Advancing Church Ministries During the Covid-19 Pandemic In the weeks of the pandemic, church ministries have been going strong, but in different ways than normal. Here are just a few ways that College Church has adapted existing areas to keep their ministries moving forward even when we cannot gather. All Church Response • Creation of the COVID-19 Assistance Fund • Food Drive to help Englewood Family Outreach, • Two Blood Drives • Mobilizing teams to help others in need, • Mobilizing church leaders to reach out by phone and email to members and attenders. • Sunday worship and Annual Meeting go online, with online versions of connect panels and ballots for the congregation. Music • Weekly music for worship • Devotionals • New songs, videos and sheet music for at-home worship Men’s Ministries: • Virtual Men’s Bible Study Women’s Ministries: • Virtual Women’s Bible Study • Mom2Mom online newsletter • Monthly Gathering newsletter Small Groups and Adult Communities • Transitioned to virtual meetings. Prayer Meetings online • Sunday morning at 8 a.m. • Monday morning at 6:15 a.m. • Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. • Thursday lunch at 12 noon • Friday: prayer for the persecuted church at 12 noon
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Children • Weekly age-appropriate curriculum • Read-aloud stories • Puppet shows • Crafts • Music Disabilities • Weekly Sunday school class online for families to use at home, • Run for the STARS goes virtual this year. Junior High • KMs Live happens on YouTube every Wednesday • Sunday-morning devotions online. • Weekly Video Challenge for students (make a video of themselves completing the weekly challenge) • Online small groups each week led by our adult leaders Senior High • Weekly Bible Study gathering online, • Sunday-evening small group chats on Jitsi, • Weekly podcast Bible Study College • Online discipleship groups, • Equip course with the Simeon Trust 20s Ministry • Spring retreat online • Monthly Zoom lunch together • Small groups online
