Blessing of the Backpacks

Last Sunday as a family, we prayed our students, parents, and teachers into a new year! We gathered in the Sanctuary because of the weather and we had nearly 100 people attending. Let's continue to pray for health and safety as our children begin a new term and let's all do our part to keep this pandemic at bay.

We Pray Help us to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown. Give us the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You. Chist of the mysteries, We trust You to be stronger than each storm within us. We will trust in the darkness and know that our times, even now, are in Your hands. Tune our spirits to the music of heaven, and somehow, make our obedience count for You. (attributed to Brendan the Navigator, 484-577, an Irish priest, evangelist, explorer and founder of monasteries.) Contributed by Marla Corts

Sunday, August 16 Story Tim Hebrews 11 The narratives of faith shape us and give us assurance of living “by faith.” Click here to join service at 10:30 am ZOOM MEETING Preschool at 9 am ______  Offering As of August 11 Receipts to Date: $33,491.38 Budget to Date: $61,144.00

Sunday School Promotions Preschool & Children will officially promote right after Labor Day. Youth will promote this Sunday, August 19th and will begin meeting on campus for Sunday School, Sundays from 9:30-10:30 am. More details will follow. 

Please join us for our next Parking Lot Worship on Sunday, August 26, 6:30 pm. It is a great opportunity for us to worship together and lift each other up. You may sit in your cars or bring lawn chairs and sit outside, whatever is most comfortable for you. Please bring a mask and as always, let's maintain social distancing. We look forward to worshipping with you on the 26th.

Staffing the Church Office The ECC is open Monday-Friday, 7 am - 5 pm Maintenance are on site Monday-Friday, 6:30 am - 5 pm Administrative Staff are in the office Monday-Thursday, 8 am - 3 pm, and will be on call on weekends working from home as needed. We ask that you please not come into the office unless it is necessary and if you do, you must wear a mask and practice social distancing for yourself and everyone's safety.

CLICK HERE for Outdoors to Front Door Steps Document

Regathering UPDATE at BBC CLICK HERE for the video.

A LITTLE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT "Worry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere," wrote humorist Erma Bombeck. Fred Rogers once said: "Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." "I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now," wrote the Quaker missionary Etienne de Grellet.

Stay in...stay safe...wear a mask. Do it for each other.

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