A Reflection from our Staff
While reflecting on the current times we find ourselves in, my mind keeps coming back to things being different—not “normal” whatever that is. I am a person of routine (as I suspect many are) and I am most comfortable in my routine. My work days have a routine, I almost always sit in the same pew in church, and I like knowing what to expect.
With these uncertain times, my anxiety is mostly based in the unknown of how long we will be dealing with our current situation. That is an answer no one can give us. However, as the days go by, I find I am developing new routines that help me. I am blessed with a wonderful job and the ability to spend a few hours every day in the church office getting “routine” work done. The bills are getting paid, the payroll is being processed, and I am connecting by phone with those who are calling in with questions or a need for help. I don’t have my co-workers around me, but I do get to see them once a week on Zoom for our staff meetings. How would we be managing now without technology?
I am connecting with friends and family via phone calls and texts and sometimes even more than I might otherwise have done. That is a bonus in these times. I am blessed to be in a position to see the generosity and caring of our wonderful Holy Comforter family as donations are made to help those in need at this time—especially with Britepaths, Food 4 Thought and the Clergy Discretionary funds. Our wonderful clergy and David Kelley have worked hard to provide us with worship services to keep us connected to the familiar and I am very grateful (another new routine—online worship)!
God is truly at work in all of us as we navigate our way through these times. Like many others have said, I am trying to use this time to discern what I am being asked to do—being out of my comfort zone of routine. I don’t think I’m there yet, but I am working on it!
I hope you all stay safe and well and can develop new “routines” of your own to keep you moving forward. I look forward to the time we can all be together again face to face!
Peggy Miller
