Greetings From Pastor Lyn
Dear People,
I hope everyone has recovered their hearing after the wildly noisy 4th of July fireworks that seemed to permeate every neighborhood across the state and beyond! I guess after months of quiet isolation a little noise had to be made to make up for lost time!?!
Last week a couple of Zoom meeting codes had to be changed. Some (not all) require a password as well. There are other groups that are meeting via Zoom such as the Outreach Committee, confirmation class & at least one circle group.
We continue to plan ahead even though we aren’t certain of anything at this point except that outdoor worship will continue at least through September and possibly longer. We were in need of readers for the rest of the summer but God provided eager volunteers through the end of August! If you enjoy reading and haven’t had an opportunity to read for the pre-recorded online services, please prayerfully consider volunteering. Recording is done on Thursdays (12:30pm) and everyone records separately in order to avoid unnecessary contact. Recording the lessons takes about 15 minutes and then readers are encouraged to leave. It is quite likely we will not be worshiping as a large group for the rest of this year at least but, I remain hopeful that we can grow the small inside service as the year goes on.
Summer Services: Complete service online available by Saturday evenings. A bulletin is emailed for your convenience.
9:00 am Sundays: Parking Lot Morning Prayer: A brief liturgy with singing (masks on) and celebrate the Lord’s Supper.
10:00 am Sundays: Luther Hall inside service: The liturgy is a happy medium between the online & the parking lot which is to say, it’s a little longer. We sing with masks on and celebrate communion.
New Prayer concerns: 1) William Teaney suffered a stroke a few weeks ago. He is home recovering. Prayers for healing for William.
2) Prayers of comfort and strength for the family of Charlotte Wallis who passed away on July 6th. Charlotte is a friend of Marsha Waggoner.
A Message from the Outreach Team submitted by Elaine Ixcot, council liaison. The meeting (7/5) began with the acceptance of our new project…. “Food For Faith” (the catchy name we chose for our project) which will be a once a month collection of food for the Interfaith Ministry’s Food Pantry. Their pantry is open and available to the community, Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 11 am. Our first collection date for them will be Sunday, August 2nd, 2020.
The Outreach Team will collect non-perishable food items on the 1st Sunday of the month at our Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting in our Emanuel parking lot. There will be an Outreach member’s trunk or trunks if needed available for those food donations and will be taken to Interfaith Ministry during the following week. Because of precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we ask that groceries, even if already in a shopping bag, be put into a plastic trash bag before the Sunday drop off.
The Piecemaker’s will be meeting with MPD for children’s quilt pickup at Emanuel Tuesday, July 7th at 10:00 am. We will be meeting them at our main doorway off the parking lot.
Our future monthly Outreach Ministry Meetings during the COVID-19 - stay your distance time will be on Zoom. Meetings are scheduled for the 1st Monday of each month at 10:30 am. We have that date and time slot until April of 2021. Pastor Lyn and all of us hope we won’t need it for that long… however, as we go from day to day during these times… we have plan for what may be….
Next scheduled Outreach meeting: Monday, August 3, 2020 - 10:30 am. Blessing and thank you all for the great meeting!
Stay connected with each other. Call someone in the directory that you normally might not interact with to let them know you are thinking of them and praying for them. Share stories!
Peace & blessing,
Pastor Lyn
I hope everyone has recovered their hearing after the wildly noisy 4th of July fireworks that seemed to permeate every neighborhood across the state and beyond! I guess after months of quiet isolation a little noise had to be made to make up for lost time!?!
Last week a couple of Zoom meeting codes had to be changed. Some (not all) require a password as well. There are other groups that are meeting via Zoom such as the Outreach Committee, confirmation class & at least one circle group.
We continue to plan ahead even though we aren’t certain of anything at this point except that outdoor worship will continue at least through September and possibly longer. We were in need of readers for the rest of the summer but God provided eager volunteers through the end of August! If you enjoy reading and haven’t had an opportunity to read for the pre-recorded online services, please prayerfully consider volunteering. Recording is done on Thursdays (12:30pm) and everyone records separately in order to avoid unnecessary contact. Recording the lessons takes about 15 minutes and then readers are encouraged to leave. It is quite likely we will not be worshiping as a large group for the rest of this year at least but, I remain hopeful that we can grow the small inside service as the year goes on.
Summer Services: Complete service online available by Saturday evenings. A bulletin is emailed for your convenience.
9:00 am Sundays: Parking Lot Morning Prayer: A brief liturgy with singing (masks on) and celebrate the Lord’s Supper.
10:00 am Sundays: Luther Hall inside service: The liturgy is a happy medium between the online & the parking lot which is to say, it’s a little longer. We sing with masks on and celebrate communion.
New Prayer concerns: 1) William Teaney suffered a stroke a few weeks ago. He is home recovering. Prayers for healing for William.
2) Prayers of comfort and strength for the family of Charlotte Wallis who passed away on July 6th. Charlotte is a friend of Marsha Waggoner.
A Message from the Outreach Team submitted by Elaine Ixcot, council liaison. The meeting (7/5) began with the acceptance of our new project…. “Food For Faith” (the catchy name we chose for our project) which will be a once a month collection of food for the Interfaith Ministry’s Food Pantry. Their pantry is open and available to the community, Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 11 am. Our first collection date for them will be Sunday, August 2nd, 2020.
The Outreach Team will collect non-perishable food items on the 1st Sunday of the month at our Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting in our Emanuel parking lot. There will be an Outreach member’s trunk or trunks if needed available for those food donations and will be taken to Interfaith Ministry during the following week. Because of precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we ask that groceries, even if already in a shopping bag, be put into a plastic trash bag before the Sunday drop off.
The Piecemaker’s will be meeting with MPD for children’s quilt pickup at Emanuel Tuesday, July 7th at 10:00 am. We will be meeting them at our main doorway off the parking lot.
Our future monthly Outreach Ministry Meetings during the COVID-19 - stay your distance time will be on Zoom. Meetings are scheduled for the 1st Monday of each month at 10:30 am. We have that date and time slot until April of 2021. Pastor Lyn and all of us hope we won’t need it for that long… however, as we go from day to day during these times… we have plan for what may be….
Next scheduled Outreach meeting: Monday, August 3, 2020 - 10:30 am. Blessing and thank you all for the great meeting!
Stay connected with each other. Call someone in the directory that you normally might not interact with to let them know you are thinking of them and praying for them. Share stories!
Peace & blessing,
Pastor Lyn