Biggest challenge for Church leaders nearing end of pandemic

12 March 2021

As you know, it’ll be awhile before we see the cameras come down and members coming back to in-person meetings and services.

One concern is the risk that virtual meetings have caused us to be “lazy” and coming back may not be easy.

When Elder Whiting, in our Saturday morning meeting with the stake presidency, asked if there was anything we wanted him to address in his message to the stake during the general session, that was the only item we brought up: a concern that members won’t come back.

That’s why he talked about that it’s time to “awaken and re-engage” in the work of the Lord during his talk. 

Anyway, so you’re aware that’s a concern as we opened up our meetings to allow up to 150 people to attend in person, only Estacada is drawing more than 100 people to their sacrament meetings. All the others are still at 50-60.

You’ll probably want to address as a presidency some time how to encourage members or assure them that it’s safe to come back.

All the best,
Crismon