For so many people, this pandemic has separated them from a form of comfort that was always available, always just down the street and always complete with friends, family, favorite hymns, songs, and favorite preachers.
Routines have been completely disrupted. The traditions of Sunday church attendance followed by brunch, afternoon picnics, BBQ’s or playing in parks no longer exist.
We are at home with family or possibly even alone. We are detached from our normal assemblage. We find ourselves in places full of distraction watching a screen. We observe while desperately hoping for a successful engagement of worship.
The spiritual community has embraced this situation with solutions of many types:
- Services are now real-time streaming with chat options for input and discussions between those who teach and those who attend.
- Downloads are available for creative learning and group meetings.
- Musicians sing with or without accompaniment each from their separate locations. This must be incredibly difficult!
- Videos connect children to their own ministries and are both passive and interactive in nature.
- Online video conferencing is used for prayer meetings and Q&A sessions.
