Your weekend roundup: DMN photographer captures unique religious services during Holy Week, Easter changes business plans for local party store

At St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Frisco, Rev. Clayton Elder preaches to pews full of parishioners photographs.  [Morning roundup]( 04/12/2020 By Emily Dunn Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines of the weekend so far. 🌩️ Weather: Morning storms with expected cold front. High of 75. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( In this Thursday, April 9, 2020, photo, in front of a sanctuary full of parishioners' photos, Rev. Clayton Elder rehearses his Holy Thursday service before going live on YouTube at St. Philip Episcopal Church in Frisco, Texas. So that Elder can feel a connection with his congregation, the community life director printed the photos emailed to her and posted them in the pews. About 250 parishioners tuned into the live broadcast on YouTube. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) COMMENTARY [Photographer Tom Fox captures religious leader’s effort to stay connected with congregation]( A Dallas Morning News outtake: Church leaders throughout the Dallas area have sought to keep a spiritual thread to their church communities during the coronavirus crisis, while maintaining the intimacy that unites them at an in-person worship service. Working off a tip from Dallas Morning News photo editor [Irwin Thompson]( we followed up with a local congregation that was printing photos of its members and attaching them to church pews so their clergy felt a sense of connection to their faith family when broadcasting their services live on YouTube. At St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Frisco, Community Life director Brandi White has been filling the sanctuary with photos of familiar faces. [I went out to the church earlier this week to photograph this effort.](  Also: [We need more testing more than we need another round of stimulus spending]( the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board writes.   And: [Gov. Greg Abbott]( to thank North Texans]( for doing their part to fight coronavirus.  ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT [NorthPark may be closed, but the shopping center’s beloved piano player is still entertaining — online]( Brad Hanson’s melodies have helped relax and carry people from one store to the next for more than a decade at NorthPark Center. From his gleaming black piano near the two-story Mark di Suvero sculpture in the north court, he’s aimed to provide a musical river of sorts for customers at the shopping center — a soothing presence in the background. Hanson understands that his music wasn’t always the main attraction. [But for now, at least, he may be NorthPark’s greatest draw online]( even if only from his own social media accounts.  Also: [D-FW]( artists]( share important works and thoughts on the coronavirus pandemic.   And: This Sunday, [Netflix will release a follow-up episode to]( King]( the smash-hit docuseries.  ADVERTISEMENT Photo by Ashley Landis PHOTO OF THE WEEKEND [Dallas caterers come together with new group that feeds hospital workers, first responders and the homeless]( John Gilbert, [owner of G-Texas Custom Catering, slices brisket for box lunches for Austin Street Shelter]( on Saturday at G-Texas Custom Catering in Dallas. G Texas Catering is one of many Dallas caterers that staff and feed wedding receptions, concert crews, conventions, corporate parties and nearly any celebration that’s now been put on pause with no foreseeable restart date. "I needed to get creative," he says, "and we needed to do this together." Now, he talks to his biggest competitor on a regular basis to help fill service requests that have started coming in. AROUND THE SITE - That's the spirit: DFW Spirits industry workers [producing drink-based videos]( during the quarantine. - Gone too soon: [XFL suspends operations]( after shortened first season. - Won't you be my Inside Friend?: Leon Bridges and John Mayer accidentally made [the perfect quarantine song](. FINALLY...[Easter is this Oak Cliff party shop’s biggest week, but the coronavirus shelves its piñatas and cascarones]( From Metro columnist [Sharon Grigsby]( For the first time in, well, forever, Elvie and Carlos De La Fuente will spend this holiday weekend with their family — but they’d just as soon not make a habit of it. [But this Easter, the parks are closed, the churches are closed and ABC Party is closed.]( Like so many retail shop owners, the De La Fuentes were forced last month to lock their doors against the coronavirus pandemic. 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