Maundy Thursday - April 9th
An Easter Greeting from the Moderator of the Presbytery
Presbytery moderator and hospital chaplain the Rev. Anna Kendig offers a message of hope this Easter.  
Distance Worship, Self-Serve Communion, and Palm Sunday
Images courtesy of (top right, top left, middle) Greg Bolt of First Presbyterian Church of Red Wing and (bottom) Central Presbyterian Church.  
For a listing of online worship opportunities, please go to the Presbytery website or Facebook page.

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Calling All Quilters and Sewists!
By Sandra Hawley, ruling elder, Plymouth Presbyterian Church and past moderator of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area
 
Several groups are calling for home-sewn cloth masks to protect healthcare workers and others who do not need N95 level protection. Are you a sewist looking for some way to help? Here’s how you can.
 
It is recommended to make masks from a patterned 100% tight weave cotton (so it is easily distinguished from a surgical or N95 mask) that has been thoroughly washed to remove any dye residue. There are 3 patterns below of differing complexity and filtration levels. You can add a nose clip made from a pipe cleaner or a twist tie, or an extra inner layer of non-woven fabric (eg interfacing). If you don’t have elastic, consider making ties out of narrow fabric or ribbon; or, Presbyterian Homes and Services has a supply (see link below). 
 
With pocket for extra filter:
 
More fitted:
 
Easy:
or
 

Where to donate — call your local hospital or care center, etc. Here are some links to organizations known to be taking masks (some of these links also include other patterns).
 
Presbyterian Homes and Services.  
 
Health Partners
 
Allina Health
 
North Memorial
A Covid-19 Version of Softly and Tenderly
Brought to you by Pastor Dean Seal and Dr. Kirsten Lind Seal.  
Jeff's Jottings:
Christ is Risen!


Whatever your hope is this Easter, in whatever setting you find yourself, in whatever mood, whatever frame of mind; whether the video feed is strong or choppy; whether Easter dinner is a vast spread or a limp sandwich; even alone: may these eight words still ring true, and ring loud, and perhaps this year ring for us and for our world in ways we have never heard before:

CHRIST IS RISEN!
HE IS RISEN INDEED!
ALLELUIA!
EMerge is a newsletter of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area. Through most of the year it is published biweekly and distributed to congregations, teaching elders, ruling elders, church members, committees and friends of the presbytery. Please send submissions and address corrections to  office@ptcaweb.org
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