Coffee Hour and Choir - Rector's Rambling for September 20, 2020

 As you know, I am so incredibly grateful that we are able to gather together for public worship.  Each week, members are returning back to worship, and it is always so wonderful to see people return to receive the Blessed Sacrament and participate IN REAL LIFE with the church at worship.

Recently a member mentioned that she and a few others have begun to discuss how we could do coffee hour safely, and I am so glad that people are thinking ahead about how we can do these things.

First of all, we do have to wait until the Bishops in Michigan move us to the next re-opening phase.  Until then we are not supposed to be gathering together after services nor serving food or drinks.  Those who have begun discussing among themselves have come up with great ideas which are in keeping with the guidelines for the next phase in order to have social gatherings safely.  This includes having coffee served rather than people helping themselves to the coffee pot, and having food given to people rather than people helping themselves and sharing tongs.

Chris Golembiewski has decided it is time to “retire” from being coffee coordinator, a task she has done with great dedication for many, many years.  I am very grateful for her good work done with love.

Besides Coffee Hour, the other glaring missing thing from our gathering on Sunday is the choir.  Dr. Lewis is working on how we can begin to incorporate a quartet into the worship, socially/musically distanced.  Thankfully he has resources on this through the college where he works and the example of other churches such as The Church of the Advent in Boston, who introduced a quartet from their choir into their Sunday Mass last week.

God willing things will begin to get back toward normal as we glorify God and are equipped for ministry through worship and fellowship.