This article was originally published by Episcopal News Service.
Choir members and friends of St. Mark’s Church in Teaneck staged a “virtual variety show” called Saturday Night, Semi-Live.
Bishop Hughes established the Journey Forward Team to sort through the most up to date safety protocols and propose guidelines for in-person worship in the Diocese of Newark. The guidelines produced in June have been updated to help congregations determine when in-person gatherings may be held with greater safety and when they will need to be suspended, out of love for one another and our neighbors.
Bishop Hughes' sermon at the diocesan Memorial Service on June 13, 2020, at which we mourned online those whom we could not mourn in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This online Memorial Service for all who have died during restricted distancing protocols will be streamed live starting at 10 AM on Saturday, June 13, 2020.
When the food pantry that's now at Christ Church, Teaneck began, even one of its founders admits it got off to a slow start.
“It didn't take off like gangbusters but it did take off to some degree, and we developed a clientele,” said Mary Sue Kaplow of the food pantry she helped launch in the late 1990s at the former St. Mary’s, Ridgefield Park.
Dear Companions on the Journey,
As we enter the 12th? The 13th? The four hundred and fifty-seventh week of stay at home? Let's stop for a minute. Let's stop and reflect on what we notice is different, really different, in our lives as Episcopalians.
Our Sunday services are different. Our buildings are closed. Our choirs are not singing, at least in church. There is no offering plate being passed. No shared food at coffee hour.
As we begin to evaluate when churches are ready to entertain the thought of public worship, Bishop Hughes says our goal is not to be afraid – our goal is to be wise. And to be wise means we have to think things through.
The Journey Forward Team has begun meeting to determine next steps as we consider gathering for public worship.
