From Peter Arian and Rae Dumont, Co-Chairs of the RoIT
The Reopening Implementation Team is grateful for the congregation's willingness to manage transition after transition with grace and dignity. Thank you for your continued commitment to our congregation, to safety, and to inclusion.
COVID cases are still at very high levels, though the numbers are starting to decrease. And we still cannot treat this as a benign infection. So, even as we acknowledge the need for connection, we will continue to pause in-person services through January. If all goes well, we will resume in-person services on February 6th.
We will get through all this together.
Worship
- We will offer a live-streamed 10 AM Sunday service on YouTube & Facebook.
- There will be no Connection Café, either in person or virtual, during the month of January.
Religious Education
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Winter is extended until February 6, 2022. Trimester II Activity Groups, 8th Grade OWL, and the UU Youth Group (U-YG) will all start/resume on February 6th as planned, and according to previously established safety guidelines, in well-ventilated spaces. Please continue to review the RE Newsletter for additional updates, possible UU religious education options, and do at-home activities during the break.
Montclair Emergency Services for Hope (MESH)
- In person dining remains delayed.
- We will continue to offer Grab’n Go meals until then and ask guests to be masked.
- We ask that volunteers be vaccinated and masked.
- We have offered a warming space on Saturdays in the Peierls room, for the cold winter days, and have not heard whether this will be used.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the Care Team, a member of RoIT, or to the ministers.
