Hello everyone and Happy Friday!
Check out this weeks announcements and sign up for the church newsletter so we can get more information to you as well. God Bless you all in this week and we pray that God would bless you, keep you, make his face to shine upon you and give you peace!
Join us for worship at 12:10p on Sunday on our YouTube channel. Pastor Chris is back and he will be preaching on marriage and relationships.
Also, after church we will be having fellowship time in in ‘the lobby’ (a zoom chat room) so please come after the service and say hello. Find the Zoom link on the live chat on youtube and our Facebook page.
COVID-19 RELIEF FUND TO HELP CONGREGATION MEMBERS IN NEED
The English Congregations COVID-19 Relief Fund is a temporary fund created to specifically help to meet the needs of individuals and families in the English congregation at the Reformed Church of Newtown who are experiencing significant financial difficulty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to raise funds through donations of our congregation members while reaching out to our congregation to identify those in need. The fund will remain open for donation and distribution from June 14, 2020 through August 14, 2020 and will be managed by the English deacons.
How to donate:
Checks written out to "Reformed Church of Newtown" can be mailed to the church office at 49-20 87th St., Elmhurst, NY 11373. PLEASE include "for COVID-19 Relief fund--ENGLISH" in the memo section -OR- through online giving -- visit www.rcnewtown.org/covid19english
How to request help:
Visit http://www.rcnewtown.org/covid19english and fill out an online request -OR-directly contact any of the English deacons (David Cheng, Beverly Chang, Jerry Chang, Grace Hong or David Ko)
Sign Up: “KEEPING SANE IN AN AGE OF COVID-19’ on Thursday, July 16th, at 7:30p!
Join Pastor Chris as we discuss Biblically grounded ways to keep emotionally and relationally healthy in the midst of all that is going on right now in our lives and world. Please sign up if you are interested (only takes a second) before July 10th right here
INTERESTED IN A MONTHLY BOOK CLUB ABOUT RACISM, JUSTICE, MERCY and THE CHURCH?
One of the best ways that we can respond to cries of systematic racism, and change is to listen well and seek to learn. There are a wealth of books that speak about racism and how Christians can respond, and if you are interested in reading a book together and discussing monthly (via Zoom) with Pastor Chris, please indicate interest here.
RESOURCES ABOUT RACISM AND RACIAL JUSTICE FOR YOU AND THE FAMILY
Thoughts and Scriptures About Racism and Racial Justice:
Read about a Christians response to racism, racial injustice, protests, and calls for change here. Also, a NEW scripture study about what the Bible says about racial injustice here.
Talking to your Kids about Racism:
Here is a good article from Christianity Today about talking to your kids about racism. Also, this New York Times article gives great book recommendations about talking to your kids about racism, including a book by a former youth group student of mine, Carolyn Heisel!
ONLINE TITHING
Please consider tithing online while we are not meeting in person: ihttps://www.rcnewtown.org/donat