EUMC Prayer Requests for the week of June 1st

IN MOURNING FOR THE FAMILY & FRIENDS OF:

Mike Becker—died after triple bypass in Indiana

(Tom Blythe’s cousin’s son)

Shirley Clevenger—died May 13, 2020 in Lakeland, FL.

Shirley was a former member of EUMC.

Violet Finger—died May 15, 2020 in New York.

(Carol Doud’s aunt)

Kenny LeBlanc—died in Fitchburg, MA

(Pauline Chaffee’s cousin)

Bob Lester—died (Sherry Lester’s husband)

Selina Turdoc’s cousin passed away due to Covid-19 &

aunt & uncle in hospital for treatment

(friends of Karin Smuts)

Richard Westbury—passed away May 30, 2020

(Shirley Vickers nephew/Susie Lawson’s cousin)

Please continue to send us your photos

of what you’ve been doing during the

pandemic and photos and information

on anyone that is graduating in 2020.

OUTDOOR WORSHIP

Sunday, June 7, 2020 - 9:30 a.m.

• We will be using a PA system for sound

• Please practice social distancing

• No hugging or shaking hands

• Wear a mask

• Stay in your car or bring a lawn chair to sit near your car ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WORSHIP SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW

on FACEBOOK & on our website:

www.edgewaterunitedmethodistchurch.org

PRAYERS:

Abi Collins—recovering from brain surgery to

relieve seizures (Jim & Linda McGinnis

6 year old granddaughter)

Connor Cunningham—diagnosed with Hodgkin

Lymphoma & starts chemo next week (14

year old grandson of Dwight & Linda

Cunningham)

Lou Giovanniello—recovering from oral surgery.

Iaiah Gomez—14 year old recovering from tonsillitis

surgery (Jim & Linda McGinnis grandson)

Chad Lee—health issues (friend of Iris Sefried)

Darlene Tishnery—covid-19,Charlene Flaitz’s friend

Jean Vickers—recovering at home (Shirley Vickers

sister/Susie Lawson’s aunt)

Carolyn Wolburan—having a tough time w/radiation

(Grace Wood’s friend)

Prayers for all who struggle with addiction.

Prayers for World Peace, Love and Harmony.

Edna Lupo

Carlton Shores Nursing Home

1350 S. Nova Rd. Rm. 303

Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Thank you to those who took

balloons to shut ins this past

couple of weeks. We will be

taking more out the third

Sunday of each month.

Pastor Donna’s Family Celebrates

Kiley’s Graduation Brooklynn’s Sweet 16

Balloon Prep Bloopers w/Rex Hoffman

Dear Church Members and Friends, The weekly mailings we have been sending out have helped us stay in touch during this time of uncertainty,

isolation, and social unrest. The world is having a tough time in 2020! Personally many of you are having a tough time due to life events unrelated to world events. Our “normal” tough times seem even worse in the middle of everything else. We can’t help but wonder how are we supposed to be God’s people when everything

is turned upside down. As individuals who follow Jesus and the mission and purpose of the church remains to offer Jesus, “the Living Water, the Bread of Life, Light of the World, the Breath of Life.” Jesus gives us all we need in life. God’s

grace and forgiveness free us to receive all God’s gifts. A gift badly needed these days is hope. Hope is given abundantly but life bogs us down to the point we can’t always grab hold of it. I pray you will grab hold of Jesus and receive God’s gift of hope even in these difficult times and with all that

might be going on in your own home today. Worship is a good place to receive hope! Join us for worship on Facebook live at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays or watch it later on our website or Face-book page. It is a strange way to worship. It may seem the equivalent of going from a town crier telling those

who can hear the news to today watching the news 24/7 on TV. As strange as it is, I am thankful it is an option. It reminds me of a pastor we once received at my home church who was difficult to listen to because he seldom changed his tone of voice. But many decided to try listening anyway and learned more from him than from many other pastors. It required focus and a desire to hear what God had to say through this Godly man. Worship on

line is like that. You have to be prepared to focus, to work hard at being present in the moment even though you are not. Believe me, providing worship without members in attendance was much more difficult than our regular old way of doing church. I guess it makes sense that being present to listen and participate without being in the

church building is doubly hard for church members. If you want to try to “sort of be here” for worship, come to the outdoor service. It is a strange way to worship also. But it’s more fun. It is especially fun if you already liked honking your car horn and singing in

your car at the top of your lungs before COVID-19. Now you get to do those things as part of worship! Hopefully and tentatively, we are planning to start worship in the sanctuary on June 21. It is not a definite but a tentative plan. We are utilizing the information we received from our church survey and CDC guidelines.

Forty-nine surveys were returned. Most indicated they would either return immediately or if comfortable with implementation of safety precautions. The percentage of those wanting to attend at 9 or 11 is similar to before this crisis. The vast majority agreed to the suggested safety precautions of social distancing, avoiding physical

contact and using hand sanitizer. Wearing a mask in worship is the least favored precaution with only 65% wanting to do that. 60% did think it should be a requirement to wear a mask in worship. Most believe we should continue offering on-line worship. Only 27% would be willing to attend a service at a time other than their

preferred service time. 60% said they would stay and watch the service on a big screen television if there was not enough room for everyone in the sanctuary. Because of your answers and recommendations we are following from the church conference and the

CDC, this is how I am anticipating worship to be when we return to the sanctuary. 1. 9:00 a.m. Contemporary service will continue as an outdoor service. (Rain will cancel this service) 2. 11:00 a.m. Traditional service will be in the Sanctuary with the following changes:

A. Reservations by Friday at Noon will be needed and seats for approximately 30 will be assigned. B. Overflow seating will be available in Hardin Hall and assigned. C. Social distancing and the wearing of face masks will be required. Hand washing and sanitizer use

encouraged; limited physical contact, no hand shaking, hugging, no congregational singing in- doors; offering boxes to receive your offering will be in the Sanctuary and Hardin Hall; you will need to enter and depart through the same door at the direction of an usher; bathrooms available for one person at a time. These measures are not what we want to do but are

necessary temporarily. Yes, worship in the building may be the strangest worship to us of all.. We will come together for worship however we can! We will worship even in these strange ways because we are called to tell others

about Jesus. We are called to offer spiritual food, water, breath and light through our Savior. I am praying for your physical and spiritual health and well being. “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10 .

Your servant with and for Christ, Pastor Donna

Thank you to Beth Molter for the CD gift “Lighthouse”

Barbara Legge & Spencer Weekley have been busy...

Bread and Butter Pickles

Early Bananas

and

Anniversary Cake