COVID Response - Worship Resources

• Ecumenical Document:  Resuming Care-Filled Worship and Sacramental Life in a Pandemic
  • Also available in SPANISH

• LENT

  • Ash Wednesday and Lenten Guidance (PDF)
    • From THE ECUMENICAL CONSULTATION ON PROTOCOLS FOR WORSHIP,
      FELLOWSHIP, AND SACRAMENTS
  • Guidance for Ash Wednesday
    • In English (PDF)
    • En Espanol (PDF)
  • Guidance for Holy Week and Easter
    • In English (PDF)

• Guidance for Worship and Fellowship (PDF | Word)
• Guidance for Outdoor Gatherings (PDF | Word)

• Advent / Christmas
  • Guidance for Advent & Christmas (PDF)

• ELCA documents/links:
  • ELCA Public Health page
  • Considerations for Returning to In-Person Worship (May 13, 2020)
    • [SPANISH] Considerations for Return to In-Person Worship (May 20, 2020)
  • Worship in Times of Public Health Concerns  (March 5, 2020)
  • ELCA Executive for Worship in the ELCA recommends no intinction for Holy Communion (NPR radio spot).
  • Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton addresses concerns about COVID-19​. (March 6, 2020)
• See Bishop Kevin Strickland's Pastoral Letter Concerning Holy Communion Practices in this unprecedented time (4/3/2020)
• A Statement from Timothy Wengert regarding Holy Communion  (mentioned in Bishop Strickland's Letter about Worship in a Virtual Age)