MtE Update – March 25 2022 - Congregation of Mark the Evangelist

MtE Update – March 25 2022

Posted on 25 March 2022 by CraigT

Lent and Easter at MtE
Next Sunday April 3 we’ll return to our neglected practice of hymn-learning sessions, with one following after worship/morning tea.
News from the Justice and International Mission Cluster (Mar 17)
The most recent Synod eNews (Mar 24)
The most recent news from the UCA Assembly (Mar 23)
While Craig intended to experiment with a “dialogical” sermon over the period of Lent, the challenges of the acoustics in the building, hearing each other with masks on and his absence for two weeks have caused him to repent of this intention and to return to a “normal” model of hearing the word (preaching) for the time being. Perhaps we can return to explore different modes sometime not too far away! This Sunday March 27, our focus text will be the set gospel (the parable of the prodigal son (and his grumpy brother). So familiar is this story that we’ll not linger too much on its usual reading but press it in another direction (you might, however, like to re-visist what he said last time Craig preached on this!); further background commentary on the texts is here.

Our COVID policy for worship continues to be as follows, to be reviewed again by the church council in April:
Attendance at gathered services is presently limited to those who demonstrate that they have had two COVID-19 vaccination shots, or that they are exempt from being vaccinated. It will be necessary to provide proof of your vaccination, either prior to the service or on the day at the door, but this only needs to be shown once for recording; please see here for more information. If you presently are unable to attend under these conditions the live-stream is still available from the home page, or please contact Craig or your elder.
Mindful of the health-vulnerability of some members of our congregation and the uncertain state of play with respect to the pandemic, the church council has decided that we will continue to wear masks in worship throughout March, except for those who need to remove them when leading the worship, and for morning tea, or who have an exemption from wearing a mask. We have now returned to reception of Holy Communion in both kinds – small communion glasses only.