Dear Church Family,
As we meet for worship this week, we will keep the people of Ukraine in our prayers. We will also pray for wisdom for all those in leadership as they try to find as peaceful a way as possible through this crisis.
At 1 pm on Sunday we will have our Annual meeting by Zoom. This is our first opportunity as a congregation to reinvent ourselves following a pandemic. We have learned to adapt in many ways in the past two years. That learning will help us look to the future as well. However, in the midst of our changing world some things remain constant: God’s steadfast, loving kindness and our ministry as a community that follows Jesus.
The Worship Committee and Health Cabinet will be meeting next week to map out our return to in person worship and activities. We will take a gradual approach to making changes: adding small changes and then making sure all is proceeding well before adding more changes.
I do have an important question for all of you. I recently heard of a congregation in Regina that will be holding one afternoon communion service a month that will be designated a “fully vaccinated (and boosted if applicable) service.” This ensures a safe environment for those who are concerned about attending worship, especially any who have medical conditions that make public worship services problematic. Would a monthly, afternoon, communion, fully vaccinated, service be a good idea for Augustana? Please email or phone myself or the church office with your response. You can simply reply to this email if you wish.
I hope to see you all tomorrow at our annual meeting.
God bless and keep you safe,
Pastor Marilyn
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