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Dinishia Jones (left) joyfully proclaims “You can do anything” while celebrating with Rev. Dr. Elaine Sanford (right) after learning her son was offered a job interview on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Jones and her son have been living in HER Faith Ministries’ office after living out of their car and local hotels. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Dinishia Jones (left) joyfully proclaims “You can do anything” while celebrating with Rev. Dr. Elaine Sanford (right) after learning her son was offered a job interview on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Jones and her son have been living in HER Faith Ministries’ office after living out of their car and local hotels. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

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Homeless struggle to find a place to be ‘safer at home’ in a pandemic

People of faith hurry to provide food, shelter for women, children

David WatersMarch 26, 2020

Rev. Sara K. Corum, pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church in Memphis, preaches to her congregation in a live stream on Sunday morning, March 22, 2020, from an empty room in her midtown church. The church was closed to worshippers due to the spreading Coronavirus Covid 19. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to the Daily Memphian)

Rev. Sara K. Corum, pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church in Memphis, preaches to her congregation in a live stream on Sunday morning, March 22, 2020, from an empty room in her midtown church. The church was closed to worshippers due to the spreading Coronavirus Covid 19. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to the Daily Memphian)

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No choir, no communion, no congregation. how to celebrate lent in a pandemic

Pastor couple finds new ways to worship, serve, grieve

David WatersMarch 25, 2020

A petition has been filed that seeks the release of numbers of inmates from local jails and prisons as COVID-19 outbreaks begin to appear across Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

A petition has been filed that seeks the release of numbers of inmates from local jails and prisons as COVID-19 outbreaks begin to appear across Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Emergency petition asks court to release all children, some adults from jail in pandemic

An emergency petition filed with the Tennessee Supreme Court seeks the release of numbers of inmates from local jails and prisons as COVID-19 outbreaks...

Marc PerrusquiaMarch 25, 2020

Josh Spickler of Just City heads to the Shelby County Jail to post five bonds on March 22, 2020. Spickler plans to bail a series of inmates from the county jail to help them escape the threat of possible COVID-19 infection. He has up to $75K available from the RFK Human Rights organization and others. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Josh Spickler of Just City heads to the Shelby County Jail to post five bonds on March 22, 2020. Spickler plans to bail a series of inmates from the county jail to help them escape the threat of possible COVID-19 infection. He has up to $75K available from the RFK Human Rights organization and others. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

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COVID’s spread in jail triggers effort to help inmates who can’t afford bail

A damp chill hung over downtown Memphis as Josh Spickler walked up to the Shelby County Jail to bail out five inmates he’d never...

Marc PerrusquiaMarch 24, 2020

Reform advocates say more efforts need to be made to ensure the poor aren’t being put at undue risk in jail during the coronavirus threat. (Daily Memphian file)

Reform advocates say more efforts need to be made to ensure the poor aren’t being put at undue risk in jail during the coronavirus threat. (Daily Memphian file)

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COVID-19 threatens vulnerable jail population

Reformists say more is needed to ensure the poor aren't at undue risk in jail during the coronavirus crisis

Marc PerrusquiaMarch 20, 2020

Monika Coats prays during the mass marking the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic Mass in Memphis, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019 at St. Peter Church. (Greg Campbell/ Special for The Daily Memphian file )

Monika Coats prays during the mass marking the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic Mass in Memphis, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019 at St. Peter Church. (Greg Campbell/ Special for The Daily Memphian file )

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Clergy leaders work to balance facts, faith and fears amid pandemic

"This is not the devil. This is what science is telling us."

David WatersMarch 20, 2020

Tonya Jackson (left) prays with church elder Mark Walker at the Holy City Church of God in Christ church in Memphis on March 19, 2020. On Thursday, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland began to urge places of worship to live stream services while the city is in a state of civil emergency due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)

Tonya Jackson (left) prays with church elder Mark Walker at the Holy City Church of God in Christ church in Memphis on March 19, 2020. On Thursday, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland began to urge places of worship to live stream services while the city is in a state of civil emergency due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)

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Synagogues, churches, mosques moving to online-only services in pandemic

Clergy leaders call on "wisdom, prudence" to guide decisions

David WatersMarch 20, 2020

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