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Worship with us:
9 am live streaming service on Facebook. Please click here:
https://www.facebook.com/resurrection-episcopal-church-rockdale-128756220497593/
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The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday
May 31, 2020
Sunday is the DAY OF PENTECOST, the last day of the fifty-day long [a "week of weeks" plus one] Easter Season. We remember the gift of the Holy Spirit to the men and women gathered together and explore what that means for us today.
The Bishop has indicated that in-person worship services in our Diocese will not take place until at least June 21. In any case, social distancing will still be part of that (extending into the goverment's subsequent "green" designation for our county). The Vestry and I are working with the Bishop's instructions to the Diocese, along with some specific guidance the Bishop has given our parish for how we can offer Communion as our county's lockdown situation changes. We are in no rush to move hurriedly. The safety of our parishioners is our highest value in this. We will keep you informed as plans progress.
We are planning to have a virtual "Coffee Hour" after the live-streamed service next Sunday, June 7. This will use the ZOOM platform. A link will be in next week's Parish Update message.
Our pastoral outreach through phone calls by our Vestry and others continues. Thanks to the callers and to those of you who augment this by keeping in touch with others in the parish yourselves. We also are maintaining our heightened level of outreach ministry to the food pantry, buoyed by your generous contributions. Keep up the good work [Keep those money donations to the food pantry coming-the demand just keeps growing-We've just passed $4000 in food pantry contributions]!
This Sunday, May 31, we will hold our usual 9:00 a.m. livestreamed worship service. From now through the summer, each Sunday will include two hymns sung by Amelia Wilber accompanied on the piano by her mother, our own Debbie Ney. Sing along with vigor!
At the top are the links for the bulletin and for our Sunday livestreaming service.
Click here for The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." [Phil. 1:2]
As we journey through this separation together [I'm aware of the contradictions in that phrase], here's what we're planning as we reach Palm Sunday and Holy Week:
We continue our parish's networking providing contact to our members, what we're calling.
Pastoral Care through Phone Contacts
Just a few quick reminders: If you have not been contacted, please call the Church Office at 610-459-2013 to let us know. Please let them know if you need any help [e.g. grocery runs] or can help others. Folks have volunteered to help with that as needed.
If you feel the need for emotional or spiritual support, please do not hesitate to contact your fellow parishioners or me at 610-291-4362. We don't have to go through all this alone. Not only is God with us, God's people (our parish community) are, too.
Outreach Work Continues
Since March 16, almost a million claims have been filed for unemployment in Pennsylvania. The government programs set in motion so far exclude 10% of the people in our region, among them the most vulnerable. This means the demands on our outreach programs are snowballing. We are now asking parishioners to send in financial contributions to continue our outreach while maintaining social distancing. Our service to our community will continue to manifest God's love for all and concern for the poor. Be as generous as your situation allows.
Worship Adjustments Made
We have suspended our regular worship schedule. We will be live streaming a service via Facebook at 9:00 a.m. each Sunday. We are livestreaming a service via Facebook at 9:00 a.m. each Sunday. Tips for viewing that are below. In addition, a service with our Bishop will be broadcast on Channel 3 at 5:30 a.m. each Sunday through April 19.
This Sunday we will be blessing the palms, and then returning them to refrigerated storage until we are able to come together in person again. We'll just all have to wait.
On Good Friday, April 10, we will livestream the Good Friday service beginning at noon. Another email message with the bulletin for that day will go out early next week.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore." [II Cor. 13:14]
Financial Contributions FAQ
Many have asked about how to keep up their regular financial gifts (pledges) during this disruptive time, so that the ministry of the parish remains active and uncurtailed. Vestry discussion supports the simplest solution being the best: Please mail in your contributions so we can keep paying our bills. This time may be a time of stress on your own personal finances. Please know that your parish cares and supports you now. If you need to delay or curtail your contributions, we understand. If that is the case, a note to our parish Treasurer, Rosemary Bezuidenhout, at resurrectionrockdalecalendar@verizon.net or to me at resurrectionpriest@verizon.net would be helpful.
That is where things stand now. Your prayers, love, and support for your parish (and your parish's prayers, love and support for you) expresses God's unchanging care and love for all. Please work to care for your neighbors, and show God's care to all.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore." [2 Cor. 13:14]
The Rev. Thomas C. Wand
Priest-in-Charge
Resurrection Episcopal Church, Rockdale
Worship with us:
9 am live streaming service on Facebook. Please click here:
https://www.facebook.com/resurrection-episcopal-church-rockdale-128756220497593/
click here:
The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday
May 31, 2020
Sunday is the DAY OF PENTECOST, the last day of the fifty-day long [a "week of weeks" plus one] Easter Season. We remember the gift of the Holy Spirit to the men and women gathered together and explore what that means for us today.
The Bishop has indicated that in-person worship services in our Diocese will not take place until at least June 21. In any case, social distancing will still be part of that (extending into the goverment's subsequent "green" designation for our county). The Vestry and I are working with the Bishop's instructions to the Diocese, along with some specific guidance the Bishop has given our parish for how we can offer Communion as our county's lockdown situation changes. We are in no rush to move hurriedly. The safety of our parishioners is our highest value in this. We will keep you informed as plans progress.
We are planning to have a virtual "Coffee Hour" after the live-streamed service next Sunday, June 7. This will use the ZOOM platform. A link will be in next week's Parish Update message.
Our pastoral outreach through phone calls by our Vestry and others continues. Thanks to the callers and to those of you who augment this by keeping in touch with others in the parish yourselves. We also are maintaining our heightened level of outreach ministry to the food pantry, buoyed by your generous contributions. Keep up the good work [Keep those money donations to the food pantry coming-the demand just keeps growing-We've just passed $4000 in food pantry contributions]!
This Sunday, May 31, we will hold our usual 9:00 a.m. livestreamed worship service. From now through the summer, each Sunday will include two hymns sung by Amelia Wilber accompanied on the piano by her mother, our own Debbie Ney. Sing along with vigor!
At the top are the links for the bulletin and for our Sunday livestreaming service.
Click here for The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." [Phil. 1:2]
As we journey through this separation together [I'm aware of the contradictions in that phrase], here's what we're planning as we reach Palm Sunday and Holy Week:
We continue our parish's networking providing contact to our members, what we're calling.
Pastoral Care through Phone Contacts
Just a few quick reminders: If you have not been contacted, please call the Church Office at 610-459-2013 to let us know. Please let them know if you need any help [e.g. grocery runs] or can help others. Folks have volunteered to help with that as needed.
If you feel the need for emotional or spiritual support, please do not hesitate to contact your fellow parishioners or me at 610-291-4362. We don't have to go through all this alone. Not only is God with us, God's people (our parish community) are, too.
Outreach Work Continues
Since March 16, almost a million claims have been filed for unemployment in Pennsylvania. The government programs set in motion so far exclude 10% of the people in our region, among them the most vulnerable. This means the demands on our outreach programs are snowballing. We are now asking parishioners to send in financial contributions to continue our outreach while maintaining social distancing. Our service to our community will continue to manifest God's love for all and concern for the poor. Be as generous as your situation allows.
Worship Adjustments Made
We have suspended our regular worship schedule. We will be live streaming a service via Facebook at 9:00 a.m. each Sunday. We are livestreaming a service via Facebook at 9:00 a.m. each Sunday. Tips for viewing that are below. In addition, a service with our Bishop will be broadcast on Channel 3 at 5:30 a.m. each Sunday through April 19.
This Sunday we will be blessing the palms, and then returning them to refrigerated storage until we are able to come together in person again. We'll just all have to wait.
On Good Friday, April 10, we will livestream the Good Friday service beginning at noon. Another email message with the bulletin for that day will go out early next week.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore." [II Cor. 13:14]
Financial Contributions FAQ
Many have asked about how to keep up their regular financial gifts (pledges) during this disruptive time, so that the ministry of the parish remains active and uncurtailed. Vestry discussion supports the simplest solution being the best: Please mail in your contributions so we can keep paying our bills. This time may be a time of stress on your own personal finances. Please know that your parish cares and supports you now. If you need to delay or curtail your contributions, we understand. If that is the case, a note to our parish Treasurer, Rosemary Bezuidenhout, at resurrectionrockdalecalendar@verizon.net or to me at resurrectionpriest@verizon.net would be helpful.
That is where things stand now. Your prayers, love, and support for your parish (and your parish's prayers, love and support for you) expresses God's unchanging care and love for all. Please work to care for your neighbors, and show God's care to all.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore." [2 Cor. 13:14]
The Rev. Thomas C. Wand
Priest-in-Charge
Resurrection Episcopal Church, Rockdale
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