Social and Coffee Hour
by Fr. Bill Van Oss
It is nice to be hearing some good news regarding COVID these days. The positivity rate is around 5% for the first time in several months. The number of COVID patients in the hospital is falling. It appears there is much less community spread than there was just a few weeks ago. After consulting with the Medical Advisory Committee, I have decided that we can reinstate social and coffee hours.
The weekends of October 23/24 and 30/31 social hour following the Saturday service and coffee hour following the Sunday service will be held outside. Beginning the weekend of November 6/7 we will be back inside.
The sign up sheet to host a social or coffee hour is posted on the bulletin board outside the kitchen. You can also sign up by emailing or calling the parish office. Please sign up to host one!
We are also planning to have the annul Beer and Brats on Wednesday, November 3rd. The prayer service will begin at 6:00 pm with the meal to follow in the parish hall (COVID permitting). Otherwise, the meal will be outside.
Also, remember that we are offering a series entitled “Re-Discovering The Episcopal Church” on Zoom Wednesday evenings at 6:00. More details can be found in this Friday Brief and in the Red Door.
Finally, I’ll leave you with this thought from Br. Keith Nelson of the Society of St. John the Evangelist entitled “reply.” “God calls us each by name: in impossible joy and unthinkable suffering; in the need of another, communicated clearly or barely recognized; in the revelation of tasks that seem beyond our capacity; in the love of those who share our table. The simplest task, and the work of a lifetime, is the reply – in free and loving obedience: Here I am.”
Know that I am here for you.
Peace & Blessings,
Bill+
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