As many churches did during the pandemic, Grace faced a tough problem having to close their doors during the midst of rising cases in New York. We had been working on Church online or a “digital campus” for about a year and a half but hadn’t yet had the chance to pull the trigger.

Facing the reality of closing our doors we had only one option; to launch Church Online for the first time and give attendee’s a place to continue to be the Chruch during the pandemic. Our choice was to use CHOP (Church Online Platform) and pre-record services getting the word out using social media; including a new Facebook group to engage members of the Church in meaningful spiritual conversation throughout the week.