Zoom, Stream & Virtual!
Hello everybody,
Ian Birchmore and I have had quite a chat this afternoon. He encouraged
me greatly by telling me
how some of the Nightshelter Guests are in
accommodation,- some in a tenancy, others in B&B (with rent paid by
public funds). CAB is apparently still open, while many other offices are
closed. Pathways suffered damage, and are working from home. The
Foodbanks are functioning, albeit differently. Gussie’s kitchen is part of
the volunteer network taking food and groceries out. I know (because I
live in Walton) that Walton St Johns and Walton Evangelical have jointly
been offering shopping and other friendship in the Walton area. All good!
We know that a number of churches are managing to Zoom or Stream or
whatever, so that ‘life is going on’. One of the Lent housegroups kept
meeting via Zoom. But we could hear more good stories, with a view to
letting more people know what is often worth knowing about. What is
your church doing? do tell the story
When I last wrote, I touched on the fact that we are due an
AGM
Forum on June 1st. If it is a correct rumour that churches may be
among the last activities to be ‘unlocked’, since we do often bring quite a
number of people together, it may be that we can meet on June 1st only
by Zoom? Please respond to tell us whether we should try to do that –
or not. Other bodies, like Synods and Church Councils, are managing to
function this way (and I was part of a 30-strong national meeting last
week, which gave me, as a by-product, sight and sound of an old friend in
together
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Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Colossians 3:17 The Message
Scotland). Please guide us on this within this month, because big
preparations will be called for.
My challenge last time was to think in terms of visiting new households
(and I have started work on this with Rev Daniel Cooke at
Brimington). Can we also get stuck in to greater effect with Mental
Health, which has become more important lately, and address more
obviously that in the present crisis, poorer people and ethnic minorities
have had a harder time.
God bless you all, especially in the present circumstances.
Paul King - Chair CTFC
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