Friends,
I want to pass along another update from Crosstown's COVID Response Team (Bob Weides, Sam Buchanan, Deena Fischer, Bill Weller, and myself). We had a special meeting on Tuesday, November 24 and decided that the remaining Sunday worship gatherings at Crosstown in 2020 (including the Nov 29 Vespers) will be livestream only. There will not be an in-person option. As we pondered the counsel of MN leaders amid the dramatic rise of COVID numbers, we decided that this is the wisest course of action. At this time, no decisions have been made about worship gatherings in 2021. Our team will meet again in mid-December.
We encourage you to make the livestream worship gatherings a top priority in your discipleship. I invite you to interact with the "chat" function as a way to engage with one another. Let's be in prayer that the Holy Spirit will bind us together during these gatherings. I also ask that you reach out to one person by email or phone over this Thanksgiving weekend. Let's be people who "lean into" our love and care for one another.
Lastly, I want to pass along the news that my COVID test came back "negative." However, I remain in quarantine, so Pastor Matt Kennedy will speak at Crosstown on Sunday, November 29.
Pastor John Jacobi
