NO Sabbath Services
There will be NO Sabbath Services on May 30th, 2020 due to the IBEW Hall needing the Hall for a meeting.
We will meet on Sunday May 31st, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. for Pentecost. Please continue to practice your safe distancing.
Thanks
Dave
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May 11, 2020
Pastors Update:
Dear Brethren,
I just got off the phone with the IBEW Hall and they are good with us coming back and restarting services.
I also just got off the phone with Wynn Skelton from Tyler and we spoke about what our plans are for weekly Services and the FOT.
So here is the deal! Greene County still has some requirements for us if we start meeting.
1. We can not hug or shake hands nor can we use the song books.
2. We have to practice Social Distancing
3. We need to use a mask if we have them
4. We need to use hand sanitizer as we come in the building
Some of this we will cover once we get to Services, some of it will be obvious and some of it we will have to learn how to make work. Continue reading
May 8, 2020
Pastors Update:
Dear Brethren,
This week the state of Missouri lowered their restrictions on Church meetings as did Greene County.
The requirement for Greene County is that we stay below 25 people and practice Social Distancing. I’m not sure it is possible to practice Social Distancing as we are so accustomed to shaking hands and hugging one another that we do it without even thinking about it! Continue reading
April 30, 2020
Pastor’s Update
Greetings to everyone! I hope this finds everyone in good health and good Spirit!
Today the City of Springfield and Greene County both started the process to get businesses back open but Churches are still restricted until the end of May!
So no services in the near future! If we owned our own building this might be a different issue but since we rent a building that is used by labor workers, we have no idea if they are sanitizing anything when they use the building or have they even been using the building. We have no idea who has been in the space or why they might have been there so we will need to error on the safe side. Continue reading
Quarantine Update
Greetings to all,
It looks like the State of Missouri is going to start loosening up the restrictions on the stay at home order May 4th but it is not clear yet how Greene County is going to respond.
If the County starts allowing “small” groups to meet for Faith assemblies then we can start planning on how to best meet the needs of our congregation.
When I say “Small” groups, I don’t see the County allowing the larger groups like James River Assembly to just go ahead without some sort of guidelines. Continue reading
Weekly update
Greetings all,
This has for sure been one of the most unusual Passovers and Days of Unleavened Bread that any of us have been through in our life times! We are isolated, not able to meet in person, stuck with news coverage that only seems to focus on anything negative they can find and just plain bored out of our minds.
People are beginning to say now that the isolation and staying at home may end up causing more harm than the initial virus itself. Just one opinion for sure but they might be right if this goes on much further. Continue reading
April 9th, 2020
1st Day of Unleavened Bread
Greetings to each of you,
As far as I have been informed, everyone is well and safe! For that we truly thank God for His protection, His calling and all that He does for each one of us every day!
I received some questions regarding why we keep the Passover a day before the Jews do, which is the day marked on most of the commercially produced calendars these days.
First off, don’t get confused by commercially printed calendars as the ones printed overseas now start the week with Monday and end with Sunday as the 7th day of the week. Continue reading
April 3rd, 2020
Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread
Dear Brethren,
It’s been a couple of tough weeks for all of us having to stay at home but like I said in the sermon a few weeks ago, we might find ourselves in captivity just like the Children of Israel did back in the day and so it is!
Obviously we will not be able to meet for the Passover, the Night to be Observed, the 1st Holy day of Unleavened Bread or the Last Day of Unleavened Bread. Continue reading
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