Hey Everyone,
I hope you are all warm and safe on this rainy Thursday afternoon. I’m sad to say that I have some disappointing news for you. We are cancelling the Scottish Communion service scheduled for this coming Sunday, September 20th. My friend Duncan (the bagpiper) call on Monday to let me know that his father had entered into the ICU for issues related to congestive heart failure. Duncan wasn’t sure what his week would hold, but after his father expressed his wishes, they have moved him to hospice. When Duncan called, he was already on the road to Boise to see his father. While I’m disappointed in this cancellation, I’m more saddened by the grief my friend and colleague is bearing at this time. Let us hold our bagpiper friend in prayer this week as he engages in the holiness of these days.
To be clear, we’re still having our regular Lord’s Day Worship Service this Sunday, September 20th, but we won’t be celebrating our Scottish heritage nor the Lord’s Supper. If you’re in town, please consider joining us in the CPC sanctuary this Sunday at 10:00am for the Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinal Time. Fellowship will follow directly after the service with cookies and coffee in Darley Fellowship Hall.
The Trail Hiker Center is down to its last two weeks. The opportunities to serve this ministry are also dwindling. We’re so very grateful for all of our volunteers this summer. Given the cancellation of the Scottish Communion Sunday Service, I’d like to invite all of you who have served in the Trail Hiker Center to join me on Sunday night, September 20th, at 5:30pm, for a Filipino feast in honor of your summer of service. This means all of you hosts, shuttle drivers, laundry angels, and any other role for which you embodied this summer–please join us. If you’d like to join us, however, you MUST RSVP!!! Please let me know if you’ll be attending by emailing or texting me by Friday night, September 18th, at midnight.
Next Week
Next week, we’ll have all of our regular gatherings. Join us on Monday, September 21st for Games Up Here from 7:00p to 9:00pm in the Annex/Trail Hiker Center. And then, on Wednesday, September 23rd, we’ll finish our trek though the history of the church in our summer series–Stuff Every Christian Should Know at 5:00pm in the Annex/Trail Hiker Center. This week we’ll look at the last century of the Western church.
I believe that’s it. Here are your links and the order of worship for this week:
Sunday Worship Service:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88489308747?pwd=RHVFY1BybkU0a1RXZE9GRlBZWWpNUT09
Wednesday Bible Study:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83431443393?
pwd=NEFpYVlSNVloSkdCNGExU2kxMUNtQT