COVID-19 Resources for Faith Communities: Community Support
Community Support
NYC Center for Faith & Community Partnerships COVID-19 FAQ for Faith Leader
General guidelines to help faith leaders prevent the transmission of COVID-19
Resources for Navigating Your Community Through Coronavirus
This platform developed by the Jewish Theological Seminary provides a variety of resources for Jewish congregations and communities to address the COVID-19 outbreak.
Four guidelines for improvising pastoral leadership through a pandemic
Article from Christian Century that offers guidelines for responding to the pandemic
COVID-19 Resources for Undocumented Communities
A regularly updated spreadsheet with national (United States) and local resources for people who are undocumented to access services during the outbreak.
Addressing Isolation and Quarantine
This podcast by Episcopal Relief and Development discusses a variety of issues that complicate self-isolation and quarantine as prevention measures.
Prayer Resources for When You Can’t Get to Church
The booklet provides instruction for cultivating individual practices of prayer and meditation
Resources for Homeless Shelters
A web platform from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that offers guidance to community organizations working with those who are homeless to address outbreak prevention and mitigation.
Epi-Win
This website offers various resources from the World Health Organization for preventing or slowing the spread of COVID-19. Materials have been developed for both medical providers and for the general public. The site includes specific guidance, helpful video, and slide sets.
Doing ministry in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak
This podcast includes interviews with two Seattle-area pastors about their experiences leading faith communities as the first community outbreak of COVID-19 occurred.
COVID-19 Updates
This church-based website offers various resources, including linkage to a daily video devotional developed by the church’s ministers and available on the congregation’s facebook page.
COVID-19 in the Jewish Community: Lessons Learned from Italy
This is webinar and discussion with a leading member of the Jewish community in Italy in which he describes his experiences there with his suggestions for how other communities can build on lessons learned from his community’s experience.
Coronavirus Resources for the Church
A platform with a variety of resources including webinars and planning manuals.
Congregational Resources in Response to COVID 19
This website offers a variety of resources gathered by Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School. Topics include: worship resources; talking with children; prayers, litanies, poems, and music; addressing anxiety and fear; links for infection control; and denominational resources
Church and the coronavirus: practicing compassion and care even as we take precautions
An opinion piece by a local Christian pastor describing his congregation’s responses to the outbreak and offering perspectives on caring for those who are most vulnerable, challenging fear and xenophobia, and offering support for those who feel isolated and lonely.
Chaplaincy Innovation Lab shares resources for chaplains encountering coronavirus
This website offers a variety of resources for chaplains and pastoral educators. The organization that sponsors is also offering a weekly webinar (on Tuesdays from 12 noon-1 pm) to provide information and support to chaplains responding to the outbreak. See the website for further information and instructions for signing up.
Addiction in Isolation—Adjusting to video-chat for 12-step meetings
This article offers suggestions for how various 12-step programs can be carried out via online and video streaming platforms
10 guidelines for pastoral care during the coronavirus outbreak
Helpful suggestions for clergy and pastoral providers to support people in the midst of their anxiety and fear.
Spiritual Support During COVID-19
This document provides a list of things that one might do to lift their spirit.
Congregational Planning Checklist for a Pandemic
The goal of this checklist is to give you a handle on what might occur during a pandemic outbreak and how to keep your congregation running if such a disaster occurs.
Digital Pastoral Care for Grief: Individual and Collective
Gather and give pastoral care digitally. Provide resources from those of us deeply familiar
with digital platforms and uses. Provide thoughts for collective & individual grief.”