The thing that has been super clear to me all along is that nothing about this moment feels ideal. In fact, everything feels un-ideal. As our […]
When We Gather: Public Health Considerations For Reopening
Dr. Danielle and Joey Walker grew up in the Vineyard family and are members at Vineyard Anaheim. Dr. Walker is a professor of public health and health science and Director of Lifetime Wellness at Biola University. She is also a certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), and recently certified in COVID-19 Emergency Response. Prior to being […]
Code Yellow: Thinking Through When & How Churches Should Reopen
[Original Publication By The Project On Rural Ministry] On Friday, May 8 much of Northwestern and North Central Pennsylvania will move out of the red phase and into the more permissive yellow phase of Governor Wolf’s plan to reopen the commonwealth. In addition to feeling a bit like a game of Red Light, Green Light […]
Between Reality & Return: One Church’s Approach To Reopening
By Sharon McCarter (Pastor, Vineyard Church Maryville in Maryville, TN) Two text messages, two opposite ends of the bell curve … Our governor gave the churches in our county permission to reopen on May 1st, with a laundry list of restrictions. Before our church made any announcement about what we would do, one of our […]
