ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING - Our UIF Annual Meeting will be Sunday, February 28th at 10:30am via ZOOM. Annual Meeting Packets are available in the office (and on the website). If you would like to pick one up at the church office, please let Jeanne know. We have some volunteers who are willing to deliver if you need. You can participate in the Annual Meeting from your phone or the Internet.

- Sunday at 9:30 virtual worship. Found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/uiflc) OR on YouTube at our UIFLC channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC48ZorvqlmodW7DKTSofJ3A). Worship plans attached for midweek Lenten service 2/24/21 and Sunday 2/28/21. After Sunday’s virtual worship (approximately 10:30am) this week, we’ll have our ANNUAL MEETING.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/314512003?pwd=YklNQnlJN1Z6ckFYb2RVYkhmdEZFdz09

- UIF virtual Sunday school by email/Facebook comes out on Saturdays.

- IN PERSON WORSHIP will restart on Sunday, March 7th at 11am. No RSVP needed. Everyone will be masked, physically distanced, temperature screened on the way in, and names recorded (in case contact tracing is necessary). We will sing a couple songs (a capella or with recorded music) and use most of the same worship plan as the 9:30 livestream service. (The livestream will continue Sundays at 9:30am on Facebook and YouTube.)

MIC STUDENT RACHEL: If you want to hear more about Rachel and Nathi’s journey (our MIC student and her fiancé), they have begun a video blog on YouTube (search “Swazi American Love”), to talk about faith and their journey to marriage. Rachel is back in the U.S. and will be participating soon again at UIF! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRaNnXvrypyyrTbMzyDPX9A

If you want to give your offering to United in Faith online, now is your chance:

https://www.shelbygiving.com/app/giving/uif When you go there for the first time, you will have to create an online giving account.

The church office is open on Wednesdays from 10am-3pm in case you want to drop off or pick up anything from church (fair trade orders, borrowed hymnal, food pantry donation, offering envelopes).

You can reach out to me by email (revctp@unitedinfaith.org) if needed. I continue to keep you in my thoughts and prayers these days as we live as the gathered church in many scattered locations.

Blessings to you all,

Pastor Carla

Looking ahead:

- Annual Meeting via Zoom, Feb 28, 2021 at 10:30AM - Annual Meeting Packet & Zoom instructions as of 2/28/2021.

Added President's Report

LINKS

WHO - https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/uiflc

Martin Luther and His Incredible Response to the Black Plague - https://www.patheos.com/blogs/chorusinthechaos/martin-luther-and-the-black-plague/

Guidelines to Keep in Mind from our State, City, and Denomination

Some Current events: