It is hard to believe that it has been 10 weeks since we have been able to gather for anything at Church. I am missing seeing all of you in person and cannot wait until we can be back together. I know that this season of Covid-19 has been hard for a lot of people. We are morning the loss of not being around family and friends. Folks have been laid off or had work hours cut back at their jobs. We are all struggling in our own way. I sometimes wish that I had a crystal ball that could predict the future and tell when all of this would be over, but I don’t. I, for one, am done. I am over the isolation. I am over the empty shelves at Food Lion. I am over not being able to share a meal with friends at a restaurant. I am over all of it. There isn’t any other way to put it, this just stinks.

Even in the midst of my frustrations, I do see bright spots where God is working. It warms my heart how adaptive we all have been since this has started. We figured out how to worship God together by live streaming the weekly worship services on Facebook. We are doing small group bible studies over Zoom. We started a daily Reflections time on-line. We have organized and are providing food this summer for a few families from Beaverdam Elementary School. We continue to serve our community by giving to the Hotel Ministry and to WHEAT. We have “opened” the Church by providing access to our Wi-Fi signal at Beaverdam UMC. We are calling and checking in on each other. The ministries of the Church are continuing! God continues to bless us.

What more can we ask for . . . God is faithful!

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Owen