February 3, 2021 - Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO
Dear Members of Ladue Chapel,

In these days we are grateful for your continued faithfulness. We want to continue to update you about what’s going on in the life of our congregation. At its last meeting on January 27, 2021, your new session decided unanimously for the church to continue to refrain from indoor, in-person worship and small group gatherings until after Easter on April 4th. While we continue to be frustrated by an unpredictable pandemic, there is actually lots of good news we can share with you.

The installation of new cameras in our sanctuary will enable us to go back to live-streaming Sunday morning worship. This means we will all actually worship together again on Sunday morning … albeit still virtually for a little while. We are planning for our first live-streaming service to be on the first Sunday of Lent, February 21st. This is a significant step toward reopening the church!

As Lent is about to begin in a few weeks, we will offer many opportunities for outside in-person worship on the Ladue Chapel campus. These will include:
  • Ash Wednesday drive-through imposition of ashes and distribution of Lenten worship boxes,
  • Palm Sunday Easter egg hunt for our children,
  • Maundy Thursday communion services in the St. Andrew’s Memorial Garden,
  • Good Friday modified stations of the cross on the Ladue Chapel grounds,
  • Holy Saturday labyrinth walk,
  • Easter morning outdoor sunrise service.
 
Also, as the days grow longer again and temperatures are warming, we are exploring a variety of opportunities to gather for Wednesday evening worship, hymn sings, and fellowship events.

The good news for our families with young children is that we will be inviting the children back into the building for Route 3-4-5 and other activities.

It is our fervent prayer that you are healthy and safe as we work diligently toward welcoming everybody back as soon as it is safe to do so. With vaccinations progressing at hopefully increasing speed, we are confident that we can be with one another in-person in the foreseeable future. We so appreciate your continued support and patience as we navigate these uncharted waters together.

Grace and Peace,

Doug
CARES, CONCERNS, AND CELEBRATIONS

Recently hospitalized or recovering at home
Martha Ruiz, Justin Williamson


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The Cup of our Life 
Lenten book discussion

Join Carol Wellman and Anne Peacock during the season of Lent as we gather using the cup as a symbol of our spiritual thirst. The ordinariness of the cup may remind us of personal transformation that occurs in the common crevices of each day. Over a period of six weeks, we will read Joyce Rupp’s book The Cup of Our Life, then gather weekly over Zoom to discuss our experiences and pray. Day and time will be determined by our participants.

Please contact Anne if you are interested in joining or if you have questions.
MUSIC MINISTRY

Music for Sunday, February 7
Chamber Choir will sing “Exultate, Justi,” by Lodovico Viadana. 

Viadana’s motet, “Exultate, justi” is a setting of the opening verses of Psalm 33. It is a general call to praise, with the central text of “cantate ei canticum novum” – “sing to the Lord a new song.” Viadana (c. 1560- c. 1627) was from the Mantua region of Italy. A Franciscan friar, he flourished during the early part of the Baroque era and was one of the first composers to make use of newly-developed technique of figured bass (basso continuo).
LET'S STAY CONNECTED!

Email Schedule: Below is a schedule of when you can expect to hear from us throughout the week. There may be additional emails if need be. We hope this is an easy way to stay connected.
  • Tuesday: Midday Prayer Reminder
  • Wednesday: Chapel Bell
  • Thursday: Special Emails
  • Friday: Worship Reminder

Sunday Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m., on Facebook (no need to have a Facebook account - just go to www.laduechapel.org, click on Worship on the top and then find the link). Worship will also be available on our YouTube channel. Share our services with your friends on social media! We love meeting new people and growing our online community.

Sunday Morning Zoom Coffee Half Hour - Join us after worship, at 11:30 a.m., for a Zoom Coffee Half Hour. Click here to join the Zoom Coffee hour (the link to join will also be provided in the Facebook worship post and the worship information email on Friday.)