This is an archived list of COVID-19 response updates, messages and reflections issued prior to guidelines and directives that are currently in effect. For the most recent updates and directives, visit the COVID-19 Updates & Resources page.
- "Called to be a new and changed community": May 29 pastoral reflection from Bishop Harris
- "Trimming graves, banging pots and other forms of gratitude": May 22 pastoral reflection from Bishop Gates
- May 12: Bishops extend restriction on in-person public worship and gatherings in churches until July 1
- "Preparing for transformation in this in-between time": May 15 pastoral reflection from Bishop Harris
- "Sacramental hunger and eucharistic practice": May 8 pastoral reflection from Bishop Gates
- "Get with the love of God": May 1 pastoral reflection from Bishop Harris
- April 30 update for clergy and wardens
- "Out of sync": April 25 pastoral reflection from Bishop Gates
- "It matters in these times": April 17 pastoral reflection from Bishop Harris
- April 16 update for clergy and leadership
Includes: COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund information; Contingency planning for clergy; Additional CARES Act information; Additional ways to care for one another (gun safety information; Red Cross blood drive sites needed; "Open the Hotels" letter advocating hotels as temporary shelter for those who are unhoused)
- Audio of Holy Tuesday messages to online clergy gathering from Bishop Gates and Bishop Harris & Text of Bishop Gates’s Holy Tuesday message
- "Patience is only a part": April 3 pastoral reflection from Bishop Harris
- March 31 update for clergy and leadership
Includes: Keeping track of worship attendance; online giving platforms; additional financial and operational updates
- "Lean on God and pray": March 27 pastoral reflection from Bishop Gates
- March 25 update for clergy and leadership
- March 21 update for clergy and leadership
- "For the facing of this hour": March 20 pastoral message from Bishop Harris
- March 16 update for clergy and wardens
- "At no time are we alone": March 14 pastoral message from Bishop Gates
- March 12 pastoral guidance from Bishop Gates
- March 11 directive from Bishop Gates and Bishop Harris
- March 5 message from Bishop Gates and Bishop Harris