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April 3, 2020
Dear Village Friends,
I hope this eNote finds you and your spirits well. It's a rainy, cold day. But we have reason to be well because we trust in the truth we celebrate this week. So I'm inviting you to join us for Palm Sunday worship on Sunday.
We keep evolving how we engage with you in this particular season. Beginning this Sunday, you'll be able to tune into worship at 8, 9:30 or 11 a.m. We hope to do that going forward as we engage in worship together at www.villagepres.org/online.
It’s Holy Week. So Thursday, I want you to come back at 7 p.m. Rev. Sally Wright will lead us in a very meaningful observance of Maundy Thursday, the celebration of Jesus's last supper with his disciples. To prepare for that service, you want to have some bread and some juice or wine that will aid you in this celebration.
And then Friday, we will have our Good Friday service at 7 p.m. online. Rev. Melanie Hardison will lead us. A variety of families from our Village family will be participating remotely in that service. I'm really excited for what that service will mean for us as a church family. You'll want some candles for that service. We'll tell you more about that next Friday.
And of course, Easter Sunday online worship at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. on April 12. We have a wonderful service prepared for you. And I'm eager for the joy we celebrate on that day. Not only are we sharing in worship this week, but our staff team has put together a resource packet for all ages that are activities, studies plans for you to engage in as a family or as individuals to help focus on the significance of what Holy Week means for us. You can find those resources for all ages at www.villagepres.org/holyweek.
Also, sort of a surprise. We have today delivered to Village on Mission right now about 200 Easter lilies. We ordered those for our normal use, but we don't need them this year for our Sanctuary worship. So if you have a shut-in or family member who needs something, or a neighbor, as long as they last, we have about 200. Swing by the church and pick up a lily to deliver to someone. It might a cheer them up. They are under the awning on the south entrance there. I know the weather's lousy. It's a little cold, but come by and get a lily and deliver it to a friend as long as long as they last.
Also, I'm really thinking about this. I'm worried about some of you. I'm worried that you might not ever have everything you need. And so , if you need an errand run, if you need someone to pick up some groceries for you or a prescription because either because you can't get out or you shouldn't get out, I want you to let us know. Email my assistant, Marsha Hansen, at marsha.hansen@villagepres.org and let us know, “Hey, Tom, I need somebody to pick up some groceries for me.” And if you are willing to volunteer to run an errand like this for someone who might need this assistance, let us know using the same email address. What we'll do is match volunteers with those who have that need.
I don't want any of you to let this quarantine create an unnecessary hardship. Let your church family help, if there's a way that we can do that for you.
Lastly, as we walk into this week, we are celebrating the love that lives in God's heart. It is a love that calls us all by name and a love that never lets us go. That's really what Easter means. There is no power in heaven or earth that can pull you from the love of God. So join us this week as we celebrate that truth. Lean into that, trust that, and be at peace.
Shalom, my friends!
Tom
April 3, 2020
Dear Village Friends,
I hope this eNote finds you and your spirits well. It's a rainy, cold day. But we have reason to be well because we trust in the truth we celebrate this week. So I'm inviting you to join us for Palm Sunday worship on Sunday.
We keep evolving how we engage with you in this particular season. Beginning this Sunday, you'll be able to tune into worship at 8, 9:30 or 11 a.m. We hope to do that going forward as we engage in worship together at www.villagepres.org/online.
It’s Holy Week. So Thursday, I want you to come back at 7 p.m. Rev. Sally Wright will lead us in a very meaningful observance of Maundy Thursday, the celebration of Jesus's last supper with his disciples. To prepare for that service, you want to have some bread and some juice or wine that will aid you in this celebration.
And then Friday, we will have our Good Friday service at 7 p.m. online. Rev. Melanie Hardison will lead us. A variety of families from our Village family will be participating remotely in that service. I'm really excited for what that service will mean for us as a church family. You'll want some candles for that service. We'll tell you more about that next Friday.
And of course, Easter Sunday online worship at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. on April 12. We have a wonderful service prepared for you. And I'm eager for the joy we celebrate on that day. Not only are we sharing in worship this week, but our staff team has put together a resource packet for all ages that are activities, studies plans for you to engage in as a family or as individuals to help focus on the significance of what Holy Week means for us. You can find those resources for all ages at www.villagepres.org/holyweek.
Also, sort of a surprise. We have today delivered to Village on Mission right now about 200 Easter lilies. We ordered those for our normal use, but we don't need them this year for our Sanctuary worship. So if you have a shut-in or family member who needs something, or a neighbor, as long as they last, we have about 200. Swing by the church and pick up a lily to deliver to someone. It might a cheer them up. They are under the awning on the south entrance there. I know the weather's lousy. It's a little cold, but come by and get a lily and deliver it to a friend as long as long as they last.
Also, I'm really thinking about this. I'm worried about some of you. I'm worried that you might not ever have everything you need. And so , if you need an errand run, if you need someone to pick up some groceries for you or a prescription because either because you can't get out or you shouldn't get out, I want you to let us know. Email my assistant, Marsha Hansen, at marsha.hansen@villagepres.org and let us know, “Hey, Tom, I need somebody to pick up some groceries for me.” And if you are willing to volunteer to run an errand like this for someone who might need this assistance, let us know using the same email address. What we'll do is match volunteers with those who have that need.
I don't want any of you to let this quarantine create an unnecessary hardship. Let your church family help, if there's a way that we can do that for you.
Lastly, as we walk into this week, we are celebrating the love that lives in God's heart. It is a love that calls us all by name and a love that never lets us go. That's really what Easter means. There is no power in heaven or earth that can pull you from the love of God. So join us this week as we celebrate that truth. Lean into that, trust that, and be at peace.
Shalom, my friends!
Tom
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