Less Is More

Hello!

This morning I saw a friend post that they have engaged in more digital meetings than face-to-face meetings prior to the 'Stay At Home' orders. I think it may be safe to assume that you feel similarly about the number of emails you're receiving from me. I feel it's necessary to warn you that I anticipate the number of emails to increase this coming week. I want to be sure to offer an opportunity to walk through the vast array of theological experiences Holy Week offers.

After Easter, I'm committed to reassessing how many emails I blast to your inbox each week.

I encourage you to click on the video below. Much of my musing's have relocated to the video clip instead of the newsletter. I'd like to think there is more than one piece of information in the video that's important for you to hear, but if you disagree, I invite you before worship tomorrow to find a cross, a bible, and/or a candle to help create your own sacred space in your home. This can be for worship. This space can be for your prayer practices. It may even become a place you maintain throughout the 'Stay At Home' orders or beyond. Regardless, identify pieces of your faith that are tangible and help create a space for you to be vulnerable with God.

In my video I reference the children's ministry this week. Click here for those materials. Remember these resources are like LEGO®, they're for children 0-99 (which includes you).

If you have not watched the video yet, I encourage you to take 8-9 minutes to do so. We are making some shifts, and I am hoping that the video explains why this shifts are being made.

One of the challenges with worship up to this point, the shifts in worship moving forward, and even our newsletters is that the communication is very one directional. I miss being able to catch you in conversation or even hear your feedback in the midst of a sermon message.

Please know that my hope for Louisville UMC in the old normal, in the new normal, and the normal yet to come is that ministry is not a commodity to be consumed but a life practice that nurtures care and relationship with our communities, with each other, and with all of God's creation. Take some time as we journey this Holy Week to consider where God is calling you, and please let me know if I can partner with you on that journey.

Peace,
Rev Elizabeth