The intense COVID period is long gone; two years is quite much, right? But some of its effects on the Church are here to stay.

Some of the points I’ll highlight have been going on for a while but their usefulness has just been made even more acknowledged as a result of the COVID. Imagine the few realistic scenarios described below.


1. Second Service: The one who woke up late
Sade wakes up to attend her beloved local church which starts service by 7:00 am. She yawns and stretches her muscles from the previous day’s ushering job. Her eyes roam the room and get fixed on the wall clock in her room. She blinks in surprise to find out that it’s already 7: 30am.

In her head, she quickly calculates the time she’ll spend in the bathroom, put on a Sunday best and trek the 30-minutes walk to the church as it was tough to get an okada. No matter how fast she was, she wouldn’t get there earlier than 8:30. Sade thinks for a while before making her decision.


“I’ll just attend the second service,” She says and wraps the blanket over her head so she could continue sleeping.

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