Lutheran Church in Liverpool Holds Online Sermons Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Lutheran Church in Liverpool Holds Online Sermons Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Reporter: Virtual worship has become the new norm at Kings of Kings Lutheran Church in Liverpool due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pastor Tara Lamont Eastman has led the way in continuing mass through their online streaming service.

Pastor Eastman: “We built a worship service that was live, that involves partially recorded bits of music as well so that when it was presented on live streaming, it seemed like a traditional service.”

Reporter: Pastor Eastman says the parishioners have responded well to the online movement.

Pastor Eastman: “People have been very open and gracious about this whole shift.”

Reporter: Every Sunday mass is held live on their website at 9:30 in the morning. The church is now planning their upcoming schedule for Holy Week and Easter Sunday.

Dylan Trotter , N-C-C News.

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) – The King of Kings Lutheran Church has resorted to online sermons as a result of the ever-growing coronavirus pandemic.

Pastor Tara Lamont Eastman said the church decided to move to virtual sermons in order to comply with Governor Cuomo’s orders to socially distance.

“We’re trying to follow that protocol to continue to flatten this curve,” Pastor Eastman said.

The online sermons still resemble a traditional service, with recorded music included. Even though they can no longer convene in the church, Pastor Eastman has seen a positive response from parishioners.

“People have been very open and gracious about this whole shift. As you can imagine, it’s hard for folks not to see each other face-to-face when they’re used to having those kind of connections, but they’re really embracing this,” Eastman said.

Eastman and her colleagues planned to meet today to begin planning an online schedule for Holy Week and Easter Sunday.

There will be a live stream of their mass every Sunday morning at 9:30 on their website, kingofkings-ny.org.

 

 

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