Worship Experience for Sabbath, May 30, 2020

This Sabbath morning the doors of the College Church will once again be open for public worship! Thank God! Plans are now being made to follow all state-mandated social distancing guidelines and to help stop the spread of C-19. 

On that note, until further notice:

• there will be no on-site Sabbath School classes (virtual classes will continue)
• there will be no passing of the offering plates (plates will be near the doors on stands)
• the children will not come forward for the children's story
• there will be singing but not by the congregation (singing projects your breath farther )
• we will only use every other pew in an effort to practice social distancing
• the wearing of masks will be required according to state guidelines (we previously said they were only encouraged; a small supply will be on hand)
• hugs and hand shaking will be discouraged
• most internal doors will remain propped open so that you don't have to touch doorknobs

This is not the new normal, but a temporary normal, and we want all to know that one should attend on the 30th only if you are comfortable doing so. Thank you, and please know that we are here for you!

SNEC Deaf Ministries coordinator Jessica McGowan Smith will be signing in ASL in our worship service. There will be a separate live stream to our Facebook page that will be trained on her for the entire service. Thanks, Jessica! We have also invited the Deaf group to worship with us as often as they can. Here is Jessica's Facebook post with more details. The FB video from last Sabbath now has well over 1000 views!

As more churches open back up, Jessica will need to visit them, so, sadly, at some point the ASL signing will end, unless we can find someone else to do it.

• Pacific Press is temporarily making their children's Sabbath School materials available online for free.
• Gracelink lessons.

Starts at 10:00 AM. Leaders: Alfonso Vega, Carrie Ann Oetman, and Mariyan Montaque.

• Link: Zoom Youth Sabbath School.
• You should be able to just click the link, but if you need to, you can get Zoom for desktop computer, for iPhone/iPad, or for Android.
• Meeting ID: 479-498-204.
• Password: 337.

They'll go live at 9:30 AM to allow you to test your connection and socialize. The class starts at 10:00.

• Link: GoToMeeting Adult Sabbath School Lesson.
• Access Code: 703-055-853

If you don't have GoToMeeting, you'll need to click the link to download it. If that doesn't work, you can download it here. You can also make a regular phone call to (646) 749-3112 (enter access code 703-055-853 on your phone keypad).

Starts at 10:00 AM.

• Link: Zoom Adult Sabbath School Class
• Meeting ID: 308-126-005.

You should be able to just click the link, but if you need to, you can get Zoom for desktop computer, for iPhone/iPad, or for Android.

Starts at 10:00 AM. Many thanks to Eliezer Ortiz and the Leominster Spanish church for letting us use their streaming setup.

• Link: Adult Sabbath School Class.

If for some reason that link doesn't work, it's http://www.eleden.tv/liveghope.

We hold an informal Bible journaling group Sabbath mornings at 10:00 AM. This group shares work that they have been doing in their Bibles and thoughts around texts they’ve read or studied. We interact on happenings during the week, give support to each other, listen to concerns and needs, and pray. We welcome everyone interested in an informal Bible journaling session to join.

• Link: Bible Journaling.
• Meeting ID: 914 9292 2664.
• Password: 002050.

This service starts at 11:10 AM. Again, many thanks to Eliezer Ortiz and Leominster Spanish for use of their live streaming setup.

IMPORTANT:

THE ELEDEN SERVER HAS A PROBLEM TODAY, PLEASE USE FACEBOOK:

• https://www.facebook.com/collegechurchofsda/live_videos/

• Link: Worship Service Live Stream.
• If for some reason that link doesn't work, it's http://www.eleden.tv/liveghope.

We'll have a second live stream where Jessica McGowan Smith will be signing for the deaf.

• Link: Go to our Facebook page and look for an image with a little red Live button.
• You may need to refresh your web browser for it to load.
• In our testing you don't need a Facebook account to see the live stream.