Hallelujah! He is Risen! We will have a special Easter service at 8 am and a worship service at 10 am. We will also have Sunday School classes at 9 am. We would love to have you and your family join us!
Easter Services
Outdoor Worship
We will add a worship experience to our “in Person” worship. We will meet outdoors on the big parking lot side. The service will begin at 8:30 AM. This is an effort to reach people who are not comfortable coming indoors. Those who choose not to wear face coverings will be seated in a different area from those with face coverings. Family groups will sit together and we will practice physical distancing. Everyone is to bring their own chair. We will only have live music at one of the services. We will rotate every other week, with live music outside one week and inside the next. If it is raining or if it has rained over night, the outdoor service will be cancelled. The outdoor service will continue until it is too cold to be comfortable. The indoor service will continue at 10 AM. The format will remain the same, except no live music every other week.
Maundy Thursday
You are invited to worship with us on Maundy Thursday, April 9, 2020. Rev. Howard Germany will share a message this Thursday. Have some form of bread and drink (can use any juice, water, tea, etc). As you listen to the message, share the supper with whoever is with you while knowing that your church family is participating with you as well.
We were hoping to have a Drive-Thru Communion on Maundy Thursday. But, with the Governor’s announcement to “stay home” and the list of appropriate activities, the decision was made by Rev. Howard Germany to cancel the Drive-Thru Communion on Maundy Thursday, April 9. Thank you to those of you who offered to help. It is in our best interest to keep all movement away from the home to trips that are necessary and this service does not fit that criteria.
Holy Week & Easter
You are invited to spend Holy Week with us online. Rev. Howard Germany will be sharing recorded messages with us for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. While we are not able to physically worship together at CABC due to the coronavirus, we can worship together from our homes. Be on the lookout for our pastor’s messages in your email and on our website.
The first Sunday we are allowed to worship together, we will celebrate Easter. We do not know what day that will be on the calendar, but it will be Easter at Carlisle. We will not have a Garden Service or breakfast that morning, but we will celebrate the Resurrection and sing Easter songs!
Worship Service Information
As you know a group of us met on Sunday, March 15. We had 37 in attendance. We intended to meet again on Sunday, March 22, but then the governor and mayor asked for no meetings to exceed 10 people. For that reason, we canceled services until government leaders let us know that we can resume. We will follow the recommendations of our elected officials.
Claire George has done a great job of updating the website with the latest information concerning cancellations and other news. Please check the church website www.cabcva.org for the most recent information. There is also information about closings on the church phone system.
The best way to contact the pastor is by his cell phone (call or text) or by email. He is in the church office occasionally checking on the building, checking the mail and checking messages, plus getting things done that can only be done at the church (like getting this newsletter out). Brenda is coming in to help as well, but not present every day. This will change if the general population is told to shelter in place or stay home.
