New Vision Notes

New Vision Notes for Wednesday August 19, 2020

• This Sunday August 23 is “Field Trip Sunday.” The Worship Committee has arranged for us to visit with 2 congregations located in the USA. You are welcome to worship with both congregations if you wish. Listed below is the information on their services.

11 am Zoom Worship Service, Rockville Maryland

You are invited to participate in the Zoom worship service with the community of Rockville United Church of Christ. The Community at Rockville is our partners with the Syrian Refugee Family. Zoom worship can be accessed by entering;  https://zoom.us/j/4019388880?pwd=dEw0V2JFT3RkZG1CZ0loMC8wcHZUUT09

7pm Zoom Worship Service, Denver Colorado

You are invited to visit with the House of All Sinners and Saints. This lively affirming congregation welcomes folks from all across the USA. You can reach them via their website;

www.houseforallsinnersandsaints.org. Click on “Visiting” and you will find the link to join the Worship Service.

• New Vision will be gathering for worship on Sundays on Zoom to the end of September, and we will evaluate next steps in the middle of September. We will keep in place our phone network to keep in touch with those who are not able to join us virtually on Sundays. Here is our worship leadership schedule into September:

• For updates on New Vision plans in the Covid-19 emergency recovery, please visit http://newvisionunited.org/new-vision-covid-19-updates/.

• New Vision Virtual Worship is experiential, participatory, image-rich and collective, just like worship in person at New Vision! Join us on Sunday mornings 10:30 am week to week during the Covid-19 emergency by clicking here. If you want to put the link someplace easy to find each week, here it is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/782292511. Please share it with others and invite them to a “different” kind of time on Zoom from the usual.

• You can also call in to the gathering on the telephone toll free. Call 1 855 703 8985, then, when prompted, input the Meeting ID 782 292 511 followed by the # sign. Ignore the prompts for Participant ID and Password. You are in when the recorded voice says, “You are in the meeting.”

• Resting and Hygiene Centre needs your help:

Masks- Calling on people who sew! Wearing masks in interior public settings applies to the Resting and Hygiene Centre. Our plan to ensure everyone who seeks to enter may enter, so we require a reusable supply of cloth masks which we will launder and reuse. If you sew, we need your help! Please contact Helen helen.bradleyrd@gmail.com or Martini.sings@gmail.com if you want to help.

Home baking- Individually wrapped items is being highly appreciated by the guests of the Resting Centre. Please ensure the ingredients are labeled.

Individually packaged snacks- Juice boxes, pudding cups, Nutrigrain bars and other individually packaged snacks are needed.

You can drop items off any day of the week between 5 and 9 pm and thank you to all of you who have contributed!

• The next virtual concert will take place this Thursday August 20 at 8pm. STORRY is a former sex worker turned award winning artist who just performed at the JUNOS. Her charity partner is Sex Workers Assistance Program (SWAP).

The STORRY concert can be viewed on the Music Hall Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/musichallhamont/

• While Rev. Sloan is away on vacation Bob Marentette and/or Helen Bradley will be taking care of New Vision Notes. If you  have information that you would like to add, please email Bob; rmarentette55@cogeco.ca or Helen; helenbradleyrd@gmail.com

Blessings everyone, hope to see you in Maryland and Denver this Sunday.

Bob Marentette