A Message from Pastor Erin We continue this "new normal" of worship online. And it seems, everything else has moved, shifted, and taken on new meaning. We try to maintain relationships, community, and social distance. We check in with each other and get rest. We try not to get bored while also being creative with our time. Our walking group, those usually moving their bodies together around our gym on Friday mornings, now move their spirits to a Zoom call where they catch up and pray together. Our Trustees meet to discuss the big business of the church on a Zoom call. And our young people study the Bible together on, you guessed it, a Zoom call. This is a new day for church. And we are reminded that the Church has faced many new practices and changes over its long history. When they met in homes and began to welcome Gentiles (those who spoke Greek) into their community, it probably felt weird and they didn't know if they were doing the right thing. But people relied on the promise of Jesus in Matthew 7, "You will know them by their fruit." Our church continues to produce good fruit in the form of conversations of love, creative ideas for the future, prayers of hope, and financial support for those in need. This is evidence that, although this is a new way of doing Christian community together, we are doing what God is calling us to do at this time. We are bearing good fruit. So, please continue to interact with each other through phone calls, video chats, and waves of goodwill to your neighbors. Keep the sense of dignity and humanity in these ever changing days. And won't you join us in worship again this week during, yup, a Zoom call? Be reminded that you are part of something bigger and that God continues to be faithful to the bigger project of God's kingdom. See the information to join all the things below. | 
