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Los siguientes recursos han sido recopilados de diferentes organizaciones, profesionales y artistas, y representan una variedad de respuestas para el ministerio cristiano en este nuevo contexto, con énfasis en el ministerio de adoración. Resource Guide | April 21, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sparking New Connections at New Mount Zion Baptist Church, Roxboro, North Carolina Like many congregations, New Mount Zion Baptist Church has people with varying abilities, incomes, and technology access. In this edited conversation, LaTonya McIver Penny shares how to use a mix of digital and old-fashioned ways to help worshipers and community members stay connected. Conversation | April 14, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Maintaining Community via Virtual Worship at St. Monica Catholic Community, Santa Monica, California St. Monica Catholic Community aims to welcome and engage every member toward deeper participation in worship and parish life. In this edited conversation, Dale Sieverding explains how to keep members of a church community feeling connected even though they cannot commune together. Conversation | April 14, 2020 Dennis R. Edwards on 1 Peter and Good Shepherd Sunday For lectionary Year A, Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, includes a reading from 1 Peter. New Testament scholar Dennis R. Edwards explains why Peter’s first letter is especially relevant as people deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversation | April 14, 2020 Intergenerational Youth Ministry During COVID-19 Congregations looking to keep their members connected as the body of Christ could organize a “mail buddy” system, pairing children and youth with other church members homebound because of COVID-19. Article | April 14, 2020 Good Shepherd Sunday in a COVID-Shaped World John D. Witvliet, director of Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, introduces resources on how to observe the Good Shepherd Sunday in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Resource Guide | April 14, 2020 Spiritual First Aid during a Time of Crisis Drawing from her past experience of shelter-in-place in Central African Republic, Ann Plantinga Kapteyn offers insights and resources for coping with trauma during COVID-19 pandemic. Reflection | April 09, 2020 Una oración para la Pascua / Easter Prayer A Bilingual Easter Prayer in the time of COVID-19 pandemic Reflection | April 08, 2020 Prayers for Protection in Places of Exile, Fear, and Uncertainty In a time of fear, uncertainty, and isolation because of COVID-19, ancient prayers of protection can remind us of God’s sovereignty and care. Here, Debra Paxton-Buursma, professor of education at Calvin University, explores St. Patrick’s Prayer of Protection, set to music by a modern composer who himself faced danger and exile. Reflection | April 07, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ministry of Presence at St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church, Roseville, California Greek Orthodox Christian worship is consciously embodied. Christopher Flesoras, a Greek Orthodox priest, discusses pastoral discernment for serving the faithful when public health needs require social distancing, also known as physical distancing. Article | April 07, 2020 Shaping Worship during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reviving Wesleyan Discipleship at Grant United Methodist Church, Fairmount, Indiana Not every church has the capacity to move worship online when pandemic public health directives require social and physical distancing. Pastor Constance Cherry explains how her small rural Methodist congregation is drawing on its Wesleyan heritage to help members worship and disciple each other. Article | Conversation | April 06, 2020 Shaping Worship during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Asking Good Questions in Chinese-Language Evangelical Churches in Vancouver, British Columbia In this edited conversation, Herbert Tsang shares how to use a mix of digital and old-fashioned ways to help worshipers and community members stay connected. He suggests good questions to think about regarding how technology and COVID-19 will form churches and worshipers. Conversation | April 06, 2020 Prayers of God’s People during COVID-19 Prayers of God’s People during COVID-19 written by Rev. Larry Doornbos Reflection | April 03, 2020 A Blessing for Healthcare Workers in a Time of Covid-19 Pandemic Kate Williams wrote this prayer as a blessing for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflection | April 03, 2020 Bendición para personal médico en tiempo de pandemia Kate Williams escribió esta oración como una bendición para las personas que trabajan en la salud durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Reflection | April 03, 2020 A Prayer to God in Anxious Times Rev. Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. wrote this prayer in March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reflection | April 02, 2020 A COVID-19 Prayer Based on Psalm 51 Calvin University professor Chad Engbers prayed this prayer on March 12, 2020 during the daily chapel service. This was one of the last chapel services conducted before the campus closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Reflection | Video | Worship Service | April 02, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Livestream at Christian & Missionary Alliance Churches in Hong Kong Yvette Lau explains how Christian & Missionary Alliance churches in Hong Kong are deciding whether or how to do virtual worship or even virtual communion. In this edited conversation, she suggests that worship planners consider what will be communal, hospitable, and beneficial to the whole community—during and after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Conversation | April 01, 2020 Palm Sunday Prayer A Palm Sunday prayer during COVID-19 written by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. Reflection | April 01, 2020 Shaping Worship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multicultural Community at Proskuneo Ministries, Clarkston, Georgia In this edited conversation, Jaewoo "Jay" Kim says that Proskuneo Ministries "deeply holds to theological convictions and practices of embodied worship." Stay-at-home pandemic orders have upended their typical worship gatherings, but virtual worship doesn't fit who they are as a multicultural worshiping community. Conversation | April 01, 2020 « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »