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This Church changes lives!
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Worship & more for the
week of 2/7/2021
Livestream links, resources for families and children, "Sacred Ground" conversation series
Worship for Sunday, February 7
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Important Note:
While COVID-19 infection rates in Porter County remain high, in order to keep our staff, volunteers and worshipers safe during this time, we continue to suspend in-person worship until we see that the pandemic is under better control in our area; as always, and for some time to come, our livestream worship remains our primary gathering.
Livestream worship at
9:00am
Our service is here: February 7, 2021 Livestream
Our bulletin is here: February 7, 2021
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For Children and Families
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Printable Worship Activity Pages:
Sunday School
Join Sunday School on Zoom again this week at 10:15! Links to the zoom have been sent to SS families we’ve got email for – if you’d like the link but didn’t receive it, just email pastorerica@clcvalpo.org
For Sunday School this week, it would be helpful if you could help your child trace their hand, and cut it out before we meet.
Here is an idea page for our Stewardship emphasis, “Open Hearts, Faithful Feet”: Stewardship Activities for Families
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Sacred Ground (a program of the Episcopal Church) is a sensitive, prayerful resource that creates space for difficult but respectful and transformative dialogue on race
and racism. It invites participants to walk back through history in order to peel away the layers that brought us to today, reflecting on family histories and stories, as well as important narratives that shape the collective American story. It holds as a guiding star the vision of beloved community – where all people are honored and protected and nurtured as beloved children of God, where we weep at one another’s pain and seek one another’s flourishing.
Sacred Ground:
- Is a ten-session program
- Will meet every other week on Wednesday at 6:00 – 7:30pm beginning on February 10th.
- Provides video and written resources chosen to expand participants’ knowledge and perspective on race and racism
- Will meet via Zoom
- St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Christ Lutheran Church in Valparaiso are partnering on this program.
Dates for Sacred Ground:
- February 10, 24
- March 10, 24
- April 7, 21
- May 5, 19
- June 2, 16, 30
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Open Hearts, Faithful Feet
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Our 2021 Stewardship Emphasis comes from our conviction that “Stewardship is everything we do after we say ‘I believe.'” Last week Hannah shared with us her story of God’s call, surprises along the way, and and continuing to listen, learn and serve.
Listen this week for another story, and check our Activity Suggestions page for ideas how you can give your stewardship "feet," this week.
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While we keep ourselves separate to steward each others' health, we
are including Holy Communion during our livestream on Sundays. Our goal is to experience Communion together, even while apart; immediate, not something available as a recording that someone might use later; organic, not something prepackaged or purchased; safe and accessible, so people don't need to travel/have contact with others to pick things up. Please note: extraordinary times like these require us to depart from our usual practices. We all
eagerly look forward to the time when we can leave these extraordinary measures behind and return to safely gathering in person on Sundays, as is our norm.
Here's what you need to prepare in advance: Before Sunday's service, choose a plate and cup that you will use for Communion in your space. Find some bread (whatever kind works for you; even a cracker can do in a pinch) and, if you have it, grape juice or wine. Note that if you don't have grape juice or wine, that's perfectly OK; our theology teaches that receiving Christ in one element (i.e. just bread or just wine) is more than sufficient! You can leave an empty cup ready as a sign of
that overabundance of blessing. We also recommend having a candle handy, which you can light throughout the Sunday service, if that is safe for you, to help create a worshipful space.
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