by Jeff Schneider | Jul 17, 2020 | covid-19 updates
Dear church, Back in March, as our communities became more aware of the importance of limiting physical contact for the sake of our society’s most vulnerable, our church quickly moved to Zoom for our worship services. I know that worshiping on Zoom has its limits and...
by Jeff Schneider | Jun 23, 2020 | covid-19 updates
Dear church, Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey from the Reopening Team and special thanks to Evan Nielsen for putting it together for us. As you might expect, the results show that our congregation falls across a spectrum of readiness for in-person...
by Jeff Schneider | Jun 5, 2020 | covid-19 updates
Dear church, Our joint Service of Prayer and Lament with Lincoln Square and Covenant this week was personally very powerful for me, as I’ve heard it was also for many of you. I’m so grateful to the diverse representatives of each congregation who articulated their...
by Jeff Schneider | May 7, 2020 | covid-19 updates
Dear church, This week, I’ve been reading some essays English playwright Dorothy Sayers wrote during World War II. One line I’ve been meditating on is such good news for sinner and sufferer (me and you). She’s describing Jesus’ followers after...
by Jeff Schneider | Apr 8, 2020 | covid-19 updates
Dear church, Many of the conditions in which we live and work have changed in the past month. Those changes might have us feeling disconnected, vulnerable, and lost from normal life, including from seasonal celebrations like Easter. Yet, amidst it all, the good news...
by Jeff Schneider | Mar 30, 2020 | covid-19 updates
Dear church, It was wonderful to see so many of you on the Zoom call for worship yesterday; you can find a recording of most of the service here. Given that social distancing guidelines have now been extended through April on a national level, we are now planning to...