3.23.2020 - All events listed on this website are subject to change due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Resources:
cdc.gov/COVID-19
Alabama Department of Public Health
alsbom.org/coronavirus
lifeway.com/coronavirus
Mobile County Health Department
The Office of Alabama Governor, Kay Ivey
Coronavirus (COVID-19)- United Way 211 Guide (Southwest Alabama Area)
• This is a Resource Guide to help you during and after the pandemic. This guide is subject to change as information comes into the 2-1-1 resource center. This guide is compiled By Lifelines Counseling Services.
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Coronavirus Resources for You and Your Church:
In these new and uncharted waters, we are all looking for resources to aid us in ministering to our church families. LifeWay is hoping to help you do that, especially as so many churches will not be gathering together for a few weeks. In order to make it as easy as possible for you, LifeWay has compiled all of our Free COVID-19 resources onto one webpage. Here is the link to the page: lifeway.com/coronavirus
Church, Family Resources Made Available In Response To COVID-19
COVID-19 & Teaching Remotely if your Church Isn’t Meeting
Check out this linked article that includes several ways of online methods to reach church members, as well as several FREE digital training and teaching materials from LifeWay for adults and kids.
Ken Braddy - Encouraging & Equipping Sunday School & Small Groups
Ken Braddy Jr. is LifeWay's Director of Sunday School, Manager of LifeWay Christian Resource's Adult Ongoing Bible Studies & Adult Trainers, education pastor 20+ years, author, conference leader, and blogger.
Click on this link which include studies from Explore the Bible, Bible Studies for Life, and The Gospel Project.
Free Bible Study Resources:
One of the big questions continues to be: what online resources are available for our different Sunday School / Bible Study groups? Presently from this page, you can find access to LifeWay Kids at Home which allows parents to log-in and have access to Bible Studies For Life’s Lesson Video, Missions Video, Gospel Presentation Video, and an Activity Page and Parents’ Conversation Page. Once you log-in, you will find that there is also access to LifeWay Preschoolers at Home. lifeway.com/coronavirus
The plan right now is for additional Bible studies for all four age groups (Preschool, Kids, Students, & Adults) to be made available for all three brands (Bible Studies for Life, The Gospel Project, and Explore the Bible). However, they are not live yet. Keep checking back on lifeway.com/coronavirus as the hope is that the Sunday School team will be able to have all of them up before this weekend.
Free Training Tools - lifeway.com/coronavirus
Using an Online Platform for Church Services:
How to Facebook Live - Even smaller membership churches can provide an online worship service during the upcoming weeks of virus precautions. How to Facebook Live (for any size church)
3Circle Church willing to assist other churches with broadcasting sermons online:
We are FOR the local church, as partners in the Gospel! If you are a church leader, who does not have access to necessary equipment for recording/broadcasting your sermons online, let us know by emailing info@3circlechurch.com. We would love to help you! https://www.3circlechurch.com/updates
How to continue giving:
Mailing a tithe check to the church is a simple solution if an online giving option is not available. Visit alsbom.org/coronavirus for resources regarding online giving.
For those churches that are needing an online giving platform, but do not have a website to host one at this time, LifeWay Generosity is providing a No-Cost Custom Page for every church that would like one. Each church’s page will be able to receive credit card and debit card payments. (There is no set-up fee nor monthly fee, though the credit card processing fee will still apply.) To sign up for this service, go to https://lifewaygenerosity.com/coronavirus. You will need your church’s name, address, and checking account information to be able to receive funds into your account.
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Should our church meet or not?
Governor Ivey Issues Statement on Statewide Public Health Order
March 19, 2020
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Thursday issued a statewide health order to aid in Alabama’s efforts to contain the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Statewide through April 5:
All gatherings of 25 persons or more, or gatherings of any size that cannot maintain a consistent six-foot distance between persons, are prohibited. This Order shall apply to all gatherings, events or activities that bring 25 or more persons in a single room or single space at the same time.
Click here for full statement.
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It is up to each church’s discretion as to whether or not they continue to meet in person during the next few weeks. Visit cdc.gov for the latest guidelines. Keep in mind government guidelines range from no more than groups of 10 to no more than groups of 25, all with social distancing of 6 feet between people.
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