Announcements:
Welcome to worship
Pastor Dave has begun a miniseries on worship and the church. Today his message is on the sacraments, holy baptism and holy communion.
The Lord's Supper
Today we will also celebrate holy communion together. If you are not a member of our church, but believe in Jesus as your Savior and Lord and therefore are a member of the one church of Jesus Christ, we welcome you to celebrate it with us. The words of the liturgy we are using to celebrate it are from The Belgic Confession, one of the Reformed confessions that explain the beliefs of our denomination, the Christian Reformed Church.
After worship this morning we will meet in the fellowship room for refreshments and fellowship.
No Prayer Meeting again until September
Then we hope to begin Family Night again. If so, we could have a short time of prayer as part of those activities.
COVID-19 WORSHIP RULES
Our council decided to make some adjustments to our COVID-19 worship policy:
- The council is leaving it up to each member to decide for himself/herself whether or not to wear a mask.
- Those who are vaccinated and can sing well in Navajo are encouraged to come up to lead the Navajo hymns.
- We will have fellowship and snacks after the service in the fellowship hall, because it has been getting too hot outside.
Some policies will remain the same:
- We will still practice social distancing, especially in the sanctuary, and it recommends that everyone sit in those are area marked with “the fruit of the Spirit.”
- We will not have a mutual greeting time or a testimony time.
- The deacons will hold the offering plate rather than pass it down the row.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thank you to all who helped us move Roberta’s things yesterday!
We need new volunteers to be on our Safety Team
The safety team monitors the building during our worship service.
We still have some hand sanitizer
If you would like a bottle, check with Pastor Dave.
If you are unable to attend worship in person, you can mail in your tithes and offerings to the church or use the app on our website to give by credit card or through PayPal
The church address is Maranatha Fellowship Church, 618 W. Arrington St., Farmington, NM 87401.
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