Sunday, June 28, 2020

Worship for June 28th

Worship for June 28th Summary

1. Opening call to worship by Zoe Steyn
2. Brett and Steve talk with the Children on resilience
3. We sing Fear Not
4. John Read leads in our prayer for others
5. Bible readings and Brett's sermon on 1 Peter1:1-9
6. We sing Trust and Obey

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Worship for June 14th at St Columba's

Sunday, June 14^th 2020

Welcome to Worship

Good morning!

For those worshiping at home – Greetings.

The videos are uploaded now

WE are delighted you are finding ways to join us in worship and thanking God for his goodness. I am conscious of many for whom the lockdown has taken its toll. But hopefully being at level one means a return to a more normal life. I had the first of our services at Atawhai this week and I have my first service at Patoka this weekend. I have heard Mainly music and other activities are starting again soon.

Call to worship

Even young people grow faint and weary,

the young fall exhausted;

but we who wait for the Lord shall find our strength renewed.

Have you not heard?

We shall mount up with wings like eagles.

We shall run and not be weary.

We shall walk and not be faint.

This is true for those who wait for the Lord.

It is true for us who wait for the Lord and worship him.

Our opening prayer

We are grateful for your blessings; you refresh and renew us when we wait on you. Like rain on arid farm land you bring shoots of new life. Like an oasis in a desert wilderness, we find refreshment and renewal when we find you and drink deeply of your life giving water.

You say those who wait upon the lord will find their strength renewed. You say we can rise on wings like eagles –in the effortless movement carried by your grace. Yet this waiting on you is the hardest thing.

We feel the need to take things in to our own hands, to push ourselves, to seek every way to solve our own problems rather than stop and wait on you. We forget you are the good shepherd seeking his missing sheep, the father in heaven with arms outstretched waiting for your prodigals to come home.

Forgive us for not being still long enough for you to find us or rather for us to find that you have been there all along with hand outstretched offering peace and promise of your help.

Help us find a new centre of stillness and to see you power at work in our lives as you do what we cannot.

Let us say the lord’s prayer together

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be your name

Your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. And Lead us not into temptation

And deliver us from evil.

For yours is the Kingdom, the power and the glory. Forever and ever amen

If you are with others share your highs and lows for the week. If you are doing this with just you and God, pause and ponder the things of your week that you are grateful for: the people you know and love, the company you have shared….

Don’t forget the low points – what have you struggled with this week?

Opening Songs at St Columba this week are

1. As the deer

2. Turn your eyes up on Jesus

Brett talks to the children about how long it takes different planets to do one circle of the sun. Mercury: 87.97 days (0.2 years) Earth: 365.26 days(1 year) Mars: 686.98 days(1.9 years) Jupiter: 4,332.82 days (11.9 years) Saturn: 10,755.70 days (29.5 years) Neptune: 60,190.03 days (164.8 years) The further out the longer it takes – the further away from God the more we need to scramble to complete what is required of us.

The children sing – my lighthouse

Bible Readings: (if you watch the video- the Bible readings and sermon start at the 29 minute mark)

Isaiah 40:25-31

Romans 8:18-30

Brett’s Message: - When the future looks unsure

Today I had 2 different visitors who spoke about the effect the Lockdown was having. One told of her child’s marriage breaking up and the second said it was her marriage that was in trouble. Sure, there were underlying stresses but this time has pushed things over the edge. When you are pushed to the edge, or beyond your limits, when your future looks uncertain what can you do?

Today I want to talk about 2 words one from Isaiah 40 – the word “Wait”

And one from Romans 8 – the word “Groan”

These two words I think are Keys to resilience to enduring when the journey is long and tough and the future uncertain

In the opening verses of Chapter 40, the prophet announces that they will be going from Babylon back to their hometowns, back in Israel. That sounded exciting – a fulfilment of God’s promise but it was also a 1,126 km walk from Babylon to Jerusalem. (the same distance from Cape Reinga to Wellington via Napier) at least 6 weeks walk probably more like 10.

More than enough to tire the youngest and fittest. Let alone those a little older.

Sometimes the journeys end seems too far away and all we can do is take the next step because even thinking one hour ahead is overwhelming.

When the future looks uncertain, daunting, overwhelming Isaiah points us to God the source of strength.

As we said last week’s Isaiah 40 depicts

· A God of compassion –Comfort ye my people v1

· A God whose word is eternal (the grass fades and the flower falls but the word of the Lord endures forever )v8

· A God who takes care of his flock like a shepherd. v11

· A God who is incomparable in power and wisdom (v12-14)

In today’s verses in the later part of the Chapter Isaiah goes on to say God is without equal (v 25-26) as the Creator of the stars they stare up at from their campfires.

And he is a God who knows where they are (they are not lost or forgotten (v27-28)

God does not grow tired or weary (v28) but gives strength to the weary v29.

The readers of these words are told to look to this God for the strength, guidance and power we need.

When I was a new Christian I learned many key bible verses off by heart. IS 40:30-31 was one.

“Even those who are young grow weak; young people can fall exhausted.
But those who trust in the Lord for help will find their strength renewed.
They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not get weary;
they will walk and not grow weak.”

The version I learned had “Those who wait on the lord find their strength renewed” v 31`

(I see the NIV translates it as to hope in the lord. All 3 are reasonable translations)

The Hebrew word for “wait” is qavah (קָוָה) literally ‘binding together, eagerly waiting, hoping for, expecting, to look eagerly for, (ps 25.3; 37:9) In Isaiah 5:4 it is used for Looking for a harvest of good grapes.

I like the idea of binding together. It is not just hoping or waiting but binding your life with God’s looking and eagerly expecting God to work. The idea is of a piece of string, which cannot lift very much weight because it does not have very many strands in it. A piece of rope, however, can lift hundreds of kilos because it consists of many strands. When a rope lifts or pulls a load, it becomes taut, the individual strands are pulled and squeezed closer together. While this “stress” is on the rope, the individual strands work together to lift or pull the load. No one individual strand does all the work. If it did, it would snap. A rope’s strength comes from all the strands working together. The “rope” of our lives gains strength by being twisted or woven or bound together with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

To the one who waits for the Lord in trust and eager expectation we find our strength renewed….

To face the stress of the journey- to find strength renewed we bind ourselves to God in faith and Hope

But Romans 8 adds another word to our Journey – that word is “groan”

Can you imagine the groans after walking for a week or 2 – “Ok kids time to get up, another 30 kilometers today.”

Common Gramma – you hip is not that sore, the blisters on your feet are not that bloody - Groan.

(I must I am feeling more and more sympathy for the Israelites in the desert with Moses as I think about this).

Paul as he writes talks about Groans – not as a complaint but as an unfulfilled longing – more like I wish an eager longing. (Are we there yet?)

In v22 the creation is groaning in eager longing (Hope) as it waits for its fulfilment of God’s promises.

In V23 Christians groan in eager longing (Hope) waiting for fulfilment of God’s promises.

And in V26 the Holy Spirit is also groaning – in eager longing (Hope) for the fulfilment of God’s promises.

V26 In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express.

The spirit is praying in noises that words cannot express – have you ever felt that – wanting to say something and not having the words - -Pauls assay a groan or words that are not words coming from the deepest part of our being can be the best prayer ever – from the spirit with us direct to God

What is the Holy Spirit groaning about? What is he eagerly longing for?

I think there are a few clues in the Passage

1. That we might move from weakness to strength – that the promise of IS 40:31 would be fulfilled in us.

2. That we might experience 2 gifts from the Spirit _ Patience and hope. The word Hope occurs 6 times in Romans 8. Hope is - the optimistic attitude of expecting a positive outcome. But, hope needs his friend patience for without hit it descends to worry and despair.

3. That we would know God is at work – Another bible verse I learnt which I frequently recall is v 28 ^“We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.” Paul outlines God’s purposes as becoming like Jesus in v29 and ultimately sharing Christs glory in v30

Paul finishes the Chapter by saying nothing can thwart God’s purposes

³⁵Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death?....No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! ³⁸For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, ³⁹neither the world above nor the world below—there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Our 2 words are vital for the tough journey we are on

· The need to wait on the Lord –

· The need to groan in eager longing

Neither word sounds very powerful but they both point to deeper reality – success doesn’t come by hard work and determination – that only leads to exhaustion

But by allowing God to renew our strength

By allowing God to lift us up and carry up on his wings

By allowing the Holy Spirit to give us hope and patience and fulfil the plans God has for our lives

A reworking of Psalm 23 by the Japanese poet Toki Miyashina:

The Lord is my pacesetter, I shall not rush.

he makes me stop and rest for quiet intervals.

He provides me with images of stillness which restore my serenity.

He leads me in ways of efficiency, through calmness of mind,

and his guidance is peace.

Even though I have a great many things to accomplish this day,

I will not fret, for his presence is here.

His timelessness, His all-importance,

Will keep me in balance.

He prepares refreshment and renewal in the midst of my activity

by anointing my head with the oil of tranquillity.

My cup of joyous energy overflows.

Surely harmony and effectiveness shall be the fruits of my hours,

for I shall walk in the place of my Lord,

and dwell in His house forever.

Is there other connections between your bible readings and your highs and lows for the week?

Was there a word, sentence, or phrase that stood out to you in the readings today?

Pray for those who shared their highs and lows giving thanks for the blessings and asking for God’s help with the struggles.

This Prayer for others was written by Esther Woodcock

Let us pray.

Today dear Father of all, there is much unrest throughout the world. We long for peace. We long to be rid of dictators in the world and have only non-partisan leaders with compassion and decisions of caring and order for each of us. We pray for those leaders, as we think of our own country’s anthem ending in “God Defend New Zealand”. May we not be the looters and destroyers of property or people, for a negative doesn’t right a negative. We pray that the leaders who are watching this happen find peaceful ways to engage and listen to the people who are asking to be recognized. May our words be of love and concern for one and all, for “Jesus Loves the Little Children, all the children of the world…” Yes, you love us, each and every one of us and we are asked to approach you as a little child.

Ruler of all, we bow to you asking for food for the needy, clothes for the poor and most of all homes for each person or family. This is even truer as we come out of Covid 19 lockdown and consider those who have no money to pay for their rent, whether it is for their businesses or for their homes. May our country, our leaders and we your people, aide in finding ways for them to retain their homes and their businesses. May we show caring and love for our neighbors who are suffering in this way.

There are many, dear Jesus, who are still sick with Covid-19, or others that are suffering illnesses but afraid to go seek medical attention. We pray that you will hold them in your hand and comfort them, for your “yoke is easy and your burden is light”. For those who have lost family members to this horrific virus, may they lean into you and know your faithfulness.

Lord of All, we plead with you to help those who are jobless to be able to find new jobs, whether they are skilled laborers, or they are businessmen and women who have been employed as the supervisors or owners of businesses. May we who are able, help them in finding employment and being merciful to them.

Our gracious Lord, we see neighbors and their children who have little. May we use integrity in following your example of sharing through the loaves and fishes serving the thousands. May we continue in our monetary gifts and food gifts that will extend to people throughout our community and the world. For those of us who have hands and feet help in building, in baking, in picking fruit or vegetables that our neighbors and children have more. May we be a light to the people of our community, still smiling through adversity.

Our compassionate Father, we ask that you help us be the light to the world, an unyielding flame of hope for the gentleness and kindness you have taught. As an example to others may we offer a smile, may we be kind, may we be complimentary, and may we listen carefully. May we be as the writer says: “So if you're walking down the street sometime, And spot some hollow ancient eyes, Please don't just pass 'em by and stare, As if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello" We are your people and submit our lives to you, praying that we are able to help others in the way that you ask us, despite our own frailties. It is with prayerful thanksgiving, with grateful hearts, with unyielding love that we praise you and thank you for the many mercies you give us daily. May our possession of you Christ, be our influence on all people, rather than our profession of you Christ.

In your precious name, Amen.

Amen.

Final HYMN In Christ alone

Say this to one another – (and yourself)

The Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord be kind and gracious to you;

the Lord look upon you with favour and give you peace.

Numbers 6:24ff

Go now in peace, Go now in peace. May the love of God surround you, Everywhere, everywhere, you may go.

NOTICES

The Prayer Team: If you or someone you know would benefit from having some prayer support we have a prayer chain so please feel free to send your requests to office@stcolumba-taradale.org.nz and the team will spring into action. (You can be assured of confidentiality).

Ministers all the people Parish contact details

Website: www.stcolumba-taradale.org.nz

Church office 8445004

Brett

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brettjwalker@gmail.com

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Saturday, June 6, 2020

worship for June 7th

Sunday, June 7^th 2020

Welcome to Worship

Good morning!

For those back worshiping in the building welcome. For those worshiping at home – Greetings.

You can follow the material written here. We hope to live stream the service on the churches facebook page https://www.facebook.com/stcolumbataradale

We will post the sermon on youtube and update this blog with the correct links by lunchtime (hopefully). There are no working links to youtube videos yet.

Call to worship

The God who speaks comfort to us calls us here.

The God who addresses us with tenderness meets us here.

The God who guides us with gentleness cares for us here.

We come to prepare a way for the Lord.

We come to ready ourselves for the transformation of our lives.

For the glory of the Lord will be revealed,

and all people will see it.

Our opening prayer

We praise you God for who you are:

You are the comforter – who spoke to comfort your people – assuring them of your presence and power.

You are the good shepherd who tends to your flocks every need.

You are the God who speaks reassurance and peace, offering guidance and wisdom.

We come with our brokenness, our pain and our failures – and you do not turn us away

We come having been beaten and pummelled by the world and by life itself - and you comfort us.

We come with our stress, our sorrows and our fears and like a heavenly father you welcome us.

You have placed us in a family and a community of fellow Christians to give us support.

So we have inner strength and the support of those around us.

So in the ace of every trouble we will not be afraid. In the face of every failure we are not overwhelmed. WE know there is forgiveness, a new start and new path that we can choose.

So thank you God for all the ways you make us strong and resilient.

Let us say the lord’s prayer together

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be your name

Your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. And Lead us not into temptation

And deliver us from evil.

For yours is the Kingdom, the power and the glory. Forever and ever amen

Don’t forget the low points – what have you struggled with this week?

Brett speaks to the children about Isaiah 40 and recycling

Opening Songs at St Columba this week are

1. My Life Is In You, Lord

2. Come Now is the time to worship

Brett talks to the children about how a flat ball is not as much fun and how you can inflate a balloon my mixing Baking soda and vinegar in a bottle.

The children sing – he’s got the whole world in his hands

Bible Readings:

Isaiah 40:1-15

Romans 8:1-11, 14-17

Brett’s Message: Resilience –Advancing despite Adversity

My first argument with Sue was over a piece of rubbish. We were going for a walk and I bought a can of drink and when I had finished the drink I threw the can in the gutter. She would not take another step until I picked it up. This was very early in our relationship and it could have been over. I picked up the can. And today when we go for a walk she still carried a bag to collect rubbish. On my bike ride yesterday I saw a great pile of rubbish heaped on a side road. It made me think about all the plastic bottles and beer bottles and cans you see everywhere.

As a boy scout I used to help with the Bottle drives because bottles were valuable in those days. It made me think about the recent call to ban plastic bottles- my thought was make them valuable. If you could cash for a plastic bottle or a can or glass bottle, say 10c each there would be no litter anywhere. Rubbish we throw away today would be valuable. And people would collect it.

It reminded me about a church I read about called –scum of the earth. They take their name from 1 Corinthians 4:13 “We are no more than this world's garbage; we are the scum of the earth to this very moment!”

This is a church that says if you feel like the word is has treated you as garbage – the church is the place for you.

If you feel like you are washed up – finished, failed, squashed and dented – the church is the place for you.

If you feel like you don’t fit in because you are garbage – the church is a place for you.

When Paul wrote that line he was reflecting how the world treated the Christians of his time, Garbage, scum – unimportant. But God values things differently. He looks beyond the failure, and brokenness and pain and sees potential, he sees his children, he sees those he values and loves. God is on a bottle drive – no – a people drive. What others throw away he sees as valuable and precious. Sometimes when we go through adversity and we have taken a beating – we wonder has God forgotten about us –has he thrown us on the garbage heap. Or is this just a step in God building a new sense of resilience in us – that we can advance despite adversity. That our bruises and brokenness are beautiful in his eyes.

In Isaiah 40 we have the prophet announcing to people who had been defeated, whose nation had been destroyed, its people deported and who had endured 70 years in Babylon. They must regularly have thought they had been forgotten by God. And God tells the prophet to announce the good news. God does see them as defeated and disillusioned – he sees his people and announces God is the one who will rescue them and now is the time. This chapter talks about the character of God

A God of compassion – speak tenderly to Jerusalem v1

A God whose word is eternal (the grass fades and the flower falls but the word of the Lord endures forever v8

A God who will take care of his flock like a shepherd. v11
A God who is incomparable in power and wisdom (v12-14)

This is the same God who sees us in our brokenness and troubles we are not destined for the scrap heap but for renewal and regrowth – we can Advance Despite Adversity.

In Romans 8 – the power wisdom and compassion of God is not external to people. It isn’t just worked out in the history of nations as in the days of Isaiah. It is worked out in the lives of ordinary people who get to experience the same compassion and care and incomparable wisdom and power in their own lives.

It starts by announcing the great conclusion of the first 7 chapters of Romans that there is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus (v1) for what the law and human effort could not do, God has done through Christ. Removing our guilt, taking away both the punishment for our sin and also the rule of the point scoring system where one’s approval is measured by keeping the law.

God has done 2 things – he did away with sin by giving us Jesus who lived the perfect life and therefore completing the requirements of the law, and allowing all who believe in him to be credited with the same righteousness Jesus achieved. V 10 describes this as being put right with God (made righteous v4.)

And then giving us the Spirit of Jesus who enables us to fulfil the law by allowing the Spirit of God to direct us. Paul reminds the Romans that “Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him” v9. The Christian is to have the heart and mind controlled not by our humans wants and desires but by the Spirit.

The Paul moves to the Central thrust of these verses – How having Jesus and having the Holy Spirit – are central to a new way of thinking and living (v14-17)

“Those who are led by God's Spirit are God's children. ¹⁵For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, “Father! my Father!” ¹⁶God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children. ¹⁷Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory.

Paul is telling us that God has rescued us and given us new value. Not based on human effort or merit but on God’s merit and the spirits presence in our life.

This connects with our resilience donut model I introduced last week. The center of which is the inner core of how we see ourselves. Today I want to focus on “I am” or our self-belief.

In order to face adversity and overcome trauma and difficulty – we need to believe that our lives matter to God and to others.

I would like to suggest that we take a personal inventory.

Who am I? I think this should be made up of 2 parts. My sense of identity and my skills

My Sense of identity:

· Do I think of myself as a child of God, one who God valued so much that he sent Jesus, and even now gives me his Spirit?

· Do I see myself through his eyes, a sheep of his pasture, a person of promise and purpose?

My Skills: Someone suggested these 5 skills ae helpful for resilience but what are yours?

Do I have clarity – a sense of purpose about what God wants from Me?
Can I collaborate – am I friendly, and able to work with others?
Do I have composure (or do I awfulise). Can I stay calm and in control in the face of adversity?
Can I reason and problem solve (Cognition)?
Do I have commitment , tenacity?

Paul as he looks at this list would say – these are all good things to have but they are not the main thing.

DO you have God, are you connected to eh source of compassion, wisdom and power.

Christians look to Jesus for our sense of Clarity and direction.

Christians look to Jesus who has already connected us with God and with each other in the body of Christ.

Christians look to Jesus for our Composure – he is our peace and he gives the peace that passes understanding.

Christians look to Jesus for our wisdom,

Christians look to Jesus for our role model I commitment and allow the Holy spirit to grow his fruit including patience.

When I got my flat tyre and the car fell off the jack- there was no way I could solve that problem alone – I needed to call the AA. Just as we need to call on God, trusting he has sent Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and he has given us the family of the church.

One of the strengths of the resilience Donut is that while it emphasize the inner Core – it also talks about the Ring of other skills and more importantly other people, the parents, peers, partners who you can call on. Because to survive you are not this alone.

If I was designing this image I am not sure I would have used the word Donut because the centre is more like an hub than a hole . It is our core beliefs about who I am that help us to advance despite adversity. That enable us to recover and bounce back from trauma and trouble. But I wheel without a tyre full of air is also not that useful unless you like a bumpy ride.

Can I suggest you take the time to write down your core beliefs about yourself. What value to put on yourself – do you accept the words valuation – the scum of the earth – or do you accept God’s valuation – Forgiven Child of God , someone in whom God dwells by his Spirit

Maybe you need to add a second list of who around you brings what Skills, including what has God offered and given

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Is there other connections between your bible readings and your highs and lows for the week?

Was there a word, sentence, or phrase that stood out to you in the readings today?

Pray for those who shared their highs and lows giving thanks for the blessings and asking for God’s help with the struggles.

This Prayer for others was written by Keith Woodcock

Shall we pray together

Loving, Holy God, we ask for the gift of your Holy Spirit to help us to pray and for the peace and joy of your spirit to over flow our lives with a peace that passes all understanding.

We ask for the hope and comfort of your Spirit as this pandemic sweeps all around and over us. Precious lives have been lost due to the virus, families have not been able to be at a loved one’s side to say their farewells as they have passed away. Work has dried up and jobs have been lost due to the lockdowns causing unexpected financial pressures to be placed upon us due to no income. Homes and businesses have been lost through no fault of the owners or renters, and faith communities have not been able to physically meet to worship and fellowship together.

We ask for the energy and vision of your Spirit because we are all aware that it has been difficult for all of us in one way or another. We lift up to you all who have been affected by this virus. Wrap your loving, comforting arms around those who grieve, those who have lost jobs or homes, and those whose lives have changed dramatically over these past few short months.

We ask for guidance and strength of your Spirit that we can read the scriptures that encourage and enlighten our lives. For the stories of ordinary men and women like Jonah who you called to reach out to others and to tell them about your love for all your earthly children. We thank you for technology that we have been able to think outside the box and have worship services online and to be able to see each other in online meetings. We pray for Brett who has so ably lead us through this difficult time involving not only the adults but the youth as part of our worship together each week.

We ask for the courage of your Spirit to help and guide our national and local leaders. Our leaders have kept us informed and were ready to make the hard decisions that needed to be taken during these troubling times. Give them the wisdom and the courage to make these difficult and unpopular decisions that have affected our daily lives until this crisis is over.

Loving God, we ask for the assurance of your Spirit and that we as your earthly children come to know your presence in us and with us in our daily lives, in our relationships, in our work and service, in our daily worship, in times of joy and pain. Holy Spirit help us.

We ask for the love of your Spirit to be with us Holy God with your protective armour as we commit our lives to each other and all those we love to your tender care.

In the name of your Son Jesus the Christ.

Amen.

Say this to one another – (and yourself)

The Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord be kind and gracious to you;

the Lord look upon you with favour and give you peace.

Numbers 6:24ff

Go now in peace, Go now in peace. May the love of God surround you, Everywhere, everywhere, you may go.

NOTICES

We express our Sympathy to the Family of Bruce Gordon who passed away this week

Help during the health crisis: We are wanting to be able to offer help where we can and where it is needed. For example, this might be to pick up some groceries and leave them at the door of someone who feels unable to be in contact with people at that time. It might be a ride to an appointment. If you wish your name to go onto a list of those willing to help please let anyone Brett or the church office know. Please note - in order to protect everyone, you must be in good health yourself to be involved in this.