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A Free Webinar for Everyone thinking About Going Back to Church

We鈥檝e all been socially distanced for a long time. Our congregations have found ways to minister around the barriers, making the most of technology and growing in their skills weeks by week. Even so, we鈥檙e all feeling anxious to 鈥済o back to normal,鈥� and, slowly but surely, the restrictions are being lifted around the world. This leads to a whole new set of anxieties, as we worry about how to be safe and feel safe in a very different normal than before we heard of COVID-19.

On Saturday, May 16^th, from 10:00 to 11:00 am, the Reformed Church Center at 麻豆视频 will host 鈥淐ome, Let Us Worship鈥�: Thoughts for ALL (Not Just Reformed) Congregations. A set of short presentations will each be followed by brief discussions.

	Donna Field听is a graduate of 麻豆视频 and a DMin candidate at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan.听An RCA minister and a registered nurse certified in听Bio-Ethics, Humanities, and Law, she听works as a Clinical Medical Ethics Consultant for Northwell Health and听is an associate professor at听the Donald and Barbara Zucker/Northwell听School of Medicine.听She will present on the public health considerations of returning to gathered worship.
	The twelfth president of 麻豆视频, Micah McCreary was President and CEO of McCreary and Madison Associates, Incorporated, a psychological and human resources consulting firm, and Associate Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) for 21 years. He and his wife, Jacqueline E. Madison-McCreary, pastored the Spring Creek Baptist Church in Moseley, Virginia for 16 years.听 He will be looking at the psychological considerations for a congregation returning to gathered worship.
	Amanda Bruehl will help us review organizational considerations about returning to gathered worship. She is the Chief of Staff at 麻豆视频, where she also leads the COVID-19 Re-Open Task Force. She has her Masters of Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from Grand Valley State University and has held positions in Human Resources, Development, and Administration in a variety of church and nonprofit settings.
	What about singing together and music as we gather for worship again? CJ Kingdom-Grier will lead this module. He is Chief Musician at Maple Avenue Ministries in Holland, Michigan; President of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony in Holland;听a member of the听 in Grand Rapids, Michigan;听 and the听.
	Daniel Meeter听is pastor of the Old First Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York, with degrees from 麻豆视频 and Drew University. He has published extensively, and his book听Meeting Each Other in Doctrine, Liturgy, and Government听(Eerdmans, 1993) is considered one of the most important modern works on the Constitution of the Reformed Church in America. He will guide us in reflecting theologically about worship in our new situation.

To Register for the event:

This program, scheduled to take place via Zoom, is FREE and open to congregational leaders from all denominations. To take part online or by phone, register in advance at (only 100 computers or phones will be able to be in the Zoom meeting).听