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Prayer & Devotion
Thursday Devotion – Sept. 24, 2020 – David Boehm
After 7 months of worshipping at home watching Facebook Live or meeting outside in the parking lot, this coming Sunday we will begin the process of worship together in the Sanctuary and Social Hall to praise God and see one another. It has been a long time coming and many of us are anxious to come back. Coming back this Sunday will not be quite the same as you remember it. We will continue to use appropriate safeguards to minimize the risk of spreading the coronavirus. The number of new cases in Washington County is staying fairly stable over the past 2 months, yesterday there were 18 new cases, therefore we will follow the state and federal guidelines for wearing a mask during worship, maintaining social distancing, and minimizing the clustering of people in common areas. We will not be singing during worship, nor will we be passing communion during the worship service. We won’t be giving each other hugs or handshakes. We will maintain 25 people in the Sanctuary and 25 people in the Social Hall. But we will be together and we will be inside the church at last. As the weeks go by, and hopefully the number of cases declines, we will be able to adjust our precautions, but for now we are starting cautiously, trying to keep ourselves healthy.
We have to thank members of the re-opening committee for the hours they spent coming up with the re-opening process. We have to thank Jeremy Beeler for many hours of learning about sound and video capture to make the at-home worship experience better and to provide a high quality church service broadcast into the Social Hall. The church service broadcast will become better as we improve our ability to film the service in the coming weeks. We are taking baby steps for right now, but it will not be long before the worship is more like what you remember – sort of like when you recover from an illness or injury, and ease into your normal routine.
We know many of you are not ready to be indoors among 25 people, we understand your concerns, we know you are watching at home. Many of you live far away from Coal Center and enjoy watching the Facebook live stream wherever you are – that is wonderful, and it is one of the blessings that COVID-19 has brought to our ministry. The Facebook live streams will continue, and will get better, and you will be with us.
Let Us Pray:
Lord God in Heaven we ask your blessing upon the members of this congregation and our friends who watch Pastor Amory on Facebook throughout this great land. We pray for your blessing on our attempts to reopen the church building for worship this Sunday. We pray for the health and safety of all who attend. We pray in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
After 7 months of worshipping at home watching Facebook Live or meeting outside in the parking lot, this coming Sunday we will begin the process of worship together in the Sanctuary and Social Hall to praise God and see one another. It has been a long time coming and many of us are anxious to come back. Coming back this Sunday will not be quite the same as you remember it. We will continue to use appropriate safeguards to minimize the risk of spreading the coronavirus. The number of new cases in Washington County is staying fairly stable over the past 2 months, yesterday there were 18 new cases, therefore we will follow the state and federal guidelines for wearing a mask during worship, maintaining social distancing, and minimizing the clustering of people in common areas. We will not be singing during worship, nor will we be passing communion during the worship service. We won’t be giving each other hugs or handshakes. We will maintain 25 people in the Sanctuary and 25 people in the Social Hall. But we will be together and we will be inside the church at last. As the weeks go by, and hopefully the number of cases declines, we will be able to adjust our precautions, but for now we are starting cautiously, trying to keep ourselves healthy.
We have to thank members of the re-opening committee for the hours they spent coming up with the re-opening process. We have to thank Jeremy Beeler for many hours of learning about sound and video capture to make the at-home worship experience better and to provide a high quality church service broadcast into the Social Hall. The church service broadcast will become better as we improve our ability to film the service in the coming weeks. We are taking baby steps for right now, but it will not be long before the worship is more like what you remember – sort of like when you recover from an illness or injury, and ease into your normal routine.
We know many of you are not ready to be indoors among 25 people, we understand your concerns, we know you are watching at home. Many of you live far away from Coal Center and enjoy watching the Facebook live stream wherever you are – that is wonderful, and it is one of the blessings that COVID-19 has brought to our ministry. The Facebook live streams will continue, and will get better, and you will be with us.
Let Us Pray:
Lord God in Heaven we ask your blessing upon the members of this congregation and our friends who watch Pastor Amory on Facebook throughout this great land. We pray for your blessing on our attempts to reopen the church building for worship this Sunday. We pray for the health and safety of all who attend. We pray in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
