by UUSurprise | April 1, 2020 | From the Minister's Desk | 0 Comments

After cancelling our worship service, religious education classes, and social hour on Sunday, March 15, 2020, I arrived at our church about 9:55 a.m.  I wanted to be there in case some had not gotten word of the cancellation that went out by email on Friday morning.  I was also meeting with John Cline, who very graciously volunteered to come into the church to make an audio recording of me delivering the readings and sermon to an empty sanctuary. When I arrived that Sunday morning, there was no one else there.  I was relieved because that meant that almost everyone had received our emailed notice of the cancellation.  But I was also sad to walk into an empty church.  It did not feel good. ...