COVID-19 UPDATE

   Update: June 2021.

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• We have in-person Sunday worship services every Sunday morning at 10:00 am beginning on June 6!

  • Social distancing will still be in force.

  • Masks will be optional but please wear one if you haven’t been vaccinated or if you are uncomfortable not wearing one.

  • Humming is allowed but singing is not yet.

  • Any announcements should be made from the front of the church for social distancing.

  • Pre-registering is not needed.

  • Flowers can be brought and shared.

  • Sign up sheets for ushering, scripture reading, and videographer will be available.

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• The service is about 30 minutes long. A pianist or organist provides music and we hum, but we do not yet sing. There is no social hour after worship.  

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• Sunday worship video and worship bulletins are offered on this website each week under our Media tab. The video will be available the Monday after the service. 

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• For non-digital people, we mail out bulletins and sermons on Thursday each week for the upcoming Sunday. 

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• Small gatherings of 10 or less people--Prayer Circle, Bible Study, Krafty Ladies--meet in-person, physically distance, and each group determines if they will mask.

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• Small community group gatherings--Boy Scouts, AA, and Little Artists' Colony--meet in person. If you're interested in participating in any of these groups, please connect with their leaders. If you need help with this, let our church office know. 

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• Pierce Co WIC only takes phone call or Zoom appointments at this time but will be back in the building once it is safer.

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Please continue to:​

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• Reach out to one another to encourage and nurture and lift up our spirits. We have a Pen Pal Ministry. Email the church office if you wish to participate or need a directory.

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• If you need help, contact our pastor or our church members and friends. We can pray, offer practical help if needed, or work you through technological difficulties. 

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• Give to our church's ministries online or by mail. Your generosity helps us maintain our day to day operations, as well as our missions, such as:

  • Prescott Food Pantry

  • Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence

  • Union Gospel

  • Minneapolis Neighborhood House, "I Love Lake Street," Hamline Midway Coalition, MIGIZI-Empowering our Youth 

  • global ministries overseas of the United Church of Christ  

  • Feed My Starving Children, Heifer International, Mercy Corps. ​

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• As always, if there’s anything we can do to serve you during this time, let us know. Continue to hold all of our small and large communities in prayer. Pray for:

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• the health of our community.

• the protection of our front-line, essential workers.

• the well-being of people impacted financially.

• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. 

• police officers and their families.

• schools and universities--teachers and students and parents.

• and pray for God's radical love as shown through Jesus to shine ever brighter in these unpredictable and chaotic days.

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"The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those that trust in him."

                                                                                                                                   -Nahum 1:7