Early on in quarantine, I used social media to fill in the gaps of what went missing in my social life due to COVID-19. I tuned in to cocktail classes on Instagram, played games with friends over Zoom, and even took a workout class on Facebook Live. Because of this continued connectedness, quarantine hasn’t felt too lonely.

We rely on social media everyday. For quick news bytes, connecting with long-lost family and friends, and even as a job board. Now, in the face of a pandemic, we are using social media to be the church. To engage others in a service over Facebook, share quarantine recipes on Instagram, and catch news that will inform how the church serves the world around us.