Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

                I’m pleased and excited to report that a date has been set for the re-opening of the church. We will be resuming our worship together the first weekend of June… Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 10:30 AM.

                While this is exciting news for us all, I must temper the excitement with this truth: worship will be much different than what we remember when we last gathered together.

                When we are able to resume gathering in God’s house, there will be restrictions in place we will have to observe. They are as follow:

1. The front door will be open so you will not have to touch the handle.
2. Hand sanitizer will be available at the entrance of the Sanctuary.
3. Masks MUST be worn in the building at all times.
4. We are required to maintain appropriate social distancing in the Sanctuary and elsewhere in the building.
5. The words to the hymns will be printed in the bulletin to avoid the sharing of hymnals. The Friendship Folders, Bibles, prayer cards, and pencils have all been removed from the Sanctuary.
6. All adult Bible studies and Children’s church are suspended indefinitely.
7. Holy Communion will be distributed in a continuous line fashion, with appropriate spacing. ONLY individual cups will be used.
8. Offering plates will not be passed. We will have them available on a table in the rear of the Sanctuary as you enter or leave.
9. If you are apprehensive about worshipping together in church, we encourage you to remain home until you are confident about corporate worship.

                All of us will need to continue to have “the patience of saints!” Our meeting together may not be what it was, but it’s a step in the right direction. What a loving and gracious God we serve!

                In Psalm 145, King David makes that very point, and writes this: “The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.” Were this not so, our constant sinning would have disqualified us from even the possibility of heaven. But God sent His Son to bear our sin and to be our Savior, not so we would have a trouble-free life. He gave us faith in Jesus so that one day we would ALL overcome this world of sin.

Your brother in Christ,

Rev. Robert Weikart