Various churches and denominations have chosen various strategies to address worship practices in a time of contagious disease. One of those strategies is to stream church service online to minimize exposure of our most vulnerable populations - older adults, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, as well as those who work with at-risk populations or have them in their households.
One motivation for churches to offer online options - the same reason many schools are implementing virtual classes for the next few weeks, and conferences and public gatherings are being postposed and cancelled - is to help in avoiding a rapid spike of cases that could overwhelm the health care system by "flattening the curve," or spreading out the number of coronavirus cases over a longer period. Additionally, a long-term benefit of online and livestreaming church is accessibly of the Word to anyone who for any reason is homebound.
If your church currently livestreams services, we want to know about it! Please send your livestreaming information, including links, to Samantha Henderson, Communications Coordinator in the SWCA Synod Office - shenderson@socalsynod.org.
