This past Sunday we shared some significant changes to our elder team. With a welcoming of Carlos Valencia + Mike Wilcox as candidates for eldership, we also shared that the Brodersens will be ministering elsewhere.
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Sunday’s sermon Jesus, Lord of Rest was alllll about the Sabbath. To begin talking about Sabbath we need to talk about our Christian culture’s rejection of it based on not understanding Jesus’ teaching in Mark.
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Check out this roundtable update with Jon + Char on the current state of our gatherings in light of the latest guidelines + direction from our county. Watch this brief 5 minute video addressing what to expect for upcoming Sundays and fellowship as a church body. And be sure to read the previous blog post on our gatherings if you haven’t already.
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As many of you know, quite a few churches across our state have begun to hold in person services again and yet there is a bit of difficulty that we are facing in our own county. Gavin Newsom has deferred to the discernment of each county whether or not to reopen. Our county supervisors and health officer have not yet given churches the go ahead to meet for in person services.
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As part of missions at Refuge, we partner with missionaries. One such partnership is with Andy + Kathy Soderstrom. You can read about our partnership with them here. Recently, Andy wrote an update on their newsletter sharing some news regarding their ministry in Uganda and how it’s been affected by COVID-19. Andy writes,
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The world is facing an enemy right now. This enemy does not care about social status, race, religion, or political affiliation. Everyone is under attack. The largest cities in the United States are getting hit hard right now. We are being told the best way to stay safe and keep others safe is to stay home and avoid contact with anyone outside of our immediate family. Thank God for the people on the front lines of this pandemic; the doctors, nurses, scientists, etc.
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We are living in uncertain times. Very few people remember the last major pandemic like this - the Spanish flu of 1918. There are very few people still alive who have experienced a moment like this in history. We are all facing a massive shift in what we know as normal, from the top world leaders to the most marginalized among us. The way this plays out is different for each of us.
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Dear Church,
Things are changing so rapidly making it incredibly hard to predict where we will be in the coming weeks as a community or even as families, and individuals. It looks like all of us should be making long term plans for a new normal. We want to give you helpful resources to cultivate that new normal, setting new rhythms, and taking advantage of this opportunity.
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Dear Church,
In light of the most recent restrictions on events and large gatherings issued by both our local and state government we will be canceling our Sunday morning gatherings on March 22 + 29 and other organized gatherings for the foreseeable future.
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Church, we are so excited to introduce our new administrative Pastor and Elder Jon Fisher and his family to Refuge. God has so clearly and graciously…
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