Resources
Eastern PA Conference
Resources & Updates from The Conference:
- March 3, 2022 - Cabinet updates COVID response recommendations
- January 3, 2022 - Best Safety Practices during Increasing COVID Transmission
- August 4, 2021 - New Eastern PA Conference COVID Update
- May 2021 - Reopening Best Practices for Local Churches During the Pandemic
- April 2021 - Vaccines Webinar: Recording now online
Statements from the Conference Office
- January 3, 2022: Best Safety Practices during Increasing COVID Transmission
- May 1, 2021: A Message from Bishop Peggy Johnson about Reopening Churches
- April 30, 2021: Two online events today explore ministry in the midst of COVID-19
- April 29, 2021: Pandemic Re-opening Best Practices for Churches
- April 2, 2021: Annual Conference & COVID-19 Stimulus Act
- March 31, 2021: A Letter of Support to Churches from Eastern PA Conference Leadership
Eastern PA Conference COVID-19 resources:
- Eastern PA UMC Youth Ministry in Covid-19 and Beyond - Reopening Guidelines
- Directory of Food Distribution Centers in Eastern PA Conference -- Provided as part of the Conference's Coronavirus Assistance Program (CAP)
Reopening Resources from the Cabinet and Conference Chancellor (from the May 12, 2020 Webinar):
- Video: Cabinet explains church reopening guidelines in webinar
- Pandemic Re-opening Best Practices for Eastern PA Conference Churches
- Supplemental Q&A Document
- EE-and-Volunteer-Covid-Code-of-Conduct.docx
- Lease-Use-Agreement-Addendum.docx
- Polling-Places-During-COVID-Guidance.pdf
- Polling-Use-Agreement-Addendum.docx
- Sample-Liability-Waiver.docx
- Sample-Trustee-Resolution-COVID-19.docx
CDC & Other Sources
Information from the CDC (www.cdc.gov)
COVID-19 resources from other sources:
- Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith
- Frequently Asked Questions, provided by the PA Department of Health
- "Embrace the Now, Prepare for the Next" Resource for Resuming In-Person Worship, by The Virginia Conference
- Insurance-Related Covid-19 and Cyber Security Resources
- UMCOR launches COVID-19 Response Fund
- Payroll Protection Program Application FAQ* and Federal CARES Act Guidelines for Churches
- Safe Sanctuaries during physical distancing during the COVID
- The Church Guide to Coronavirus -- How congregations can prepare for the potential disruption and gospel opportunities, from Outreach.
- Congregational Planning Checklist for a Pandemic -- From Lutheran Disaster Response, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Helping your church respond to the coronavirus
- Adjusting to coronavirus threat
- What is the difference between isolation and quarantine? (HHS)
- What is “social distancing,” and how can it slow the coronavirus outbreak? The difference between quarantine, isolation, and social distancing, explained. (VOX)
- Pennsylvania Dept. of Human Services Coronavirus Update—COVID-19 in Community
Worship & Communion
Ministry in the Midst of Coronavirus
- Online prayer groups seek healing despite social distancing
- Church leaders urge African Americans to stay healthy, survive
- UM agencies resourcing pandemic-affected churches
- CCYM shares reflections, advice on surviving pandemic
- Churches taking ministry online in the midst of pandemic
- Take your church to the world. Connect through technology
- Camps suspend spring events due to COVID-19
- Bishop urges calm but caution, compassion in COVID-19 pandemic
- Resources, ideas to protect worshipers from coronavirus
- The Ten Commandments for Coronavirus Prevention in Faith Communities
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