by Rosario Ibarra | Nov 20, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
Is it possible to thrive during this uncertain time of the coronavirus? It depends. Businesses such as delivery services, online classes, grocery stores and cleaning services are thriving because they are meeting the needs of people at this time. Can congregations do...
by Rosario Ibarra | Sep 14, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, Featured
During late April and early May of this year, the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving conducted the survey “Faith and Giving in the Time of COVID-19.” Respondents included clergy and lay leaders, staff from the judicatory level, nonprofit executives and development...
by Rosario Ibarra | Jul 20, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
Dr. Seuss invites us to open our minds to new possibilities when he says, “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.” Since March, our way of ‘doing church’ has changed, and having talked with...
by Rosario Ibarra | Jun 16, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, Featured
To quote President Harry S. Truman, “The way in which you endure that which you must endure is more important than the crisis itself.” I think we have all come to understand that over the last few months. When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, church leaders faced a...