"Tending the Scattered Body: A Pentecost Pocket Guide for the Summer Parish" (2026-06-10) by John Patrick Herold is an operational follow-up to news-3216148, detailing three moves to maintain congregational connection during the summer:

1. Systematize Welcome: Treat hospitality as a parish-systems process (e.g., name tag stations, a structured greeter rotation, 48-hour lay emails) rather than relying on personality.
2. Keep Outreach Continuous: Ensure ministries do not collapse when founders travel. Standardize procedures, share keys, and document contacts (citing St. John's, Charleston's Manna Meal, founded by Rev. Jim Lewis, as an exemplar).
3. Low-Lift Lay Formation: Engage in vestry summer reads, mentor pairings, Forward Movement's "Signs and Grace" series, and supply-clergy welcome packets.

Herold reframes summer relational work as stewardship, citing the BCP Catechism (p. 855) which lists laity as the first order of ministers. Summer tending is the same work in a quieter key.