As the city and county have issued a stay at home order that will be in effect until at least April 22.  People are looking to local leaders for guidance, assurance, and recommendations right now. In many cases, it has felt like a free-for-all, where every company, group, and event is having to make decisions on their own.  This is a time for the church not to just look public leaders – we will be them.  This is a time for the church to model a wise response to a pandemic that is rooted in faith and not fear, with love and compassion for your community’s most vulnerable members.

 

Worship:   Timothystl.org/live

 

We will continue to not hold “in person” worship, but will live stream our worship on YouTube, you can find it at timothystl.org/live or search “TimothySTL” on YouTube.  We are getting better and better each time.  Thank you for your feedback.

 

The livestream schedule for the next 30 days will be

 

Every Sunday at 8 am

Wednesday, March 25 & April 1 at 5 pm

            

We will celebrate Holy Week, Jesus is still Risen! Alleluia!  The way in which we do it will be different, but this provides us an opportunity to reflect upon the Lord in a new way.  We will partner with churches in our circuit to help us worship.  We will stream those services as well.  

 

The reception of the Lord’s Supper is a great treasure and strengthens our faith.  While we can’t gather together for the sacrament, if you desire to receive it as a family please contact the church office and the pastors will be overjoyed to bring it to you.

 

Bible Class:  Timothystl.org/bibleclass

 

Every Sunday at 9:30 am

 

We will hold a virtual Bible Class on Sunday using the Zoom conferencing platform.  This will be held at 9:30 am. Some of the seminary faculty will be leading these times in God’s Word.  You can find the details at timothystl.org/bibleclass.  There you can find other resources for Bible Study that you can use individually or as a family.

 

Care and Prayer:  Timothystl.org/prayer

 

It is a hard time not being able to come together in a large gathering with our church family.  We also know that supporting Timothy Lutheran Church is important to you.  Our work supporting members and our community will not stop because of this public health challenge.  In fact, new opportunities have begun to open to serve our neighborhood.  We have received generous gifts made from CFNA and the Lutheran Foundation to support our families most impacted by this health crisis.  

 

Generosity:  Timothystl.org/give

 

This is a friendly reminder that Timothy uses PushPay giving services, so you can continue to support our work.  You can find this at timothystl.org/give. Timothy is a strong community of faith. We will weather this together, even if we’re not physically present in worship. We appreciate your generosity, and with it, we are able to do important work. As we alter the way we operate, please consider making a gift via online giving. 

 

Secondly, Thrivent has established a COVID-19 relief fund.  They will match $1 for every $2 you donate through their relief fund and direct to Timothy.  Simply go to this website https://www.livegenerously.com/inspiring-stories/offers/national-volunteer-week.html

1.     Click donate now

2.     Search for "Timothy Lutheran St. Louis"

3.     Click on "make a personal donation"

4.     And then fill in your banking information

 

Thrivent will then send these funds to Timothy.  We will use these funds raised to help directly members of our faith community who have been affected by this pandemic.  This is time sensitive opportunity so if you feel so moved please act quickly.  If the matching donation is met you may still donate directly to Timothy’s fund at timothystl.org/give and select the CORONAVIRUS fund.

 

Finally, continue to pray for each other, for us, for our doctors and nurses, for those who are most impacted at this time.