As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Private and parochial schools deserve the same opportunity and flexibility to make reopening decisions based on public health guidelines….The blanket closure mandate imposed by Montgomery County was overly broad and inconsistent with the powers intended to be delegated to the county health officer.” - N.Review
“So my, my message—if I was talking to your congregants—would be number one, we can turn this thing around in three to four weeks, by doing three simple things…” - CToday
“Why do you reject randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials in favor of a video touting an anecdotally based conclusion? And, to be clear, there are many other studies from around the world demonstrating the same result that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for COVID-19.” - John Ellis
“… the indoor services were guided by social distancing protocols. The church, which is located in a rural community south of Huntsville and usually runs between 80 and 100 in services, met for a while during the pandemic with drive-in services. In June, Warrior Creek Baptist was back to some normal gatherings.
“Americans are more united than divided when it comes to their safety. Let’s not allow the media and a small group of political activists to polarize and politicize this pandemic and suggest fractures when they do not exist.” - Samuel Abrams
“In this, I am glad I do not live in California. I know many California churches are meeting and singing outside in order to be compliant. For us, it is our desire to be safe and responsible in worship. We have created distanced seating and limited occupancy. We have cut back on the amount of singing we do, but we cannot stop singing.” - T&D
“According to the State of the Bible 2020 report released by the Barna Group and the American Bible Society, U.S. adults who say they read the Bible daily dropped from 14% to 9% between early 2019 and 2020.” - CPost
“No matter where your church falls along this continuum, it’s important to continually seek out up-to-date data and research and to humbly integrate this information into an ongoing decision-making process.” - F&T
COVID-19 has brought the whole world to its knees. It is a world-wide pandemic in which none of us are completely immune: not to the disease itself nor to its effects. The novel coronavirus is fearful for many reasons. We face the loss of economic health and activity, the loss of social comfort from our friends and family, and for our loved ones or ourselves, perhaps the loss of the ability to breathe, which is life itself.
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