After the pandemic, some congregations try a different approach with summer event.
Many congregations had to cancel VBS in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that vaccines are being distributed and restrictions are easing, some churches are putting the summer program back on their calendars.
Day after day, a long line of cars stretches through the parking lot of the College Hills Church of Christ in Lebanon, Tenn., west of Nashville.
Murphy’s congregation had fallen victim to “Zoombombing” — an attack by online trolls whose targets during the coronavirus outbreak have included churches, mosques and synagogues.