Worship on Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zoom Webinar
This Sunday\u2019s sermon topic and link in your announcements (went out today)
It will be posted on the church website.
It will be posted on facebook
Topic and link is posted on my website.
Still deciding whether to increase the capacity for the webinar
Or stream to facebook live
Or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Church meetings
Getting started
Creative Spirit Group (11am Thursdays)
Church Chat (5pm Wednesdays)
Town Hall (7pm tonight)
We\u2019re going to practice voting
RE Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people are using the church Zoom account
Other folks using personal accounts
I will send out an email by the end of today to all church leaders
With instructions for using the church account to create meetings
And how to get the meetings posted on the church calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Connections survey – Hopefully this will happen this week.
Getting the tool set up online
Recruiting folks to make the calls<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please support the church financially, if you can.
We are going to activate \u201ctext to give\u201d on our Tithe.ly account
I\u2019ll be giving out instructions of how to do that once we get it set up.
Meanwhile, go to UUCLB.org and click on the \u201cgive\u201d menu item<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Message<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s support each other<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several folks have sent me emails or other messages thanking me for the work I\u2019m doing.
That feels so good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I encourage you to reach out to the other church staff, too.
They are all working very hard right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While some people are currently out of work
Other folks are working harder than ever before
And being asked to learn brand new skills
I thought I was too old and too close to retirement to every have to figure out how to do church online
Boy was I wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Folks who are out of work need your support
Give them a call
Check-in
Even if you can\u2019t offer practical support
Social support\/Spiritual support is so important<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And people who are on the job also need support
I sent an email to my Kaiser doctor
Thanking him for helping me get over a sinus infection last month
And just telling him I was grateful for him and his staff
I sent a message to Mayor Eric Garcetti thanking him for his leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And folks doing non-professional work also need to know that we\u2019re noticing everything they are being asked to do.
Parents with kids at home
Folks caring for vulnerable people in their home
Anyone who is volunteering (food bank\/Red Cross\/the church)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s notice each other
All that we\u2019re going through
All that we\u2019re being asked to do
And let\u2019s be extravagant with our expressions of gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And finally
One more category of person to be grateful for.
Yourself
Take time each day to acknowledge your own strong spirit
All that you\u2019re going through
All that you\u2019re being asked to do
And be extravagant with your gratitude for your own self<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make it a brief, check-in, meditation you do with yourself several times a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you, Rick\u2026
For all the work you\u2019re doing, all the stress you are carrying.
I see you.
You are doing the best you can under really extraordinary circumstances.
Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"