Outreach Ideas and Resources

New!  Extending Prayer
Let your friends and neighbors know that “We are a praying community, and we believe that prayer has the power to heal and bring comfort.”  We have posted resources and templates to use to extend prayer into your community.
April 30, 2020
 

What Can I Do? Outreach in the Time of Corona - by Debby Kirk.
Ideas for what individuals can do, written in a way you can copy and adapt for your church.

Communication: Messaging and Media in this phase of Pandemic - by Don Remick, March 25

Communicating Coronavirus: Best Practices for Churches - by John Hargrave, March 25

Loving our Neighbor as Ourselves During a Pandemic: Stop Stigma - by Debbie Ringen, March 25
 

Feeding Programs:
 

• Churches Modify Food Ministries During Covid-19 Lockdowns
  A look at how some churches are managing their programs

• SPOTLIGHT: It all Started With Toilet Paper
  N. Dartmouth Church Helps Feed Hundreds During Pandemic

Other Ideas from Churches:

• SPOTLIGHT - Masks Flying Off The Doors
  United Church of Bernardston, MA, Mask Making Ministry Offers Masks For the Taking

• SPOTLIGHT: Mission Trip Goes Virtual
  Glastonbury First Youth Engage in Virtual Service Program As Alternative To Planned Trip

• Staying in Touch When You Can’t Stay or Touch
  Here are some ways pastors and church leaders are nurturing their members:

• South Action Congregational Church in Acton, MA,  has a group making surgical masks for Emerson Hospital. Guidelines are on the hospital website.

• Rehobeth Congregational Church in Rehobeth, MA, posted signs in members' yards saying: "Peace be with you; Sending love from 'the church in the village.'  See their Facebook post.

• Pastor Plans Tent Ministry to Fight Covid-19 Crisis. Rev. Jack Jones, who has worked with people experiencing homelessness in Providence for years, is working to find out if tents can give those without homes a place to shelter from this virus.

Tell us what you're doing!  Email Drew Page or Marlene Gasdia-Cochrane with your story!