Dear Church Family,
For the foreseeable future, we believe that the best way to love our neighbors is to gather online. We know that public gatherings will resume at some time, and are following recommendations from local leaders and health officials.
In the meantime, we encourage you to join us via Livestream on Sunday mornings for worship, prayer and scripture reading. You can also join us for our Going Deeper study at 11 a.m. on Sundays and our Prayer Chapel at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. Register for both online gatherings here.
We miss seeing you! We are praying for you, for our country and our world.
Sincerely,
Marla Morris, Presiding Elder
As we reflect on the lectionary texts this year I want to encourage you to read the texts we do not cover during our Sunday morning service, at home.
April 26, 2020
May 3, 2020
Church Family,
Your generosity this past week blew me away. We greatly exceeded our original goal of $2000. We ended up raising $5,635! Add the $3,000 from the church's cash reserves and our grand total was $8,635. This morning I finalized the purchase of 35 Samsung Chromebooks for League City Elementary.
Originally we were quoted $200 per Chromebook. We ended up having to pay around $245 per unit. The demand for Chromebooks has risen sharply in the past few weeks causing the supply to drop dramatically. It has become very difficult to quickly acquire new Chromebooks in bulk. Some companies said they couldn't deliver until the summer.
Tonight we encourage you to personally reflect, gather online with friends, or gather with your family and read below a portion of the lectionary reading for Good Friday. Allow yourself to remember that, even in our current circumstances, God is near. God is with us. God is pouring God’s self over into creation. This virus is not theological, it’s biological. We do not suffer alone, but we have a God who suffers with us. A God who knows isolation, fear, despair. We can trust God in this season precisely because God, in Christ, inhabits our humanity.
After reading, allow yourself to reflect on the questions below and share with each other if you'd like.
April 11th, 2020 Update:
With this amount and the $3,000 matching, we have blown way past our goal and almost have the ability to purchase double what we set out to purchase. This is amazing! Thank you for your generous giving.
April 9th, 2020 Update:
Great news... In celebration of reaching our goal, the elders have decided to raise the matching amount to $3,000. Let's keep it going and see how many computers we can give. Thank you for your donations!
April 7th, 2020 Update:
Amazing! In just one day ... $1560 was raised!
Give here until Easter Sunday, April 12
Pastor Coby announced this morning our opportunity to meet the needs of our community by raising funds to purchase Chromebooks to send to League City Elementary for kids to engage in online studies. We welcome donations of any amount, but every $200 raised will provide one Chromebook for a student to access their online education.