Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church

P. O. Box 961690
Riverdale, Georgia 30296
(770) 997-7117                                       (770) 997-3312

Jeffrey M. Halenza, Pastor

October 28, 2020

Dear Members, Visitors, and Friends of the Congregation,

          To begin with, a reminder that we will have a Parking Lot Communion Service on, Wednesday, October 28, at noon. We hope you can join us.

          The prayer, which I will pray during our Conference Call tomorrow at 7:00 PM, attempts to speak to what many people are feeling right now and I hope it will speak to you in some way. Some of the wording and one of the images in the prayer come from a devotion Martin Lither wrote 500 years ago concerning how Christians should act during the bubonic plague that was sweeping through Europe at the time. It could just as well have been written yesterday so much does it reflect our situation. I thank Pastor Flanigan for bringing it to my attention. (And remember to check his email for the information you need to participate in the call.)

          Sunday in-person worship and the videos are going well. We’re going to hold off a bit longer on Adult Sunday School and Bible Study until we get a clearer picture of what is happening with the virus.

          The Wednesday “Chat Time” we did on Zoom last week with members of the congregation also went well with 18 joining in. We plan on offering another such gathering soon.

          May God continue to give us the will to keep doing what we can to curb the coronavirus and lessen the toll it’s taking,

Pastor Halenza

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