How does the Church survive COVID?

COVID has affected everyone differently, but one thing this pandemic has done which everyone can agree on is separate people from others. But how do communities which rely on others and that bond between people stay afloat during these trying times? 

Samual Hedding is a Senior at WSU, and a regular attendee of Resonate Church in Pullman, WA. Before COVID, Resonate would hold services with hundreds of people in attendance in Todd Hall, but now, sermons are delivered through Zoom. 

This affects other groups as well, Humayun Khurram attends the mosque in Pullman, and since Gov. Inslees new restrictions on religious gatherings, the mosque and its attendants has taken a blow. 

But there is still a way for these groups to stay together and remain a community through these difficult times. For Khurram, it is visiting a friend’s house before prayer and communing with them. For Hedding, it is about the small groups which make up the larger church, keeping the church together in a small way. 

The religious communities are strong, they hold fast and do not break easily, and there is no sign of them letting this pandemic stop them from their prayers.