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Outdoor Church Services — How the Covid Situation Has Drawn Me Closer to God
The Coronavirus has made the year 2020 a year we will never forget. Our schools shut down. Many businesses closed. And even our church services had to go online. Fortunately, the warmth of summer allowed us to again worship together — outside — and the change has been positively amazing.
My wife and I attend a nondenominational church in upstate New York. Our building is only 20 years old, and prior to the quarantine, we gathered in our sanctuary to sing songs of praise, to hear the Word of God, and to enjoy fellowship with other believers. I have always felt at peace there as I looked at the cross up front, the stained glass surrounding the cross, and the banners on both sides, banners which express Biblical truths.
When our Sunday services went online, I still enjoyed the singing and the message, but I missed actually seeing our friends and our neighbors, and the small-screen display failed to capture the cross, the stained glass, and the banners. Fortunately, when we moved our services to the front lawn of our building, we experienced worship in three new ways, ways that have allowed us to draw even closer to our…
