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Episode 151: What Does our Post-COVID Recovery Plan Look Like?

The reopening of our churches has been slow. Numbers in the pew and faith formation are much lower than expected? Are they coming back?

Some data suggests that they aren’t ready to come back to church. So what are we to do? How do we rise to the occasion?

In this episode, Chris and John discuss the opportunity that has arisen because of COVID and suggests some further strategies as it becomes clear that people will not be coming back in the same numbers as they were in February 2020.

In this episode, we refer briefly to the previous podcast episodes with Doug Tooke:

– Episode 21: The Realities of Rural Ministry
– Episode 68: Using Multi-Media Tools in the 21st Century Ministry

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Episode 134: Why Should We Open Back Up the Church for Mass? Part 1

Many parishes and dioceses have been asking the question, “how?” when it comes to opening back up for Masses. Not as many parish leaders have asked the question, “why?”

In this two-part episode, Chris and John explore 3 “why’s” parishes might resume Masses and delve into critical questions that all parishes should be asking before they determine whether they should or should not open back up for liturgy.

In this episode, we refer back to these podcast episodes:

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