Hi, Everybody:
This Sunday, October 3rd, is the 19th Sunday after Pentecost and Animal Blessing Sunday. Please bring any plush/stuffed animals with which you have a special bond to the 10 am Outdoor Worship Service for a blessing (masks for the stuffed animals are not required if they have their vaccination cards). Zoom Sunday School, Coffee Chat, and Communion are as usual. There is also a Zoom Worship Committee Meeting at 1 pm.
At 11:30 am this Sunday, we are having a Live Blessing of the Animals via Zoom (Stuffed animals and pictures of past pets are also welcome). Please email me TODAY (plc@xti.xrd.mybluehost.me) with your name, email, and pet’s name so we can plan on who’s coming. I’ll send you an email back with the Zoom information and a bulletin. We are doing this in conjunction with the other local ELCA churches and I have to tell ya, their sign-ups have far outstripped ours (only 1!). You know your pet’s much more adorable and deserving of blessing than anyone else’s, so sign them up! (although it’s not a competition…)
The next special Sundays coming up are Children’s Sabbath on October 17th and Reformation Sunday on October 31st (Halloween!). Maybe we’ll be able to hold a Reformation-themed Trunk-or-Treat (wouldn’t the kids love that!). We’ll see what capricious COVID has to say…
– Keith
your friendly Parish Life Coordinator (i.e. Church Secretary)
