Virtual NexGen Gatherings Start May 12

Join Maggie Lohmeyer and fellow NextGen leaders for our first-ever virtual NextGen Gatherings! There will be a children's and family, youth and college-age ministry gatherings to discuss how to do ministry during this time. Meeting times will be at 1 p.m. on May 12, 14 and 19. https://nextgenumc.org/virtual-nextgen-gathering/.

Things to Consider Before Reopening

Social distancing measures that came with the coronavirus pandemic forced churches to transition to online worship and ministry. As many states lift shelter-in-place orders, churches must contemplate how — or whether — to return to in-person worship. On May 10, a few United Methodist churches held their first small in-person services since the pandemic. Read the United Methodist News Service story at https://www.umnews.org/en/news/churches-have-much-to-consider-before-reopening.