Friends,

The UCC COVID Task Group has been closely monitoring the local COVID numbers and has recommended that we return to in-person worship on Sunday, February 27. The COVID safety protocols will still be in place. That includes:

Check-in table, where everyone will receive individual communion kits
Universal masking at all times while in the building, including during Sunday School
KN95s and N95s are strongly encouraged as they are higher-quality. If you don't yet have those, they will be available to you at the check-in table.
Socially distanced seating
Fellowship outside in the courtyard following worship
Anyone who feels sick or who has been exposed to COVID worshipping from home

We give thanks that our dedicated tech volunteers make it possible for us to continue online worship and Sunday morning education for anyone who isn't able to come to in-person events for any reason.

February 27 also happens to be Dedication Sunday, when we will dedicate and bless the pledges that have been made during our stewardship campaign, A Future with Hope. As Gaye Lynn Scott, Stewardship Deacon Chair, wrote in the first campaign letter: "At our core, University Christian Church is a community of reunion, homecoming, fellowship, and return. Now more than ever, in a world full of exile and separation, our congregation stands as a beacon of hope, welcome, and radical hospitality."

God binds us together through it all -- through separation and reunion, and we will have the chance to celebrate that truth again in person very soon. I look forward to it!

Love and peace to you,
Pastor Megan