Latest

• Highlighting COVID-19 Responses Series: Union Dallas
• Bishop McKee: Be the Church our Communities Need
• NTC Responds to Coronavirus Epidemic
• Dallas County Shelter In Place Order

How to Help

• CMO List Of Options
• Union Dallas
• UMW North Texas: Making Masks

Upcoming Events

• Public Health and Pastoral Care
• When: 10 a.m. Monday, March 30
• Topic: Jointly led by the Centers for Leadership Development and Missional Outreach, this call will feature doctors who will share sobering facts about what we in North Texas could face in the weeks to come. The call will then focus on ways that we may provide pastoral care in the midst.
• Zoom link
• Tough Staff Decisions and the Federal Stimulus Package
• When: 2 p.m. Monday, March 30
• Topic: Led by Rev. Jodi Smith, director of the Center for Connectional Resources, this call will be an introduction to resources and guidelines growing out of the federal stimulus package. Helpful information related to layoffs, furloughs and other topics of that nature will be discussed as well.
• Zoom link
• Planning Worship for Holy Week and Easter
• When: 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 31
• Topic: Led by the Center for Church Development, this call will focus on worship planning for Holy Week and Easter. Resources pertaining to the technology required to make your plans happen will be shared.
• Zoom link
• Missional Responses to COVID-19
• When: 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 1
• Topic: Led by the Center for Missional Outreach, this call is a weekly offering that focuses on highlighting safe ways churches can serve their neighbors who are the most vulnerable. This week, the panelists will speak to rural missional responses.
• Zoom Link
• Online Communion and Celebration of the Love Feast
• When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 1
• Topic: Bishop Michael McKee will offer guidance on providing online communion and lead us in a celebration of the Love Feast. Instructions for how to be prepared for the Love Feast will follow.
• Zoom Link
• Local Church’s Financial Health
• When: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 2
• Topic: Bishop McKee will lead a conversation about the financial health of your churches. The Bishop and Cabinet want to hear from you about your challenges and what you are learning. We also want to share with you what the conference is doing to provide relief and assistance.
• Zoom Link

Past Events

• Practical Approaches for Online Worship
• March 25 Video
• March 25 Transcript
• Missional Response to COVID-19
• March 23 Video
• March 23 Summary
• Facebook Live Videos
• Streaming: Best Practices and Legal Principals with Matt Jacob and Jessica Vittoria

Pastoral Care

• 10 Guidelines for Pastoral Care During the Coronavirus Outbreak
• Preaching to an Empty Room (part 1) blog post by Alyce McKenzie
• Preaching to an Empty Room (part 2) blog post by Alyce McKenzie

Children, Youth and Families

• Cokesbury Kids Virtual Church
• Download Youth Ministry
• Guilt Free Parenting during COVID-19
• Holy Listening Stones
• NTC Youth Facebook Page
• NTC Children Facebook Page

Online Giving

• Make Giving Easy
• Easy Tithe
• Givelify
• Push Pay

Health

• 6 Steps Your Congregation Should Take in Response to the Coronavirus
• CDC: Resources for Community- and Faith-Based Leaders

General

• ResourceUMC