Drive-by Communion No Longer in Effect, Next Steps

April 15, 2020 by Bishop Neil Lebhar

Category: COVID 19 Updates and Resources

Dear Clergy and Wardens,

Greetings in our Risen Lord this Easter season!

I have been asked whether there can continue to be “drive-by” communion services.

The quick answer is that the bishops only envisioned and permitted this drive-by exception for Easter as a major Christian feast, not as an on-going practice.

You or your eucharistic ministers may continue to take consecrated bread and leave it at homes as I have directed before.

Next week I will meet with deans and the staff to talk about when churches can re-open and what protocols to follow when they do. But at the moment most states have shelter at home directives, and we will certainly wait to re-open until those are lifted.

I know this is a frustrating time, but the Lord will see us through!

In Jesus the Messiah,

+Neil

The Rt. Rev. Neil G. Lebhar
NLebhar@GulfAtlanticDiocese.org