GPPC eNews Announcements
April 2, 2020
Until further notice, the church offices are closed. Please do not come to the church building.
If you have a need, email the church administrator at churchadmin at guilfordpark dot org.
Our prayers are with you that you stay safe and healthy.
If you have a need, email the church administrator at churchadmin at guilfordpark dot org.
Our prayers are with you that you stay safe and healthy.
From the Transition Team
Thanks to Fred Beck for the worship devotional last Sunday. We hope everyone was able to share in that. Fred will be providing a worship devotional again this coming Sunday, look for it to arrive via Enews on Sunday morning.
We are working toward an online viewable worship for Easter Sunday, April 12. Details will be coming next week. Creating online worship is a learning process and we appreciate the work of the many people helping to make this happen.
For pastoral care needs, you may contact Rev. Fred Beck or Rev. Kit Schooley directly, or contact the church office via phone or email. Please do not come to the church building.
Transition Team remains hard at work. Our primary effort today is searching for a Transitional Pastor ("Interim Pastor"). We are meeting multiple times per week via video conference and making good progress.
Thank you to all of the members and church staff who have found ways to keep up the work of the church without meeting in person. It is a challenge and requires new ways of doing things. We all look forward to being able to be together again soon.
GPPC Transition Team
Thanks to Fred Beck for the worship devotional last Sunday. We hope everyone was able to share in that. Fred will be providing a worship devotional again this coming Sunday, look for it to arrive via Enews on Sunday morning.
We are working toward an online viewable worship for Easter Sunday, April 12. Details will be coming next week. Creating online worship is a learning process and we appreciate the work of the many people helping to make this happen.
For pastoral care needs, you may contact Rev. Fred Beck or Rev. Kit Schooley directly, or contact the church office via phone or email. Please do not come to the church building.
Transition Team remains hard at work. Our primary effort today is searching for a Transitional Pastor ("Interim Pastor"). We are meeting multiple times per week via video conference and making good progress.
Thank you to all of the members and church staff who have found ways to keep up the work of the church without meeting in person. It is a challenge and requires new ways of doing things. We all look forward to being able to be together again soon.
GPPC Transition Team
Greetings from the Congregational Nurse: Susan Smith
I know many of you have questions and concerns about the COVID-19 virus. I want to share some helpful information and links to websites that can give you guidance and hopefully some useful ideas.
But first I want to tell you that If you are not feeling well and have a fever with a cough you can go to Conehealth.com and click on: Online Assessment for COVID 19. You will be able to take a “self-test” by answering questions. It will instruct you on your next steps based on the answers you provide. It will link you to a “Free COVID 19 E-VISIT with a healthcare provider” or instruct you to call your primary care physician. It will also give you tips for home care if your doctor advises you to stay home.
On this same Cone website, you can find helpful info and links to other websites such as: CDC, NC Dept of Health, Symptoms of COVID 19, How to protect Yourself, What exactly is COVID 19, NC statistics, and more.
I regret that I am unable to come out and visit church members, but I am happy to talk with anyone who has questions, needs assistance in connecting to community resources or would like more information about this virus or any other healthcare concerns you may have. You can email me at susancsmith2011 at gmail dot com or call or text me at 336-209-4123. Please follow the local guidelines, stay home and stay safe. I will be praying for you, the church and our country as we face this virus together.
Also, I know that cleaning supplies and hand sanitizers are hard to find in the stores right now.
If you can find a package of baby wipes and a bottle of rubbing alcohol, you can pour half the bottle of alcohol over the package of wipes and have sanitizing hand wipes for your hands, car, doorknobs, cell phones, keys, etc.
Here is a youtube that will give you DYI directions to make disinfecting wipes from items you may have at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko4YQXggPgo
I know many of you have questions and concerns about the COVID-19 virus. I want to share some helpful information and links to websites that can give you guidance and hopefully some useful ideas.
But first I want to tell you that If you are not feeling well and have a fever with a cough you can go to Conehealth.com and click on: Online Assessment for COVID 19. You will be able to take a “self-test” by answering questions. It will instruct you on your next steps based on the answers you provide. It will link you to a “Free COVID 19 E-VISIT with a healthcare provider” or instruct you to call your primary care physician. It will also give you tips for home care if your doctor advises you to stay home.
On this same Cone website, you can find helpful info and links to other websites such as: CDC, NC Dept of Health, Symptoms of COVID 19, How to protect Yourself, What exactly is COVID 19, NC statistics, and more.
I regret that I am unable to come out and visit church members, but I am happy to talk with anyone who has questions, needs assistance in connecting to community resources or would like more information about this virus or any other healthcare concerns you may have. You can email me at susancsmith2011 at gmail dot com or call or text me at 336-209-4123. Please follow the local guidelines, stay home and stay safe. I will be praying for you, the church and our country as we face this virus together.
Also, I know that cleaning supplies and hand sanitizers are hard to find in the stores right now.
If you can find a package of baby wipes and a bottle of rubbing alcohol, you can pour half the bottle of alcohol over the package of wipes and have sanitizing hand wipes for your hands, car, doorknobs, cell phones, keys, etc.
Here is a youtube that will give you DYI directions to make disinfecting wipes from items you may have at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko4YQXggPgo
Being the Church: An Invitation to Advocacy and Caring in a Time of Crisis
Our poor and hungry neighbors around the world are especially suffering during the Coronavirus crisis. Your Mission and Justice and Peacemaking Committees are joining to offer a Virtual Food Drive and Letter Writing Campaign to run now through May 10th. Please help us support those with increased needs in these times in one or both of the following ways:
Our poor and hungry neighbors around the world are especially suffering during the Coronavirus crisis. Your Mission and Justice and Peacemaking Committees are joining to offer a Virtual Food Drive and Letter Writing Campaign to run now through May 10th. Please help us support those with increased needs in these times in one or both of the following ways:
- Participate in our Virtual Food Drive. Make donations to support those with increasing hunger and food needs in our community through a virtual food drive. We encourage you to donate any amount you can to either/both of these organizations that GPPC supports with an online monetary donation (or by mail, with a check, if preferred - find addresses at websites)
- Participate in our Annual Bread for the World Letter Writing Effort - Online. Share our concern and encourage our nation’s leaders to remember the most vulnerable in this time of crisis. Use either/both of the links that follow to send an email directly to your members of Congress. When you complete the form, Bread will use your information to send your letter straight to your elected representatives. Please add a personal note - see below for ideas.
- Malnutrition weakens peoples’ immune systems.
- Children who are malnourished face long-term health and cognitive consequences.
- Even people and families who do not contract the virus will be impacted by loss of work and wages.
- Individuals detained in immigration facilities and prisons are especially vulnerable because of their close proximity to each other.