Need some positive news? Religion News Service reports that Churches Report Giving Boost even months after the pandemic started.

Harvest Hand is a community development corporation designed for social enterprise and neighborhood capacity building. It began from a church and a Christ centered vision.

The Pandemic at Six Months from Religion News Service

Think a 'mild' case of Covid-19 doesn’t sound so bad? Think again from the Guardian

Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world from CNN

• "There's no doubt ... that when we reopened, people started socializing as if the virus didn't exist," Miami Mayor Francis Suarez told ABC This Week.

Coronavirus: Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan from BBC News

Masks don’t just save lives. They boost the economy from Fast Company

Hospital Chaplains Grapple With COVID-19's 'Tsunami' Of Grief

Rural Counties Set Record for New Cases of Covid-19 from The Daily Yonder

COVID-19 Vaccine in 2020 Highly Unlikely, Experts Caution from Duke University

Religious Freedom Lessons from COVID-19 Disputes from Christianity Today

The Rural Counties with Highest Rate of New Infections from The Daily Yonder

When churches reopen, don’t sing or shake hands, do make sermons short, says new guide from Religious News Services

Churches are closed, but religion has a new home on the internet from Fast Company

Services Will Be a Completely “Touchless Experience”: How churches are thinking through their reopening plans from Slate.com

One German church service resulted in more than 100 coronavirus infections from Vox.com

Is your state really ready to reopen? Check this map from Fast Company and COVID Exit Strategy

The 25 Rural Counties with Highest Infection Rates from Daily Yonder

One Ill Choir Singer Infected 52 Others With Coronavirus: Study

Manufacturing Counties Have Rural America’s Fastest Growing Infection Rate

Coronavirus Gains a Foothold in Rural North Carolina

Why COVID-19 Death Rates In Rural North Carolina Are Staggering

Rural Counties Account for Increasing Share of New Covid-19 Cases

Analysis: Reopening the South Puts Rural Population at Risk

Nathan Kirkpatrick: How to think about what's next when the future is unclear

Rural America Could Be Weeks Away from Peak in Coronavirus Case

Rural Cases Increase by a Third over the Last Week

COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide

Churches Could be the Deadliest Places in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Meals for Kids in North Carolina During COVID-19 School Closures Important resources for those experiencing food insecurity

Healthcare System Simultaneously Has Too Many and Not Enough Healthcare Workers from the Weekly Yonder

Virus Related Deaths in Rural Counties More Than Doubles Since Thursday from the Weekly Yonder

Coronavirus Spreads to Nearly Half of All Rural Counties from the Weekly Yonder

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Small Business Employment from the Kenan Institute

Managing Change During the Pandemic: Thoughts for Collective Impact and Nonprofits from the Collective Impact Forum

God Doesn’t Want Us to Sacrifice the Old by Russell Moore in the NY Times

If you have small business owners in your church or community, they need to know about this program through the NC Rural Center. The North Carolina COVID-19 Rapid Recovery Lending program supports North Carolina small businesses and family farms as they recover from the economic impact of COVID-19. This rapid recovery loan helps small businesses bridge the gap between when crisis strikes and when federal loans, insurance payouts, and other relief funds are approved, or businesses have time to recover.

Why Coronaviruses Could Hit Rural Areas Harder? (Weekly Yonder)

Rural Infection Rate is Fraction of Rate in Major Cities (Weekly Yonder)

North Carolina COVID-19 Rapid Recovery for Small Businesses (NC Rapid Recovery)

A great op-ed about How to Be Together Apart from Priya Parker

Why relational connection is so important during the coronavirus pandemic (Smart Brief)

Coronavirus maps: the safest option is to use the map provided by Johns Hopkins University at https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Links to official sources for information from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) are available on our university website at: https://www.campbell.edu/coronavirus/

Press Release--NC 211 Provides COVID-19 Assistance.docx

COVID-19 responses in ministry require more than just a physical approach. There are many that experience anxiety, stress, even trauma as a result of grief, job loss, financial stress and loneliness. The ministry of the Trauma Healing Institute provides a way to engage the mental health of your congregation and community, to bring about healing and restoration.

Who Cares for the Shepherds? from Duke Faith and Leadership

Churches Report Giving Boost from Religion News Service

COVID-19 Mental Health Handbook from the Humanitarian Disaster Institute

CBF Podcast with Walter Brueggemann: Virus as a Summons to Faith

FIRST-PERSON: Five lessons I learned from a COVID-19 spike at our church from Baptist Press

When I’m honest, I know racism is real from Rev. Jeff Roberts

Community Discovery Tool from Rooted Good

Resilience in Crisis - Webinar Video Series from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology

Downloadable THE BLACK CHURCH IN ACTION AGAINST RACISM DURING COVID-19” Manual from Humanitarian Disaster Institute

The Coming “Religion Recession” from the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics

William H. Lamar IV: It's not just the coronavirus -- bad theology is killing us from Faith & Leadership

Downloadable Returning to Church Manual from Humanitarian Disaster Institute

Seven Strategic Shifts Church Leaders Must Make Now from Horizons Stewardship

Comforts, convictions & considerations for coming out of COVID-19 from Rev. Matt Capps

For most churchgoers, controversy between religious freedom and public health is not real from USA Today

CDC Community and Faith-Based Organizations Recommendations

8 Questions Your Church Needs to Ask Before Reopening from Sojourners

Humanitarian Disaster Institute's Church Reopening Checklist

Humanitarian Disaster Institute Blog post: Reopening with Research

Reopening the Church from the Humanitarian Disaster Institute. This is an amazing downloadable resource for your congregation.

Clergy, scientists grapple with thoughts of worship without congregational singing from Religion News Services

Why Americans Are Praying During The Coronavirus Pandemic

TOUCHING HEARTS: SHOWING CARE IN A TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING by Rural Clergy Fellow Rev. Brittany Caldwell

Regathering & the First Amendment: Celebrating freedom, exercising wisdom from the NC Baptist State Convention

Church, Don’t Let Coronavirus Divide You from the Gospel Coalition

Smart thermometers could be the secret to reopening schools from Fast Company. I wonder what it means for churches?

Why you feel exhausted from endless Zoom calls also from Fast Company

Allen T. Stanton: The gifts of the small church in a pandemic from Duke Faith and Leadership

Why you feel exhausted from endless Zoom calls from Fast Company

Pandemic takes mental health toll on healthcare workers from WRAL.com

It’s time for innovative partnerships between churches and for-profit businesses from Baptist News Global

Spiritual First Aid Courses (Preventing COVID-19 Compassion Fatigue) from Wheaton's Humanitarian Disaster Institute

Will the church financially survive the COVID-19 pandemic? from Duke Faith and Leadership

Church donations have plunged because of the coronavirus. Some churches won’t survive from the Washington Post

Guiding Your Church Through the Pandemic from Fuller Theological Seminary

Leading Through Chaos Cohorts from Ministry Architects. They are offering deeply discounted assistance for youth, children and young adult ministers.

Pivoting in a Pandemic: Five Shifts in Global Youth Ministry from The Youth Cartel

COVID-19 and worship: Resources for churches adapting to social isolation

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

Guide for Christian funerals during COVID-19 (PDF) from the Massachusetts Council of Churches

Maintaining You Spiritual Practices from Christian Century

10 Guidelines for Pastoral Care During the Coronavirus Outbreak from Christian Century

Tips for Worshiping Online at Home from Chapelwood UMC and Rachel Sciretti. Great for families and children!

Coping With Anxiety in the Age of COVID-19 from Psychology Today

Youth Ministry in a Pandemic from Princeton Theological Seminary

Becoming a Distributed Church without Becoming a VIRTUAL Church from Ecclesia.net

Youth and Children's Ministry resources are available through Ministry Architects. In addition, they have a wonderful Facebook Live event on April 2nd about making a Missional Turn.

Great curated list of resources from the InTrust Center for Theological Schools

MessyChurch has some wonderful age graded resources filled with creativity.

Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives US Department of Health and Human Services: So very many amazing topics and resources.

The Faithful Families Summit: March 30-April 3 Each day during the week, will focus on a health-related topic within the faith and health space. You will receive a newsletter in your email inbox every morning with materials to review that day or whenever is most convenient for you.

COVID-19 Church Online Summit A two-day digital summit on March 26 & 27 for churches and church leaders responding to COVID-19 presented by the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College and National Association of Evangelicals.

Gorrell Guide to Creating Online, Participatory Worship Services (Rev. Angela W. Gorrell, Ph.D. asst professor of practical theology at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary) Please sign up for her mailing list!

Lavalier Lapel Microphone that connects to your iPhone for recording podcasts or video live-streaming

The ChurchPulse Tool-Kit for keeping up with your congregation (Barna Group)

Public Health Resources for Faith Communities (Rollins School of Public Health)

A beautiful graphic to remind neighbors of ways to connect from the Eden Project Communities

Congregational Leaders 30 Things You Can Do While You Can't Meet (95 Network)

Here are a couple from Sojourners:

• Community Without Communing: Resources for Virtual Church: Digital pastors weigh in on shepherding congregations through quarantine.

• The Time to Act Like a Community Is Now: COVID-19 is testing our understanding and commitment to our interdependence as the body of Christ.

For our youth ministry friends, the good folks at Fuller Theological are offering a great starting point. You won’t be surprised to learn that it involves listening! In fact, on Good Morning America Tuesday morning, the hosts discussed how teens are pretty proficient at having their video calls open while hanging out at home. They’ll interact for a bit and then go great periods of time with silence. They are already practicing some tools for digital presence. I have seen this first-hand in my own home, and while I didn’t appreciate it then, I’m grateful now for how our teens can teach us how to stay connected!

9 ways to prepare families (and churches) to worship with children from The Baptist State Convention of NC

Metro Detroit family challenges neighborhood to hilarious Monty Python-based 'Silly Walks' This is just fun!

The Faithful Families Summit: March 30-April 3 Each day during the week, will focus on a health-related topic within the faith and health space. You will receive a newsletter in your email inbox every morning with materials to review that day or whenever is most convenient for you.

Speaking with Preschoolers about anxiety

Speaking with Elementary schoolers about anxiety

Federal financial assistance is available for many churches. Here are two links that give information about the Act and how your congregation can take advantage of it.

1. Our friends at CBFNC have provided this resource

2. And the friends at the Community Purchasing Alliance Coop this one

5 Ground Rules for a Better Work Culture from Paloma Medina

Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and its Urgent Lessons for Our Own from Haymarket Books