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Faith &
Family
A different approach to church BY RACHEL WARTIAN STAFF WRITER
Once COVID-19 kept everyone at home in March, the everyday routine changed for many — especially when it came to Sunday morning church. Churches in Suffolk had to consider their congregation’s size and vulnerability while making decisions on how to move forward to continue to meet. Due to its large congregation size, The Mount Suffolk has remained online since the lockdown began in March. According to Suffolk’s Site Pastor Karl Wilkins, even in Phase III, the church had more than 250 members that would want to come. “Our congregation is so large that there is no way we could come back together,” said Wilkins. The Mount Church has nine locations throughout the Hampton Roads area, with a few in North Carolina. The church would meet at 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings at King’s Fork High School. Now the church service rotates through highlighting a different site each week as that pastor preaches on Tuesday nights on Facebook Live. See CHURCH, 15
Suffolk Presbyterian Church meets outside every fourth Sunday to follow the COVID-19 gathering restrictions.
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