Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church

P. O. Box 961690
Riverdale, Georgia 30296
(770) 997-7117                                          (770) 997-3312

Jeffrey M. Halenza, Pastor

August 19, 2020

Dear Members, Visitors, and Friends of the Congregation,

          This past Sunday, 26 people gathered for a Parking Lot Service of Communion and it was wonderful to see those who were able to be there. Our next Parking Lot Service of Communion will be on Sunday, August 30, at 10:00 AM. I hope you can join us!

          Our plan at this point is to resume in-person worship on September 13. We continue to do Sunday videos and I pray that these will sustain you until we come together once again.

          Below is the prayer I will pray during our Conference Call tonight, August 19, at 7:00 PM. (check Pastor Flanigan’s email for the telephone number or link and the access code). Tonight’s prayer is a combination “talking prayer” (taken from a rather rambling conversation I had with God last week) and a more straightforward prayer for help (which is what the conversation led to). It’s hard for me to explain to anyone why I preach or teach or pray the way I do, so usually I don’t even try. But it might be of help to know that it has to do with seeing, making sense of things, setting something off in the hearer, something set off in me, hope. At any rate, maybe the prayer will help you pray a prayer of your own or even a portion of the prayer itself.

          May God grace us with the will and strength and wisdom not to do stupid but smart and safe,

Pastor Halenza

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