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​SESSION NEWS

12/1/2020

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What has your Session been up to?
It is an active time to be on the Session! We have
· Drafted a preliminary budget (we are still waiting for your pledges!)
· Begun preparing a job description for the next pastoral leader, in consultation with our Presbytery liaison, Rev. Ted S.
· Continued to support our mission causes.
· Sent our cards and gift-cards of thanks to all seven of the active teachers connected with our congregation. Please keep them in your prayers. They are doing great work during a difficult time.
· Continued to offer worship, bible study, fellowship, and Women’s Association via Zoom.
· Continued to reach out to every member and friend in the church directory – online or by phone – to offer our prayers and support, with the assistance of the deacons and staff members.
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Please continue to keep your session elders and their work on your behalf in your prayers.

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PRAYER WALK

12/1/2020

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Since our property is visited by many members of the neighborhood community we wanted to invite them to walk the property looking for messages of hope, the Session approved a project to create a prayer walk on our property.
 
We started by ordering some inexpensive non-permanent yard signs to see how this idea is received. The committee hopes to have these signs in place the first part of December, We welcome you  to drop by and visit our church commons. We invite you to walk the property. Take a moment to reflect on the 7 messages. We hope to be a blessing to you and your family.
 
Linda K. R.
EPC
Elder Clerk of Session



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THANK YOU RUTH

12/1/2020

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Thank-you, Ruth! Many thanks to Ruth R. who has finished her term as an Elder on the Session. She ably led us with her heart for mission to learn about and support our mission causes. Thank you, Ruth!
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​SESSION NEWS

11/10/2020

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What has your Session been up to?
 
It is an active time to be on the Session! We
· Have begun work on the 2021 budget
· Have begun looking at models of pastoral ministry
· Are able, because of COVID-19, to keep elders and deacons on their respective boards for an additional year. We are grateful that both Elder Don I and Deacon Nancy B have agreed to serve for another year
· Continue to support our mission causes
· Continue to offer worship, bible study, fellowship, and game nights via Zoom
· With the assistance of the deacons and staff members, we continue to reach out to every member and friend in the church directory – online or by phone – to offer our prayers and support.
 
Please continue to keep your session elders and their work on your behalf in your prayers.


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Session News

10/1/2020

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It is an active time to be on the Session! We have:
· Completed two initial sessions for discerning what’s next for our congregation and its ministry.
· Begun work on a project to bless our immediate neighbors with messages of hope.
· Met with our Presbytery Executive, Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall, and continued to meet with our Presbytery Liaison from the Commission on Ministry, Rev. Ted Schuldt. We are learning what options are available to us for future ministry, and beginning the process of discerning the first next step.
· Received a Northwest Coast Presbytery grant for future architect plans, if needed.
We also:
· Continue to support our mission causes.
· Continue to offer worship, bible study, fellowship, and game nights via Zoom.
· With the assistance of the deacons and staff members, we continue to reach out to every member and friend in the church directory – online or by phone – to offer our prayers and support.
 
Please continue to keep your session elders and their work on your behalf in your prayers.

 


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Session News

9/3/2020

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​It is a challenging time to be on the Session! We have:
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· Scheduled two initial sessions for discerning what’s next for our congregation and its ministry.
· Met with our Presbytery Liaison from the Commission on Ministry, Rev. Ted S.
· Added checklists for our COVID-Response-Officers to use as they make sure we follow our plan once we are able to   reopen.
· Applied for a Northwest Coast Presbytery grant application for assistance with new Post-COVID-19 ministry needs
· Continued to support our mission causes.
· Continued to offer worship, bible study, fellowship, and game nights via Zoom.
· With the assistance of the deacons and staff members, we continue to reach out to every member and friend in the church directory – online or by phone – to offer our prayers and support.
 
Please continue to keep your session elders and their work on your behalf in your prayers.


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Session News

8/4/2020

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What has your Session been up to?
 
It is a challenging time to be on the Session! We have
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· Adopted the required COVID-19 response plan that we will follow as we gradually reopen the building or grounds for group     use in phases 3 and 4.
· Worked on a Northwest Coast Presbytery grant application for assistance with new Post-COVID-19 ministry needs .
· Continued to support our mission causes.
· Continued to offer worship, bible study, fellowship, and game nights via Zoom.
 
With the assistance of the deacons and staff members, we continue to reach out to every member and friend in the church directory – online or by phone – to offer our prayers and support.

 
Please continue to keep your session elders and their work on your behalf in your prayers.
 

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COVID-19

8/4/2020

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Building Re-opening Plans

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Your session has approved the required re-opening document that will allow us to re-open the building for different types of gatherings starting as early as Phase 4 of the Washington State COVID-19 phases for Snohomish County. Contact Kim or Pastor Amy if you’d like to receive a copy of the document.
 
Don’t forget – We have special procedures for using the church building during    COVID-19
Please log in and log out whenever you use the church building. On the form provided, check the boxes for the areas of the church you visit. Currently there are no meetings scheduled at the church building and staff is using the facility on a limited basis.
 
We also ask that you monitor your own symptoms and if you have fever, fatigue, nausea, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, headaches, or sudden loss of smell and taste, fever or chills, cough, muscle or body aches, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea, please do not visit the church building.



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What has your Session been up to?

7/1/2020

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It is a challenging time to be on the Session!
We have :
  • Successfully learned how to meet together via Zoom.
  • Begun work on the COVID-19 response plan that will allow us to re-open our building for use by groups.
  • Received the sad news that due to the COVID-19-related needs of the Presbytery’s congregations, we will not be partnering with the Presbytery in remodeling our building. Once we have a response plan in place for COVID-19 reopening, we will begin working on the larger question of what is next for our congregation moving forward into 2021 and beyond.
  • Continued to support our mission causes.
  • Pivoted to worship, bible study, fellowship, and game nights via Zoom.
  • With the assistance of the deacons and staff members, we have reached out to every member and friend in the church directory – online or by phone – to offer our prayers and support.
  • And proposed congregational bylaws changes for our next congregational meeting that will officially ratify our decisions during this time and allow for electronic meetings as valid meetings of the session and/or the congregation.
Please continue to keep your session elders and their work on your behalf in your prayers.


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Building Re-opening Plans

7/1/2020

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Your session is working on the required re-opening document that will allow us to re-open the building for different types of gatherings starting as early as Phase 4 of the Washington state COVID-19 phases for Snohomish County. A task force has been formed and has begun meeting. On Sunday, June 28th at 2 PM (following our 1 PM check-in), we invite you to log-in by Zoom to ask questions of the task force regarding our re-opening plans. We will schedule other opportunities to learn more as we get closer to re-opening the building for group use.
 
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