Weekly Planner for Jan. 11-17

Greetings from St. John’s Church!

We are building a community in Christ that is grounded in historic faith and reverent worship, and is committed to sharing the life-transforming truth of the Gospel.

New Guidelines for In-person Worship from the Diocese of Georgia

Today new guidelines for in-person worship from the Diocese of Georgia go into effect for the coming Sunday, Jan. 17. These are responding to the surge in case numbers in Georgia and Chatham County, the mounting pressure on hospital beds, and the appearance of a new more infectious strain of the virus in the USA. (You can read more about the thinking behind this decision here [click to Diocesan presentation]). Until the seven-day average for case numbers falls below 35/100,000 (it is currently 38.9), indoors in-person worship is suspended. (This applies to daily Morning Prayer, Thursday Evening Prayer, all meetings and events also.) For this coming Sunday, worship will be live-stream only at 11 a.m. (with Sunday School online at 9:30; Sermon at 10:20; Music at 10:40). Daily Morning Prayer Monday through Friday will continue to be livestreamed at 8:15 a.m.

Fr. Dunbar continues to show no symptoms. When he is tested Covid-free, and can come out of isolation, plans for outdoors in-person worship will be announced.

To see the local numbers:

Link to see case counts in your county: https://globalepidemics.org/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression/ You will need to click on the “Counties” box at the left of the screen. Use the roller on your mouse to enlarge the map and move your mouse to hover over Chatham County to see numbers.

Link to see inpatient bed capacity in your region: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/47c1cee4d02542bea35bc3324d6cf5e3

UPCOMING WORSHIP

Daily, Monday to Friday

8:15 a.m. – Morning Prayer (Livestreamed only)

Livestreamed on Facebook and available after 11 a.m. on YouTube.

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Weekly, Thursday

Evening Prayer with Holy Communion (Cancelled)

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Sunday, Jan. 17: Second Sunday after Epiphany

9:30 a.m. – All Ages Sunday School (Online only)

10:20 a.m. – Sermon (Livestreamed only)

Live-streamed on Facebook. Available after 1 p.m. on YouTube .

10:40 a.m. – Choir (Online only)

Available on Facebook and YouTube .

11 a.m. Holy Communion (Livestreamed only)

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Monday, Jan. 18: MLK Day

Church office closed.

Condolences

We extend our condolences to the family of Elizabeth Mercer Hammond, mother to parishioner, George Hammond, who died Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at the age of 102.

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