This page contains links to various resources for the conversations in the New England Synod regarding the future of Worship in our Synod congregations. I’ve tried to offer some of the more thoughtful pieces that reflect a range of views.

Re-Opening Considerations

Considerations for Returning to In Person Worship provided by the ELCA Office of the Presiding Bishop

Video Resources

My Conversation with Bishop Guy Erwin on The Reformation, Sacraments & the Pandemic

Holy Communion in a Time of Isolation by Clay Schmidt and Melinda Quick

Online Communion by Clay Schmidt and Rick Bliese

Articles

Bishop Craig Satterlee Reflections on Communion for his Synod

Professor Dirk Lange Digital Worship & Sacramental Life in a Pandemic

Professor Deanna Thompson Christ is Really Present Virtually

Gordon Lathrop & Timothy Wengert Holy Communion under Quarantine

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