A CHURCH IN CHANGE


FROM A DISTANCE


What happens when the pews are suddenly empty, the voices suddenly still?


By:the NPM Staff we had NO idea what we would be facing. W 28


Providing support for our members who are dealing with parish closings and clustered parishes, our original plan for these pages, seems less important now in light of no Sunday services, the reality of many canceled Holy Week and Easter Sunday celebrations and being separated from our parish communities . . . By the time you read this article, many of you


hen we chose “adapting to a Church in change” as the focus for this issue of Pastoral Music,


will have worked out livestreaming issues and other ways to connect to your parish families and many other logistical issues will be resolved. What happens when the choir stalls and pews are empty and we, who are called as ministers and thrive on meeting the needs of others, have no voice?


For many of us, feeding the hearts of others is what feeds our hearts. Tese weeks of silence can leave us feeling broken and abandoned. We thought we’d hear from a few of our members and allow them to minister to you.


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