Thursday, April 2, 10 a.m. - noon. Drop off basic school supplies (notebooks, boxes of crayons, colored pencils and glue sticks) at New Journey. Boxes will be outside the church for you to put them in. Many of the children in the E. Mesa Imagine Elementary School do not have basic supplies they need to do schoolwork at home. We will see that they are delivered to Mesa on the weekend. If you are unable to get out to shop, please contact Deb Bigley who has the names of people who can shop on your behalf. Deb's contact information is listed in our Church Directory. … [Read more...]
Suspension of in-person worship
Beginning Sunday, March 15, we are suspending in-person worship. When I wrote to you yesterday that events around the coronavirus were developing quickly, truthfully, I didn’t know how quickly. I awoke this morning to an email from Bishop Hutterer recommending that all congregations in the synod suspend worship until at least April 1, possibly longer. We know that large gatherings are a main place where the virus is spread among all age groups. Because of the added risk to older adults, the CDC recommends that people over 60 refrain from gathering in groups larger than 10. After conferring with our Church Council, we will follow the Bishop’s recommendation. All of the Synods that … [Read more...]