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Dear Harmony Family, Yesterday, March 17, Bishop Lewis Sent The Dear Harmony Family, Yesterday, March 17, Bishop Lewis sent the following message to the churches of the Virginian Conference: "Good morning. There are many fast-moving and important developments about the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. With the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday urging that no groups of 10 or more gather, many church activities must be cancelled. In addition, in-person worship services will also be cancelled on Sunday March 29, as well as this upcoming Sunday, March 22. These and many other issues are addressed in a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document that can be found HERE. We will be providing regular email updates about this situation as well as ongoing updates to the FAQ document. It is important that all documents be carefully, thoroughly, and immediately read. Thank you for your attention to these matters. And let us be in fervent prayer throughout this challenging time." Friends, we are in uncharted territory. I, for one, could never have imagined a time when church services would be cancelled because of a pandemic. But this is where we are, and God will get us through. While I cannot say with certainty that I will not catch COVID-19, I can say with certainty that God would get me through it, whatever that may be. Many of us are familiar with Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson's, "One Day at A Time." Marijohn Wilkin wrote this song after stopping at a church to speak to the minister about her alcohol addiction, a rocky marriage, and the deaths of her mother and another close friend. The advice the minister gave her was to thank God for her problems. As she drove home, she took the pastor's advice. Upon arriving at home, she sat down at her piano and sang the first verse to "One Day at A Time." (https://www.facebook.com/ClassicCountryMusicStories/posts/the-story-behind-the- songone-day-at-a-timewritten-by-marijohn-wilkin-and-kris-kr/769325419860375/) Perhaps we are not quite at a place to thank God for the problems we see around us caused by the COVID-19, but my guess is that each of us can stop and count our blessings. As we take this health crisis and all the disruption of our daily lives "one day at a time" let us also count our blessings "one by one." Let us be thankful for what God has done, and pray for the fire of the Holy Spirit to burn away these nasty germs and to restore health and well-being to all God's people. So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7 My prayers are with our church family as a community of faith and for each of you individually. Pastor Debra PS: Below is another prayer I invite you to join me in praying. It was written by The Right Rev. Richard Bott of the United Church of Canada. It is shared with his permission and urging. In this time of COVID-19, we pray: When we aren't sure, God, help us be calm; when information comes from all sides, correct and not, help us to discern; when fear makes it hard to breathe, and anxiety seems to be the order of the day, slow us down, God; help us to reach out with our hearts, when we can't touch with our hands; help us to be socially connected, when we have to be socially distant; help us to love as perfectly as we can, knowing that "perfect love casts out all fear." For the doctors, we pray, for the nurses, we pray, for the technicians and the janitors and the aides and the caregivers, we pray, for the researchers and theorists, the epidemiologists and investigators, for those who are sick, and those who are grieving, we pray, for all who are affected, all around the world... we pray for safety, for health, for wholeness. May we feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked and house those without homes; may we walk with those who feel they are alone, and may we do all that we can to heal the sick— in spite of the epidemic, in spite of the fear. Help us, O God, that we might help each other. In the love of the Creator, in the name of the Healer, in the life of the Holy Spirit that is in all and with all, we pray. May it be so. .
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