From John:
As you know, many people in our community and in our church family have been affected by COVID recently. There are more cases in West right now than we've ever had.

Lisa and I both have it now as well. I tested positive this morning (Fri.) and she will get a test tomorrow but she has the symptoms. That means neither of us can make it to church this Sunday.

The only person on our staff who does not have COVID yet is Robert and he is at home in Amarillo for Thanksgiving. We do have a person who could lead singing on Sunday, but we have no one to play the piano, and we have no praise team, so there would be no accompaniment. Also, we don't have the computer set up with song lyrics so we can't project the words and we are not supposed to use hymnals. Some of our key volunteers are also quarantining including our live-streaming guy and some of our Bible study teachers. 

Since we have less than 48 hours, we just don't have the time and I don't have the energy to figure all this out and solve all the problems before church time. Therefore, I'm sad to announce that all of our services will be canceled this Sunday. That includes online worship. When we had online worship, it took me many hours each week to put it all together, edit it, render it, and upload it, but I simply can't get that done right now. We will spend next week regrouping and will be ready for worship again on Sunday, Dec. 6.

I am sorry that we had to make this difficult decision, but I look forward to seeing you again soon. Until then, PLEASE be careful, and be prayerful!

Love ya,
John
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