COVID-19 Update – March 18, 2020 – Ralph Connor Memorial United Church

Our regular weekly newsletter will still be emailed to you on Friday, but here are two items needing more immediate attention:

UPDATED COVID-19 RESPONSE

In response to the March 15 announcement of Alberta's Chief Medical Officer, Ralph Connor Memorial United Church is discontinuing all public worship gatherings until further notice. This affects both our Sunday Morning Worship and Wednesday Night Evensong, effective immediately. 

RCMUC committees are encouraged to conduct necessary business by electronic means (videoconference, email, etc.)

CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER

As members of our congregation maintain their "social distance" from one another, we want to lessen the sense of isolation - and provide a way for urgent needs to be known and addressed.  

RCMUC Pastoral Care committee is organizing a group of "Care Contacts" - people who will stay in touch with our households via phone and/or email. This will also provide us with a reliable system for learning of the needs of those who need food or medicine delivered to them, or other needs to be addressed. Pastoral Care has 8 people lined up to be "Care Contacts" but we need at least 8 additional contact people (more is better!) as soon as possible. With 16 volunteers, each contact person will have a list of 12 households; with more volunteers, the number of households each person will be responsible for, will be smaller. 

If you are willing to volunteer for this task, please contact Barb Profitt  bprofitt@shaw.ca . Thank you!