COVID-19 resources & support from CMF

CMF has been developing a range of online resources in response to the particular pressures created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Below we have listed those that may be of use to you and your church.

general resources:

A prayer for the end of shift - a downloadable prayer sheet for your notice board or fridge at cmf.li/3d2EJQh
A seven-day guide to praying for Christian healthcare workers - another downloadable prayer sheet for your use and for others in your church wanting to know how to pray for you and your colleagues at cmf.li/3aPcSRS
How to care for healthcare workers in your church family - a two-page guide to practical and pastoral support for your pastor and church family to use at cmf.li/2SkFdsS
When demand outstrips supply: A Christian view of the ethics of healthcare resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic - a downloadable briefing paper at cmf.li/2KIgafd

The talks and Q&A sessions from the CMF National Online Gathering How Long, Lord. Finding hope in Christ in troubled times by Jonty Allcock and Dr Patrick Dixon on 25 April 2020 are available to download as podcasts or watch as YouTube videos - see cmf.li/2020NOGLinks for these and other resources from the gathering.

The CMF Pastoral Care and Well-being Programme can offer one-to-one support and are creating a range of written resources at cmf.li/PCWP. The Pastoral Care Team is made up of Christian nurses, midwives doctors with pastoral care training and experience, so they can balance knowledge of the stresses and pressures clinical practice with a keen understanding of pastoral and spiritual issues.
If you would like to talk to one of the Pastoral Care Team or to volunteer to help support other members, please email wellbeing@cmf.org.uk and ask them to phone or email you back.

And check out the 1st incision podcast published on Friday 3 April which explains more about the vision and aims of the pastoral care and well-being ministry at cmf.li/2KKqovO

From March to May we ran a daily #COVID1900Prayer to pray on Facebook and Instagram live at 7 pm - seecmf.li/YTbCOVIDprayer for an archive of all the daily prayer videos.

You can still get the daily prayer updates via the CMF Feed on the PrayerMate app at praynow4.org/christianmedicalfellowship

Check out our COVID-19 voices from the frontline podcast series atcmf.li/39WJGsC - stories from Christian nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and others working at the coalface from around the world.

Our COVID-19 blogs give you different pastoral, practical, spiritual and ethical perspectives on the situation at cmf.li/COVID19blogs

And remember to follow our student nurses and midwives feed on Instagram - instagram.com/cmf.student.nurses.midwives

A regularly updated list of these and all our available resources and other helpful materials from partner organisations can be found on our website at cmf.li/covid19Res