Verna Cook passed away on October 1, 2020. Visitation will be on Sunday, October 4, 2020, from 2-4 p.m. Her graveside service will be the following day, Monday, October 5, 2020, at 11 a.m. at the Abilene Cemetery.
Virtual Worship and Communion This Sunday
This Sunday (October 4, 2020) is World Communion Sunday. I want to issue a friendly reminder that we are virtual only for worship this Sunday. We will, however, be taking communion. You’re encouraged to check and see if you have bread/crackers and grape juice available. If you don’t, we have prepackaged containers and volunteers to deliver them. Just let me know at john@revcollins.com.
Resist Racism and White Supremacy
On June 8, 2020, the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church issued a “statement on the scourge of racism.” Somehow I missed it then but stumbled across it today. I want to share an excerpt.
“As bishops of the United Methodist Church, we ask every United Methodist to reclaim their baptismal vows to resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves. We ask every United Methodist to name the egregious sin of racism and white supremacy and join together to take a stand against the oppression and injustice that is killing persons of color.”
Racism and white supremacy are sinful. We must resist them in whatever forms they present themselves. The bishops rightly suggest using “our voices, our pens, our feet and our heart[s] for change.”
Link: https://bit.ly/36lPDQO