The session has voted to suspend in-person worship at the church through at least January 10, 2021. We have done our best as a church community to offer a hybrid worship experience of in-person and virtual services through most of this pandemic. However, our reasonable precautions are not enough to stem the tide of rising infections in our area. Therefore, in order to protect the health of the congregation and the staff, and to be a good neighbor in our community, we are taking this step. This is also in line with our previous action to tie our church’s offerings to the patterns set by the Bristol Tennessee City Schools system. This decision was a tough one, and we do not take it lightly. We look forward to the day when conditions allow us to meet in person once again!

Please keep our church and our community in your prayers. Thank you for your understanding, and until we can meet in person again, join us online at 9:00 on Sunday mornings as we worship God together.

In Christ,

Pastor Sam

To allow as many of the congregation as possible to participate in conducting the business of the church during the covid-19 pandemic, we are making two changes to our normal business schedule for next year. If you have any questions or concerns about them, please feel free to share them with Pastor Sam.

First, we are moving the date of our annual congregational meeting from January to Sunday, June 6, 2021, after the 9:00 service. We will send out regular financial reports at the end of next month, but we will review reports, vote on the terms of call for the pastor, and convene a meeting of the corporation at the meeting in June.

Second, Holston Presbytery has granted us a one-year waiver to the mandate to elect new officers; all officers who agree to will have their term extended one year. In the final quarter of 2021, we will nominate officers, then elect them in January 2022.

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