Hello Class of 2020 and Parents of Grads!
Ever since this whole quarantine started, we began thinking about how drastically this situation will and has affected the conclusion of your senior year. It became very clear very quickly that things would not be as they have been for countless graduating classes before you. But all along the way we’ve held out hope and tried to think creatively about how we as a church family can STILL put our focus, attention, and celebration on you as you graduate.
As you know, we’ve been under strict stay-at-home orders from our governor. During these 8 weeks (so far) we’ve had to change just about everything we’ve done in regards to ministry. It’s definitely been a schooling we hadn’t thought we’d go through but we believe God has and will continue to show us the good things that He’s doing through it.
We’ve remained
determined to focus our attention on our graduates
on the weekend of June 6
th
and 7
th
; this has been our plan since last year’s Grad Weekend and it remains our plan today!
We invite all graduates who consider
Southside Church
home to come to the Courthouse Campus on the evening of Thursday, May 21st in cap and gown to be part of our service recording that happens on Thursday nights. Plan on arriving at 7:30pm, dressed and ready to line up for the processional; video recording begins at 7:45pm.
Be advised that we all will continue to practice the 6 foot social distancing rule at this time.
All parents are invited to be in attendance as well. Grads will be announced, walk across the stage, be greeted by Pastors Jerry & Ally, and receive a gift and a prayer. All this will be video recorded and later broadcast to our entire church family (and the world, actually) as part of our normal online weekend services on June 6th and 7th. In this way, all eyes of our church family get to still be on you as you celebrate this milestone event in your life! I can’t tell you how much we love you and are proud of you!
If you have not done so, please sign up to let us know you’re participating with our Grad Weekend!
