Author: Maya Rebitzer (Page 4 of 9)

Bobby Jamieson: Can We Celebrate Communion Online?

May 4, 2020 / Maya Rebitzer

For the next who-knows-how-long, churches in many parts of the world will be unable to gather. So pastors like me are lovingly scrambling for solutions. There’s no playbook for this. When the church can’t gather physically, what can we do to encourage and nourish God’s people?… Read the rest

Jonathan Leeman: When Should Churches Reject Governmental Guidelines on Gathering and Engage in Civil Disobedience?

May 2, 2020 / Maya Rebitzer

As the COVID-19 stay-at-home quarantines tarry, folks are getting restless. State governments think about pathways to opening up. The stock market leaps a couple percentage points at the slightest whisper of a vaccine. And pastors have begun to ask each other, “When can our churches gather again?”… Read the rest

Garrett Kell: How Do I Avoid Pastoral Burnout During COVID-19?

May 1, 2020 / Maya Rebitzer

This pandemic has exposed pastors to new and unexpected pressure points in their ministries. Often, I’ve felt alone and exhausted. There’s no easy way out of the ditch of despair, but here’s some advice I hope will be helpful.

1. Discern your soul.… Read the rest

Aaron Menikoff: How Can We Care for our Older and At-Risk Members?

May 1, 2020 / Maya Rebitzer

I’m writing these words under a requirement to shelter-in-space. I’m homebound. For the first time in my adult life, I know what it’s like to be confined to the four walls of my modest, ranch home. It’s not the worst of times, but it’s not the best, either.

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Rabbi Tsurah August: Saying Good-Bye When You Cannot Be At Bedside

April 30, 2020 / Maya Rebitzer

Saying our final Good-bye to a loved-one is hard enough. Not being able to say Good-bye can be agonizing.

This time of Covid-19 has prevented one of the most important natural human yearnings from being expressed: Being with and saying good-bye to a dying loved-one. … Read the rest

Bishop Stanovsky: COVID-19 Notice #5.1

April 27, 2020 / Maya Rebitzer

United Methodist Clergy and Laity of the Greater Northwest Area,

By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
guide our feet into the way of peace. … Read the rest

Jamie Dunlop: What If We Have to Cut Our Budget?

April 27, 2020 / Maya Rebitzer

Amidst all the flurry of activity to care well for their churches during this difficult time, questions like these sit near the top of pastors’ minds: “With giving dropping, what are we going to do?” “Even if there’s enough cash in the bank for the time being, will we be forced to make drastic cuts to our budget over the next year to make the numbers balance?”… Read the rest

Bishop Stanovsky: COVID-19 Notice #4

April 23, 2020 / Maya Rebitzer

WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKET? Sharing what we have with those who have less.

Members and friends of The United Methodist Church in the Greater Northwest,

“From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required
and from the one to whom much has been entrusted,
even more will be demanded.”

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