Returning to Worship on the Green

Returning to Worship on the Green

We will be returning to public worship and offering a socially-distanced healing service on the Green this coming Sunday, April 11th at 2 pm. This has been in the works for a while -- we have been have been thinking about what a return to worship on the Green would look like ever since we left for DESK a year ago. While we are returning to worship, things won’t look exactly like before. Our prayer service will be a bit shorter than usual, with some of the familiar elements: the opening sentences and Serenity Prayer, Gospel reading and reflection, prayers of the people, and the blessing and dismissal. There will be bucket drums! Though we are asking people to refrain from singing, to wear masks, and to keep 6 ft. social distance at this time, due to the increased risks related to Covid-19.
This return to worship doesn't mean that we're abandoning DESK. We have made the decision to continue the pause on distributing food after our 2pm service, instead directing people to DESK's 5pm evening meal, at which we will continue to hand out supplies. In this way, we're returning to our roots as a healing ministry and delegating the feeding aspect of our ministry to those better equipped to handle it, at least for the present moment.