Virtual Meetings with Bishop Beard
And a SERVICE OPPORTUNITY
Your chance to connect with Bishop Frank Beard:
Bishop hosting virtual meetings with clergy, laity
Bishop Frank J. Beard has announced he will host virtual meetings with various clergy groups of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference April 27-28 and May 4-5. Clergy are invited to join one of the groups that either represents their current appointment or their appointment beginning July 1.
In addition, two laity (i.e. non-pastor) sessions have been scheduled. Each are limited to 300 persons per session. Additional sessions will be considered if there is sufficient interest.
Register online for any of the sessions by clicking the button below (or using the link below). A confirmation email will be sent upon receipt that provides the call-in information and passcode to the meeting room.
The options for conference laity is as follows:
- Laity Session -- May 14, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. -- Limit to first 300 registered
- Laity Session -- May 14, 6 to 7 p.m. -- Limit to the first 300 registered
Bishop Beard has envisioned these sessions as a time to "touch base"; to hear how pastors and laity are doing.
AGENDA:
Bishop will open each session with prayer, share a personal insight/update on self and family. Others will be invited to share with the following instructions (Not everyone will be able to share but if you have something pressing that can be shared in under two minutes please do so).
The Bishop will guide the Conversations around the following Questions:
- Where are you being surprised by God?
- How are you building community beyond the walls of the Church?
- How are you dealing with fear and faith during this Pandemic?
- What is the overall state of your church/charge?
- What new things are you discovering?
- How is your congregation handling finances?
- How are you staying engaged in missions, including mission support?
- How Do We Safely Re-Open After the Shelter-in-Place is Lifted
In preparation for the meeting, participants are urged to visit: https://call.lifesizecloud.com/downloads to download a plug-in for their web browser (especially for Google Chrome users) or to download the Lifesize app (with options for Windows, Apple and Android products).
The below link will allow you to register for either of Bishop Beard's laity sessions.
Pastor Steve will be "attending" a session on Tuesday evening.
MASK MAKING
If you have experience making masks, the Baby Fold would welcome your donations.
We also know that members of the church and local community could use masks if you would like to help prepare donations for the church to distribute.
AND, if you're so inclined it would be really fun to host a few online "sewing parties" using Zoom or Google Classroom.
Not a sewer? Consider donating material for this project!
Contact Pastor Steve if you have interest in being a part of this opportunity!
(Pastor Steve took the liberty of contacting Chaddock, but they have indicated that they have a sufficient supply of masks thanks to some local donations.)
The first link below will take you to the Baby Fold site.
The second link (which is also on the Baby Fold page) has instructions for mask making.