Montana Synod COVID-19 Resource Page
Pastoral Guidance for Re-opening Congregations and Ministries
Bishop Laurie Jungling, April 22, 2020
Addendum April 23, 2020
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Words from the Bishop: Don’t Jump, Just Breathe
Just breathe. We’ve heard a lot about breathing in recent weeks: about George Floyd’s last breath plea of “I can’t breathe”; about the breathing struggles of those who experience the symptoms of Covid, hospitalized or not; about the fact that our own breath can become an instrument of harm to others with whom we share the air when we fail to wear a mask. Just breathing can be challenging these days.
Just breathe. This was some guidance offered by Pastor Chris Haughhee, chaplain at Intermountain Children’s Home (a Montana Synod ministry partner), with the kids who are experiencing mental health struggles such as clinical anxiety and depression brought about by trauma in their lives. Pastor Haughhee shared this breathing guidance in a blog (found here) and with it a short, 3 minute film called “Just breathe.” Read more... Thank you for your generous gifts to the Montana Synod!
Painting given to the Synod House by retired pastor Steve Nelson in honor of Jessica Crist's years of service
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