Dear Friends and Members of Ark and Dove,

On Easter Sunday afternoon I was grateful. I was grateful to God for the hope in the Easter message, the opportunity to worship, the community with whom I worship, my family who was able to worship online and on the grass, and the perfect weather we had all day.

I was thankful for a worship team who broadcasted a beautiful livestream service, the musicians who gave sound to joy online and outside, the people who assembled an outdoor sanctuary and took it down, the flower team who livened both sanctuary spaces, the greeters who welcomed us to our celebration, and those who left little gifts in each circle.

I was glad for the team of people who thought through every aspect of Sunday so that we could all be safe and satisfied, the Session who tirelessly considers the possibilities of safe gatherings, the Deacons who call and care for those who attended online and on the church grounds, and the teachers who brought the Easter story to our children.

I am grateful for the privilege it is to worship again this coming Sunday online and for the possibility of more in-person worship soon.

I am grateful to God and for you.

Peace,

jnelson@arkanddove.org

PRAYERS OF HEALING AND SUPPORT for Charlotte Davie; Arlyce Lohr; Patty Plander; Krista Klohr; Christa Kronser; Merlin Berry; Dick Paronto; Bob Johns; Richard and Edie Budd; Amy and Kyle Morris; Vaughn Brown; Camille Dubois’ uncle and parents; Debbie Saylor’s sister, Christine; Ryan Stavely’s father, Brian; Brooks Emrick and her sister, Susan; Dotty Kaufman, her son, Bill, daughter-in-law, Carol, granddaughter, Sarah, and grandson Nathan; Michelle Schoonmaker and her friends Bri Reed and the Liggon-Horn family; Steve Debus' cousin-in-law, Stephan; Kathy Miller’s brother-in-law, Jeff Miller; Lewis Shorter and Lewis Shorter’s niece, Jennifer Schwandt-Gayle; Emily Crose’s grandmother, Lois Eichhorn; Bob Fuller’s brother, Joe Fuller; Dot Forloines’ family, granddaughter Melisa Tucker Saatthoff and her great-grandson Luke; Donna Anderson's brother-in-law, Tom Brown; Debbie and Bruce Arey’s family in Connecticut and daughter, Allison, and niece, Naomi; Linda Taylor’s mother, Izola; Grant Kirby’s mother, Caroline, and Julia Kirby's mother, Margaret Floyd; Kennon Bauman’s uncle, Dan Johnston; Amy Goldberg’s grandmother, Ruth Cooper; Christy Yeager’s mother, Linda Jordan; Diane Johnson's Uncle Ed, Aunt Janet, and cousin Richard; Shelley Franklin's father; Hollis Butterworth’s daughter, Rachel Mershont; Amanda Wehage’s sister and father, Dave; Laurie Barrow’s nephew, Gunther Kurtz; Sabonna Keeney’s mother; Bernabe and Griselda Solano, and Griselda's sister, Irma; Laura Doughty’s brother-in-law, Carl Hahn, and Paul Doughty’s mother, Ruth Doughty; Laura Willoughby's father, Norman; Bill Ruble’s mother, Mary Jane Weathers; Ann Hirschy’s aunt, Cindy, and brother; Christina Nelson’s grandmother, Pat Dole; Kelly Burnett’s nephew, Justin; Patriceo Green’s cousin, Philip Brown; Lou Kareha’s aunt, Judy Kochis, and cousin, Thomas; Cheryl and Doug Walcutt’s grandchild, Gray Adacutt; Cheryl Walcutt’s mother, nephew, and sisters, friend Don Clark and student, Clay; Erika Sealing's son, Trip, and grandmother, Margaret Schade; Sue Hanburger's friends, Barb, Phyllis, Martha and Craig; Linnie Girdner and Jan Hof’s friend, Grace Ligon; Ylonda Fauntleroy’s friends, Alma Hinton and Tanya; Rob Yeager’s friends, Lisa and Kearston; Scott Howe’s friend, Jen Miller; the Gaurins’ friends Nyla and Danielle; Kim Young’s friends, Pat and Joyce; Catherine Chambers’ friend, Seamus; and Kathy Emmert's friend, Pat.

THE LOVE AND PRAYERS OF THE CONGREGATION go out to the Crose and Eichhorn families on the death of Emily’s grandmother, Lois Eichhorn. Emily

PRAYERS OF HEALING for those with COVID-19 including: Dot Forloines’ granddaughter, Abigail; Cheryl Walcutt’s sister, Lori, and brother-in-law, Marty; Wendy Wellington’s sister, Bonnie; Christine Connally’s cousin, Karen; Jim and Judy Cooper’s friend, Tim McNutt; Josephine Girdner; Diane Johnson’s grandson, Avery Woods; Ed Barrett's friend, Joe Bogner; Julia Kirby’s great niece, nephew, his wife, and friends, the Speer family, the Coffey family, and April and Sam; Amy Hagemann’s friend, Mary Hurt Werner; Rob Yeager’s friends, David Palombo, and Jeff and Ana Siegel; Lisa Marino, Jay Mulholland, and their 4-month-old daughter Lily; Ylonda Fauntleroy's family, Annette and Leah Turner, and friends, Sandra and Elijah Williams; Debbie Saylor’s friend, Frank Williams; Michelle Schoonmaker's friend Ajita Robinson; Yeni, her husband and their six children; Jennifer Roman's aunt, Laura Clay, and grandmother, Louise Nothdurft; Kathy Emmert’s friends, Chuck and Cheryl; and Lori Kronser’s friend Debbie and her family.

PRAYERS OF LOVE, SUPPORT AND PROTECTION for all essential workers around the world, including: Mike Stiegler; Bill Gaurin; Tricia Gray’s mother, Sabrina Johnson; Becca Distad; Jack Burnett; Caitlyn Bussey; Emily Sanders; Audrey Miller; Linda Jordan’s nephew, Russell; the Ralston’s family members and friends; Simone Stiegler’s friend, Jean Marie; Amy Grimm’s mother; Jeff Grimm; Amy Goldberg’s brother, Joseph Alexander, and parents, Michael and Maryann Cooper; Judy Cooper’s daughter; John Mikeska’s son, Jonathan; and Hollis Butterworth’s sister-in-law, Cyndie.