Church is still on!
MUSIC
Churches download hymns 30,000 times for local online services
Virtual Evensong from Trinity College Chapel – Sunday 31 May 2020
Virtual Evensong featuring Ely Cathedral choristers raises £770,000 for charity
A celebration for Ascension Day. Over 500 singers sent in recordings from home to join the BBC Philharmonic in the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah
The UK Blessing: a collaboration from 65 churches and movements
DAILY PRAYER
Archbishop of Canterbury launches free dial-in worship phone line during coronavirus lockdown
The return of the Church Society podcast!
New reflection issued for people who cannot attend a funeral
Evening Prayer from Edenham Regional House
Prayers for a time of sickness by Lee Gatiss, Church Society
Resources for use by people and parishes during this time, Church Union
The Office of Readings for those who like to pray in company, Gavin Ashenden
Online streaming of BCP services from The Prayer Book Society (amended in light of most recent Government advice)
St Ebbe’s Oxford Daily Morning Prayer with song and message from Scripture, streamed live at 8.45 am every morning, and available to view on YouTube
Morning Prayer for each day: resources from the Church of England
TECHNOLOGY ADVICE
Effective communication in online preaching, by Ian Paul, Psephizo
Speak – ten tips on how to present to camera, from Glen Scrivener and the team at speak life.org.uk
How to use Zoom for a church meeting, Bible study, prayer session or small group, from the Church of England
Coronavirus: How a church sings when the choir can’t meet from All Souls Langham Place, BBC
Technology Advice and Experience for Churches Responding to COVID-19, by Ernie Didot, Gafcon
‘Can’t we just stick the service online?’ – a guide to copyright and other issues to consider when live streaming a service
The FAQs: Answering Tech Questions Pastors Are Asking: A how-to manual for everything tech-related to help pastors care for their scattered congregants during COVID-19. By Phil Thompson, The Gospel Coalition.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS
Learning from Lockdown: rethinking eucharistic worship, by Michael Graham, CEN
Why we miss congregational singing, by Joe Deegan, The Gospel Coalition
The boom in online church attendance is good. But it’s not enough, by Dan Taylor, Premier
Holy Communion – on line by David Holloway, Jesmond Parish Church Newsletter
Is congregational singing dangerous? by Ken Boer, The Gospel Coalition
The Church in Action During Crisis, from Gafcon: Despite congregations not being able to meet together due to the vast spread of the Coronavirus or Covid-19, many churches around the world are taking the opportunity to be creative with technology and other means to share the Gospel and engage with their congregation and community.
Can Holy Communion be celebrated remotely at home? Two more views (the ACNA Bishops say ‘no’; Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies says ‘yes’.)
The Eucharistic Feast: participation, representation and sacramental integrity in the time of social distancing, by Charlie Bell, anglicanism.org (also says ‘no’).
Four reasons to make your own church live stream (if you have one) a priority, by Stephen Kneale, Building Jerusalem
Let our homes become our church, by Luke Doherty, The Conservative Woman
Churches are closed but they can’t lock down our hope this Easter, by Bel Mooney, Mailonline
Easter and ecclesiology: Is church that doesn’t meet, still church service? By Brian G. Chilton, Christian Post
The Real Absence by Joseph Pearce, Crisis Magazine
Survey: Churches Pivoting, Anxious, and Getting on Mission, by Ed Stetzer, Andrew McDonald and Todd Wilson, Christianity Today. Key findings from a rapid snapshot survey of 1500 church leaders in the US on how they are coping with the challenge of doing church remotely.
What are the theological questions involved in our new normal? by Stephen Kneale, Building Jerusalem
Can Holy Communion be celebrated remotely at home? The Gospel Coalition presents different views from two evangelicals
What is the meaning of ‘online church’? by Ian Paul, Psephizo
How the world worshipped: one of the most unusual Sundays in church history, by Tim Challies
What South Korean Christians Want You to Know About Coronavirus, by Steve Chang, The Gospel Coalition
“…this is a great opportunity to reflect on what worship “in spirit and in truth” means…Now that all those big, fancy sanctuaries and productions are dark, we are forced to consider afresh what pleases a holy God.”
SUNDAY SERVICES LIVESTREAM
Christ is risen! A selection of Easter services and other resources.
Virtual Service from Ripon Cathedral to commemorate 75th Anniversary of VE Day
Resources from St John Newland
Comprehensive list of online services from the Church of England Newspaper
St Leonard’s Eynsham and St Peter’s Cassington with some ideas for engaging the children
Christ Church Fulwood livestream Sunday Service
Clergy moving online for first Sunday of the Coronavirus shutdown by George Conger, Anglican Ink
Anchor Anglican Church Fowey, Livestream on Instagram Sunday 10.30AM @anchorfowey
All Souls Langham Place online on Sunday at 0930, 1130 and 5.30
St George’s Leeds online on Sunday at 1030
St Helen’s Bishopsgate on Sunday at 1030, 2.30 (Mandarin) 4 p.m. and 6 p.m
St Mark’s Battersea Rise on Sunday from 0900
St John Newlands: we will be streaming a service each Sunday at 10.30 with preaching and intercessions (and a Farsi translation)
BBC launches virtual Sunday church service amid coronavirus – Radio Times
Clayton TV from Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle Fun Church for Adults and Kids at 0930;: Livestream Morning Service and Livestream Evening Service
The Anglican Church in North America has posted a list of online church services. An opportunity to visit churches you might never visit but are one with in Christ.
Please contact the editor using this link if you would like to suggest additions to this list.
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