Hey, I want my 8 A.M. Service back!
Yeah, and I want my 10:30 A.M. service back!

The vestry has decided to continue having a single Sunday morning service at 9:30 A.M. for the next two months.  (This is not intended to be a permanent change.) Obviously this offers everyone an opportunity for re-adjustment and sacrifice for the health of the congregation during the challenge of “interim” time.  “Eight o’clockers”  will have to wait an extra hour and a half to get their Sunday started, and the 10:30 folk will have to jump-start their Sunday by an hour.  There will adjustments all around.  And we will all get the chance to work and worship together as the diverse Body of Christ that we are called to be.
    During the month of January we have all experienced the amazing  strength of our congregation as we have worshiped together.  Visitors and members alike have commented on this.  The coffee hours have brought together people from the two separate services, and there has been a new energy and aliveness to our fellowship.
    Three years ago, our Presbyterian neighbors were forced to move to a single service for a year while their church was being rebuilt.  They experienced cramped quarters, folding chairs and even a bit of grumbling, but they also grew stronger and healthier as a congregation.
    So, let us all come together and support our Vestry, Search Committee, clergy and one another over these next months.  May we all grow in our trust of the God who leads us and is with us, as we expectantly wait for God’s provision.