This paper focuses on the 2020–2022 COVID-19 pandemic of and its consequences for Religious Education in Germany and Sweden, and the online instructional texts for children and families provided by four Protestant denominations. It applies Hellspong’s comparative analysis of factual texts on the themes of language, content and social tone. The first question investigates how the analysed denominations compare in their instructional texts for families. The results show that all the texts acknowledge the difficulties of the pandemic and offer suggestions on how to cope and find new tools for Religious Education. All the texts pertain to theological orthodoxy, seldom providing any extra-denominational links and, if so, to similar denominations. The second question concerns what can be learned from these online instructional texts with respect to future pandemics with extended lockdowns. Online instructional texts from churches provide a platform for acknowledging suffering, and providing hope and means of assistance. Curated lists of links offer suggestions to families about what to do when they have run out of ideas. However, parents with little pedagogical training could also be assisted when providing home schooling. If used well, these online instructional texts can bring hope in times of trouble during a pandemic.