Hi, Friends!
What a week it continues to be! We are praying for all the firefighters who are working tirelessly and in dangerous conditions and for all of you who live nearest the fires. It’s a bummer to miss Drive-In Church again this week, but I pray you will have space to listen to the liturgy and worship from wherever you are on Sunday.
Update on Liturgy for Families with Kids
After monitoring the air quality closely and praying over our decision, we have chosen to postpone our Liturgy for Families until Saturday, October 3rd. We are super bummed that we have to wait a little longer to come together with our families, but we want to make sure we do so under safe and fun conditions. The air quality continues to be the worst in the morning in Pasadena, and we want all of our kids—even our littlest ones with their little lungs—to be able to come and enjoy the worship without a worry. We hope you will join us October 3rd, and in the meantime know that we miss you dearly!
A Question for Bedtime
Recently I was at an online webinar for youth ministry leaders, and one of the speakers shared a story about a question she used to spark discussion with her younger brother. It is a simple question, but after she gently asked it a few weeks in a row without any pressure to answer, he finally opened up and was able to talk about God in important ways. We've used this question in our youth group time, too, and it's one worth asking regularly. The question is this: Where did you see God today?
I encourage you to ask your child that question at bedtime or to pose it to the whole family over a shared meal and see what other questions and reflections it might prompt. And if your child (or you!) didn't feel like God showed up, that's okay—it's a great opportunity to talk about when they wanted to feel God's presence and to think about Jesus’ promise to be with us always. I'm praying we all see God in new ways this week.
Sunday
Kid Video
This Sunday we will be sharing another quick video to encourage you in your faith, and as always, we'll share some extra resources in an email Sunday morning. We pray you get some time to rest and play as a family!
Youth Zoom
We are on for our regular Youth Zoom at 2PM this week. Here is the meeting link that you can use each week to hop on the hangout. We can't wait to hang out with our youth!
Sending you so much love and virtual hugs!
With gratitude for you,
Pastor Lindsay & Pastor Mary