By now you have most likely heard that the CDC has issued new guidelines regarding mask wearing and social distancing for vaccinated people. If you haven't seen them, here is a link.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

I will be honest, my immediate reaction, through my personal contemplation as well as consulting a few council members, was to say that we can resume in-person worship, with singing. Many of you might have had the same reaction as I did. But as more opinions came out about the new guidelines, I may have jumped the gun. Bishop Hazelwood sent out an email yesterday, asking congregations not to jump to that conclusion immediately. You can read his thoughts here.

https://www.jameshazelwood.net/blog

For this weekend, at least, we will continue doing what we have been doing so far. We will offer usual worship options that we have settled on over the past couple of months. You can either join us at 8:30am in-person and in the sanctuary. We ask that you wear your mask and stay distant. Remembery, you may watch the live-stream of that worship on YouTube. Additionally, we will have our zoom worship at 9:30am. Both the in person and zoom services are recorded and posted to watch at your convenience.

The Church Council is scheduled to meet Monday evening to talk about these new guidelines and what they mean for worship this summer. Based on our prior meeting last week, I am excited for what is coming and what we will be doing together. I know we are all highly anticipating resuming in person worship and getting back to a "sense of normalcy," but for one more weekend, I ask for your patience. We have done this for over a year, we can endure just a little longer. We are getting close.

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Tim