June
The Path to Return...
A Grace Town Hall Meeting
The number of new COVID19 cases reported in Woodbury County continues to be among the highest in Iowa. CDC guidelines call for a 14-day downward trend in cases before an area is considered safe for re-opening. We are far from that (according to the numbers I’m seeing.
Our Bishop, Laurie Haller, on May 27, sent out an email which read, in part: if you live in a county that continues to see an increase, is maintaining, or is just beginning to see a slight decrease in COVID-19 cases, the local churches in that county should continue to conduct virtual worship and refrain from in-person gather-ing until it is clearly safe to do so.
The Bishop’s description certainly fits Woodbury County. Therefore, Grace United Methodist Church will NOT hold any in-building worship or other activities through the month of June. I’ll continually reassess, in conjunction with local health officials and Grace members, throughout the first half of June to consider changes moving forward.
A part of that continuing assessment will be two Grace Town Hall meetings I’ll be facilitating, via Zoom, on Wednesday, June 17 and Thursday, June 18 at 7 p.m.
I’m offering two Town Halls to make this opportunity for conversation accessible to as many of you as possible. Please attend one if you’re able. Simply choose the one which best fits your schedule.
The Zoom meeting platform is VERY easy to use. Participants should simply follow this link:
Wednesday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82371704044
Thursday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89816298853
With any device you use to access the internet. There’s nothing to download and no passwords are required. No computer? No worries! You may also access the meeting via any phone if you prefer. Please contact the church office for information about how to do that.
Our Bishop, Laurie Haller, on May 27, sent out an email which read, in part: if you live in a county that continues to see an increase, is maintaining, or is just beginning to see a slight decrease in COVID-19 cases, the local churches in that county should continue to conduct virtual worship and refrain from in-person gather-ing until it is clearly safe to do so.
The Bishop’s description certainly fits Woodbury County. Therefore, Grace United Methodist Church will NOT hold any in-building worship or other activities through the month of June. I’ll continually reassess, in conjunction with local health officials and Grace members, throughout the first half of June to consider changes moving forward.
A part of that continuing assessment will be two Grace Town Hall meetings I’ll be facilitating, via Zoom, on Wednesday, June 17 and Thursday, June 18 at 7 p.m.
I’m offering two Town Halls to make this opportunity for conversation accessible to as many of you as possible. Please attend one if you’re able. Simply choose the one which best fits your schedule.
The Zoom meeting platform is VERY easy to use. Participants should simply follow this link:
Wednesday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82371704044
Thursday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89816298853
With any device you use to access the internet. There’s nothing to download and no passwords are required. No computer? No worries! You may also access the meeting via any phone if you prefer. Please contact the church office for information about how to do that.
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GRACE GOES TO THE MOVIES.... At HOMESaturday , June 20
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I hope you’ll watch “Hugo”, a very fine film from 2011, on Netflix, then join us on Saturday, June 20 at 5 p.m. via Zoom to discuss it.
There’ll be LOTS to talk about.
Here’s the link to our Zoom “Grace Goes to the Movies…at Home” meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81691147366
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Hugo was nominated for 11 Oscars (including Best Picture) and it won 5! (from Rotten Tomatoes, where it has a 93% rating) Hugo is the astonishing adventure of a wily and resourceful boy whose quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father will transform Hugo and all those around him, and reveal a safe and loving place he can call home.
(from Internet Movie Database) Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running.
The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains.
On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past.
There’ll be LOTS to talk about.
Here’s the link to our Zoom “Grace Goes to the Movies…at Home” meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81691147366
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Hugo was nominated for 11 Oscars (including Best Picture) and it won 5! (from Rotten Tomatoes, where it has a 93% rating) Hugo is the astonishing adventure of a wily and resourceful boy whose quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father will transform Hugo and all those around him, and reveal a safe and loving place he can call home.
(from Internet Movie Database) Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running.
The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains.
On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past.