Jared McNett 4 hrs ago There's a Christian hymn from the 1970s called "We Are The Church" that lays out in its first verse what exactly is meant by church. "The church is not a building, the church is not a steeple; the church is not a resting place; the church is a people," the tune goes. As much as any time in recent history, the COVID-19 pandemic era put that notion to the test as congregants were no longer able to gather to worship in the same place they always had. Lisa Grouette / LISA GROUETTE, Globe Gazette Rear balcony of sanctuary of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mason