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St. Giles News
April 1, 2020
Keith's Inkling
This Sunday at St. Giles
Sunday, April 5, 2020

10:30 AM Livestreaming from The Sanctuary


Our Continuing Adaptations to This Coronavirus Season – a Note From Keith

Hi friends,

Thank you for your help and understanding with the changes we have had to make in our church patterns during this Coronavirus season. Again this week the Governor has issued new decrees, and we were gratefully already operating within these.

We’re making this up as we go, but some pieces are already working, such as our livestreamed worship. We had over 130 households tuned in both Sundays during the actual livestream hour, and many more since! Special thanks go to our musicians and techs! It has been a scramble, but it’s working, and we’re getting more proficient as we go.

Some other pieces that we’re working to put in place are:

  • Small group gatherings via video conferencing
  • Video networked classes (see Tommy and Ross’ classes described below),
  • And appropriate means of caring for each other, especially the sick and elderly.

As I wrote you last week, you have some champion Elders! God is guiding. And as always, the Kingdom is advancing, not retreating.

This is a hard season, but not without some gifts God would give to us and through us. Let’s discover them together!

Blessings,

Keith

PS – Plans for livestreaming Holy Week services (Maundy Thursday and Good Friday) with our sister churches, Christ Presbyterian and Community West, are in the works. So stay tuned!
Adult Discipleship
Hebrews Class Sunday
via Zoom
Please join us Sunday morning at 9:00 AM on Zoom at the following link. All are invited. For any questions please contact Tommy Nance at twjrnance@gmail.com.

Tonight via Zoom
Joseph of Genesis
The Wednesday night class will conclude the Joseph of Genesis class this Wednesday, April 1. Next week, Ross Anderson will begin a series on the book of Daniel.
Please contact Ross at rossandbetty@yahoo.com if you'd like to join the 6:30 webinar.
Student & Youth Ministry
Virtual Youth Group Wednesday Night 6 PM
Taylor will be holding a virtual youth group on Wednesday night (4/1) from 6:00-7:30. Join us on Zoom at the link below!

Kids & Family
Daily Bread
Skip and Karen Thistle have been providing copies of Daily Bread for any who would use it for devotionals. But with most of us not coming into the church building these days, where we can pick one up, our distribution system has broken down. So Skip has volunteered to deliver a copy to any who request it. Thanks, Skip! If you’d like a copy, just call the church office, and we’ll get word to Skip.
ST. GILES DRAMA CAMP
JUNE 15-19, 9 AM-Noon
Rising 1st-rising 6th, it's time to register for the St. Giles Summer Drama Camp with Ben Miller and Heather Agnello. $75 per child or $125 per family. Details and registration here.
Elementary Summer Camps at Make
JUNE 15-18
Join us this summer for fun, fun, fun! Open to children in Rising 1st-5th grade. Learn more & register now. (Space is Limited).

Note: Children's Garden Preschool Camp registration is now closed.
St. Giles Women
April 29
An Evening of Blessing
Due to the recent mandate against gatherings of more than 10 for public safety, the Evening of Blessing event has been cancelled.
Women's Retreat Postponed
As a result of the recent crisis, Chanco on the James is closed through the end of April. The women's retreat will be held in Richmond this fall. More details to follow.
Squirrels vs.Hartford
Faith Night
SAVE THE DATE
Saturday
MAY 2
Children's Preschool
Preschool Summer Camps
Registration for Children's Garden Preschool is now closed.

Make Studio Elementary Summer Camp has space still available.

Community
Helping Our Community During COVID-19
As our response to the COVID-19 crisis, St. Giles has adopted: Ellwood House.

Follow the link to learn how you can help. Ellwood House
Make Studio
(At Home Edition!)
We are creating art kits for homebound members of our Art & Recovery Program and are asking for donations of art supplies. Please contact Angie at angie@makestudiorva.com for more details.
Livestreaming Bible Study and Worship

One of our newer ministries is livestreaming our worship services and some of our classes. If you’d like to check it out, use this link to our YouTube channel. We’re doing it simply - no fancy sound or cameras - but it works to bring you the basics. If you don’t click on during the actual live stream hours, Sundays at 9:30 or 11:00, know that the videos are saved on our YouTube channel page, along with Pastor Keith’s video blogs. Find us at:  http://bit.ly/StGilesYouTube