The Road to Emmaus: In this Sunday's Gospel reading, two disciples - confused and saddened by Jesus' death - are walking the road to Emmaus, when they encounter a stranger in their midst. As they walk and talk together, the stranger enlightens and consoles them. The two disciples then invite the stranger to a meal. In the breaking of the bread, they recognize the stranger as Jesus. How often on the road of life do we fail to recognize God's presence in our midst? Please join us online this Sunday for our Video Worship Service, as Pastor Sal talks about learning to see with new eyes. Plus, there will be music from Peter Black and Stan Greene. Tune in on Sunday at 10 AM via our Facebook page, YouTube channel, or here on our website. Zoom by Phone? Sure! Did you know? Zoom meetings always include a dial-in option. So you can call in to participate in Zoom meetings from a land line if you like! If you don’t see the dial-in option offered, ask the meeting manager. But here is a hint... this Chicago number works well: +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) From there you enter the meeting ID and a passcode if one has been provided. Watch your email for the weekly invite to our Online Friendship Hall meeting at 11 a.m. following the broadcast of Online Church! In addition to the online link, we always offer the dial in option! We hope you can join us! Watch Last Sunday's Service:Thank you to all who tuned in last Sunday for our Video Worship Service. We even had people watching and commenting this week from New Zealand and Ireland! Thank you to our reader, Eric Lejeune, who joined us from his home, and to Peter Black and Elizabeth Estes, who provided music from their homes. If you missed the service, you can watch it here. FTC Warning: This past week, a handful of our church members received a strange email request from an imposter posing as Pastor Sal asking for gift cards for a cancer patient. We alerted the Federal Trade Commission and learned that this scam has been targeting churches in Michigan and across the U.S. for many months now. Imposters pose as religious leaders and reach out to church members to ask for donations in the form of gift cards. Please be aware, that anyone who asks for payment by gift card is always a scammer, according to the the Federal Trade Commission... https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/paying-scammers-gift-cards If you received one of these emails, just use your email program's method of blocking email addresses to block the imposter email address, delete the email, and be aware that Pastor Sal will never email you to ask for gift card donations, ever. And if you have already engaged with these scammers, please follow the advice behind this link to report them: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/media/video-0171-report-gift-cards-used-scam Mask Making, Mask Sharing: It looks as if we will be using masks for a while, and some people are having a hard time sourcing them. Are you making masks? Do you need masks? To match mask makers with people who need them, we have placed a Mask Donation Box in the entryway of the DUCC Retreat House, at the corner of Union and Wall Streets in Douglas. If you are a maker, please place your clean, plastic-wrapped masks in the mask box. If you need a mask or two, please help yourself! We will donate any overflow of masks, to families in Allegan County in need of them. Please be safe, and protect yourself and others by wearing these masks in public. Meanwhile, explore these links to learn how to make sewn and no-sew masks for yourself and your loved ones! https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html?deliveryName=USCDC_2067-DM25135 https://freesewing.org/blog/facemask-frenzy https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/interior-projects/how-to/a28379/sewing-skills-diy/ https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-sew-basic-stitches-221433 Communion #TogetherAtHome Several members of our congregation (Hi, Sue and Larry, Ron and Maya, Laurie, Jack and Julie!) have found their own way to share in communion during our Online Church service. They are bringing their own communion elements to their tables at home (Donut and coffee? Sure! Cracker and Wine, of course! Tea and sourdough? Why not?) when they watch the service, proving we don't have to be under the same roof to celebrate communion together!  Click below to read/download the latest Church Council Minutes and Pastor's Report:
Our Heartfelt Condolences: Our thoughts and prayers are with church member, Jim Hopkins, whose sister, Linda Kirby, passed away last week; with church member, Austin Belschner, whose mother died on April 3; and with church member, Peg Donohue, whose sister, Carol, died last month. Cards of condolence would be so appreciated. See our Church Directory for mailing addresses. If you need a directory, please let us know. Also, the mailing address for church member, Larry Spencer, whose mother died last week, is no longer correct. Please write to welcome (at) douglasucc.org for Larry's new address. Making Offerings Now.. Your Church is working hard to provide for you and your spirit during this pandemic. Without a Sunday collection plate, we are asking church members to consider a new habit of giving to the church: either online or by mail. It's so easy to give online from our website. Just click here. Or please consider mailing a check to: Douglas UCC, 56 Wall Street, PO Box 519, Douglas, MI 49406. We are so very grateful for your continued support of our church, especially during this time. Happy Birthdays & Anniversaries April 26- Kevin Henry, 30- Linda & Matthew McWebb May 1- Floyd Fleming, 2- Dale Lower Birthday and Anniversary cards are a great way we can continue to reach out to one another during this time. If you wish to mail a card to one of our church members, addresses can be found in our Church Directory. If you don't have a directory, please let us know and we will email one to you. Prayer List:Kristen Molitor (Ann Hopkins' daughter), John Willming; Drew Carter; Ferman Sims (father of Duce Sims); Howard McLauchlan (brother-in-law of Dale and Ted); Jeff Cooley (Jo Cooley's brother); Marcia Sullivan (Jo Cooley's friend), Len Lynch (Kathleen Mueller's brother); Curtis Coffin (Marty Coffin's brother). The caregivers and patients at Mary Freebed Hospital and on the U.S.S. Comfort, and in all of our hospitals and care centers during this Covid-19 pandemic. For the leaders and volunteers in every state and city who are stepping up to take care of people every day. All in the military and their families. All who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet. To add/remove a name from the Prayer List, please email julie (at) douglasucc.org Financial Stewardship:April 19 Attendance for Online Service: 731 Online Giving: $4,842.70 Thank you!! Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by clicking ONLINE GIVING. Or you may send checks by mail to: Douglas Congregational United Church of Christ 56 Wall Street, PO Box 519 Douglas, MI 49406  In the Gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday of Easter, the apostles are in isolation and fear following Jesus's death. But, there in the Upper Room, they experience the Presence of the Risen Christ in their midst. This Sunday during our online video church service, Pastor Sal will be giving an inspiring message about how to more fully experience the Divine Presence, sharing personal stories and photos from his recent sabbatical at Spirit Mountain Retreat. Plus, there will be music from Peter Black and Elizabeth Estes. Tune in on Sunday at 10 AM via our Facebook page, YouTube channel, or right here on our church's website. More than 1,000 people watched our Easter service last Sunday. Thank you! Thank you to all who watched and commented. If you missed it, you can watch it here. Thank you to Gregg Smith for recording; to Peter Black and Pamela Chappell for such beautiful music; and to Jim Bailey and Greg Harvath for the lovely Easter installation. Our hearts go out to two of our Douglas UCC church members who are mourning the deaths of loved ones this week. Larry Spencer's mother, Carol Spencer, passed away on Thursday, as did Floyd Fleming's brother, George Fleming. We hold them both in our prayers. A Video Message from our Council Moderator:Watch the video above for a brief message from our Church Council Moderator, Peter Mueller. Zoom "Friendship Hall" Thank you to all who are participating in our online Zoom "Friendship Hall" gatherings each Sunday at 11 AM. Here's some of what was shared at Sunday's session:
On Friday morning, we'll email the link for this Sunday's Zoom session. If you don't receive it by Friday, email us for the meeting link at onlinechurch@douglasucc.org. Easter Paper Caper The Easter Bunny paid a visit to Downtown Douglas, giving away free toilet paper! We heard that our Douglas UCC church members Barb Witt and Louise & Bob Kenny may have lent a helping hand! Thank you! Church Podcast is Back! Listen to our Douglas UCC Church Podcast for all of Pastor Sal's recent messages. You can listen on Google, Apple, Spotify. Even ask Alexa! Thank you to Chris Clark for the updates. Social Clubs Still Meeting, via Zoom Needing more connection with your church friends? Both the Men's Group and True North, the women's group, are continuing to hold Zoom meetings to stay connected during this season. Connect with Max Brown for details on Men's Group meetings, and with Kathleen Mueller for True North meeting details. Electronic Signatures Approved |
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Happy Birthdays and Anniversaries:
April 21- Ron Sieracki, 24- Gregg Kurek
Birthday and Anniversary cards are a great way we can continue to reach out to one another during this time. If you wish to mail a card to one of our church members, addresses can be found in our Church Directory. If you don't have a directory, please let us know and we will email one to you.
Birthday and Anniversary cards are a great way we can continue to reach out to one another during this time. If you wish to mail a card to one of our church members, addresses can be found in our Church Directory. If you don't have a directory, please let us know and we will email one to you.
Also, thank you to all who have been showing concern for our church member, Richard Graham. He has moved into an assisted living facility in Holland. Graham is doing well, but he is missing his church family. His new address is not in the Church Directory, so if you would like to mail a card to Graham, his address is American House Holland, 11911 James St., Holland, MI 49424.
Prayer List
Kristen Molitor (Ann Hopkins' daughter), John Willming; Drew Carter; Linda Kirby (Jim Hopkins' sister); Ferman Sims (father of Duce Sims); Howard McLauchlan (brother-in-law of Dale and Ted); Jeff Cooley (Jo Cooley's brother); Len Lynch (Kathleen Mueller's brother); Curtis Coffin (Marty Coffin's brother).
The caregivers and patients at Mary Freebed Hospital and on the U.S.S. Comfort, and in all of our hospitals and care centers during this Covid-19 pandemic. For the leaders and volunteers in every state and city who are stepping up to take care of people every day.
All in the military and their families. All who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet.
To add/remove a name from the Prayer List, please email julie@douglasucc.org.
The caregivers and patients at Mary Freebed Hospital and on the U.S.S. Comfort, and in all of our hospitals and care centers during this Covid-19 pandemic. For the leaders and volunteers in every state and city who are stepping up to take care of people every day.
All in the military and their families. All who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet.
To add/remove a name from the Prayer List, please email julie@douglasucc.org.
Financial Stewardship:
April 12
Attendance for April 12 Online Service: 1,014
Online Giving: $3,170.05
Thank you!!
Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by clicking ONLINE GIVING.
Or you may send checks by mail to:
Douglas Congregational United Church of Christ
56 Wall Street, PO Box 519
Douglas, MI 49406
Attendance for April 12 Online Service: 1,014
Online Giving: $3,170.05
Thank you!!
Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by clicking ONLINE GIVING.
Or you may send checks by mail to:
Douglas Congregational United Church of Christ
56 Wall Street, PO Box 519
Douglas, MI 49406
Easter Sunday Video Service
Please join us this Sunday at 10 AM on YouTube or Facebook for our Easter Sunday Video Service. Pastor Sal will be giving an inspiring message of hope. Plus, music from Peter Black and Pamela Chappell. The service will also be broadcast on our website: DouglasUCC.org
Wow!! More than 1,000 people viewed our Palm Sunday service on YouTube and Facebook! Thank you to all who watched and commented. If you missed it, you can watch it here.
Watch this 3-minute video from Rev. John Dorhauer, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ. In it, he offers a Holy Week and Easter message of hope for the Easter people of the world, even as we are in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Check Your Email for the Zoom Link for
Easter Sunday Online Friendship Hall
On Friday morning, we send out the links for the online meetup for Sunday, after our online service. If you haven't received your Zoom link via email by Friday (be sure to check your spam folder!), we may not have your current email address! Just write to us for your meeting link at onlinechurch@douglasucc.org.
As most of you know, our church hired Julie Ridl to take care of the church's administrative duties while Pastor Sal was on sabbatical. We can all agree that she did an outstanding job, going "above and beyond" in all she did.
Last week, our Church Council voted to keep Julie on in this position for at least the next 12 weeks, which will bring us to the end of our church's fiscal year. We are so grateful for Julie's excellent technical and social media skills which are keeping us connected during this time.
Last week, our Church Council voted to keep Julie on in this position for at least the next 12 weeks, which will bring us to the end of our church's fiscal year. We are so grateful for Julie's excellent technical and social media skills which are keeping us connected during this time.
Masks in Public Places – What, Why, and How
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a press conference Monday asked residents to wear homemade masks if they have to leave their homes.
We are still urged to continue washing our hands, limit leaving our homes to essential trips and practice social distancing.
The governor’s message follows recent guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and comes with a continued plea to leave N95 and surgical masks for medical professionals already dealing with a shortage of necessary protective equipment.
The CDC now recommends that people should wear nonsurgical cloth face coverings when they go out in public during the pandemic. Wearing some form of covering over your nose and mouth can prevent people who are infected, but not symptomatic, from spreading the virus when they speak, cough or sneeze in public.
Here is the U.S. Surgeon General demonstrating how to make a simple face covering:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPx1yqvJgf4
And here are the CDCs recommendations for wearing and making your own mask:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html
We are still urged to continue washing our hands, limit leaving our homes to essential trips and practice social distancing.
The governor’s message follows recent guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and comes with a continued plea to leave N95 and surgical masks for medical professionals already dealing with a shortage of necessary protective equipment.
The CDC now recommends that people should wear nonsurgical cloth face coverings when they go out in public during the pandemic. Wearing some form of covering over your nose and mouth can prevent people who are infected, but not symptomatic, from spreading the virus when they speak, cough or sneeze in public.
Here is the U.S. Surgeon General demonstrating how to make a simple face covering:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPx1yqvJgf4
And here are the CDCs recommendations for wearing and making your own mask:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html
Fighting Fear Through Our Senses
During last Sunday's Online Friendship Hall meetup, Pastor Sal shared with us this exercise to help us calm our anxieties, offered up by spiritual author and speaker Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love). She shared this advice on Instagram recently... "Dear Ones: To ground yourself in the present moment (and escape the fears and fantasies of the unknown future) try this simple trick..."
Local Volunteering and Giving
Are you looking for a way to reach out, offer help at this time?
Children's First Lakeshore is spearheading the local effort, along with area churches and our schools to keep feeding school children in need twice a day. They need more funds and volunteers, and are gathering both at this website:
https://childrenfirstlakeshore.org/feedingthegap
Allegan County residents are being helped through local volunteers, the United Way, Community Action, and Allegan County Community Foundation. Volunteers and funding are being collected here:
https://www.feedtheneedallegan.com/
And the State of Michigan has identified a number of other worthy efforts to help others in our state at this time. Those efforts can be found here:
https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_98811---,00.html
Children's First Lakeshore is spearheading the local effort, along with area churches and our schools to keep feeding school children in need twice a day. They need more funds and volunteers, and are gathering both at this website:
https://childrenfirstlakeshore.org/feedingthegap
Allegan County residents are being helped through local volunteers, the United Way, Community Action, and Allegan County Community Foundation. Volunteers and funding are being collected here:
https://www.feedtheneedallegan.com/
And the State of Michigan has identified a number of other worthy efforts to help others in our state at this time. Those efforts can be found here:
https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_98811---,00.html
How You Can Help Gather Elliot-Larsen Ammendment Petition Signatures Under Stay Home, Stay Safe Order
For the first time ever, Michigan citizens – including business, philanthropy, and leaders from both sides of the political aisle – joined LGBTQ advocacy groups to proclaim: Every Michigander should have an equal chance to succeed. This legislative strategy, known as Fair and Equal Michigan, will add LGBTQ protections to the state’s current civil rights law. The initiative seeks to introduce a citizens’ bill in the Legislature after advocates collect 340,047 signatures. The Legislature will have 40 days to adopt (and the law prevents tinkering!) or they can send the question to voters on the November 2020 ballot where 77% of voters support the measure. This history-making citizens’ initiative has the opportunity to increase the state’s talent attraction and grow Michigan’s economy.
But the Covid-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe order is slowing down the effort to gather signatures for this non-partisan ballot initiative. The petition organizers have shifted to "distance organizing," and they are looking for volunteers to call Michiganders and send petitions requested over the phone. At this writing, the May 26th deadline looms closer, and the committee has 200,000 signatures left to collect.
Will you phone bank from home so Fair and Equal Michigan can send petitions across the state? If this sounds like something you can do, call Alex Cross, Volunteer Director for Fair and Equal Michigan at 203.841.9458 to become involved in their phone program. Or register to volunteer today at this address: https://secure.everyaction.com/IouJeXXEgUG0YjBUTbsoNQ2
But the Covid-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe order is slowing down the effort to gather signatures for this non-partisan ballot initiative. The petition organizers have shifted to "distance organizing," and they are looking for volunteers to call Michiganders and send petitions requested over the phone. At this writing, the May 26th deadline looms closer, and the committee has 200,000 signatures left to collect.
Will you phone bank from home so Fair and Equal Michigan can send petitions across the state? If this sounds like something you can do, call Alex Cross, Volunteer Director for Fair and Equal Michigan at 203.841.9458 to become involved in their phone program. Or register to volunteer today at this address: https://secure.everyaction.com/IouJeXXEgUG0YjBUTbsoNQ2
A New Way of Giving
Maybe you've been giving to your favorite churches online for years, but did you know there is an app for that? Yes, the same company we use to process church donations from our website has a phone app, GivePlus. Using it on your phone is so easy:
- Download the App by following one of the links below from your phone.
- Find Douglas UCC, or any other nearby church using this system, in the app.
- If you have already used the website form, just sign in using your username and password.
- Or you will be prompted to set up an account.
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Happy Birthdays and Anniversaries
April 12- Ben Greene, Stan Greene, 13- Bill Klatt, 16- Jerry Coates, 18- Dennis Barnum
Birthday and Anniversary cards are a great way we can continue to reach out to one another during this time. If you wish to mail a card to one of our church members, addresses can be found in our Church Directory. If you don't have a directory, please let us know and we will email one to you.
Birthday and Anniversary cards are a great way we can continue to reach out to one another during this time. If you wish to mail a card to one of our church members, addresses can be found in our Church Directory. If you don't have a directory, please let us know and we will email one to you.
Prayer List – For Wholeness, Peace
The family of David Wellinski, Grandma Lois (Rachel Overweg's paternal grandmother), Astrid Schneider, Michelle Born-Fischer, Karen Cook, Wendy Billman, Howard McLauchlan, Audra and Ben Mueller, Marcia Sullivan, Jeff Cooley, Len Lynch, Curtis Coffin, Drew Carter, Bertha Fonseka, Garth & Myra (Mary Nyhof’s Parents).
The caregivers and patients at Mary Freebed Hospital and on the U.S.S. Comfort, and in all of our hospitals and care centers during this Covid-19 pandemic.
For the leaders and volunteers in every state and city who are stepping up to take care of people every day.
All in the military and their families. All who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet.
To add/remove a name from the Prayer List, please email julie@douglasucc.org.
The caregivers and patients at Mary Freebed Hospital and on the U.S.S. Comfort, and in all of our hospitals and care centers during this Covid-19 pandemic.
For the leaders and volunteers in every state and city who are stepping up to take care of people every day.
All in the military and their families. All who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet.
To add/remove a name from the Prayer List, please email julie@douglasucc.org.
Financial Stewardship
April 5
Attendance for April 5 Online Service: 1,110
Online Giving: $1,540
Thank you!!
Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by clicking ONLINE GIVING.
Or you may send checks by mail to:
Douglas Congregational United Church of Christ
56 Wall Street, PO Box 519
Douglas, MI 49406
Palm Sunday Video Service
We hope you'll tune in to our Palm Sunday video service, which will be broadcast here on our church's website and on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. Pastor Sal will be giving an inspiring message for the beginning of Holy Week, and there will be music from Peter Black and Nancy Plantinga. You can watch the broadcast on Sunday starting at 10 AM.
Wow! More than 100 people joined our Zoom Virtual "Friendship Hall" Gathering last Sunday. Thank you. Please join us this Sunday at 11 AM for another virtual gathering.
IMPORTANT CHANGE!!!
Zoom has been having some trouble with "Zoom bombing" (like photo bombing, but ruder), so we will not be displaying the Zoom link on social media, but sending it to your email inbox. If you haven't received your Zoom link via email by Friday (be sure to check your spam folder!), we may not have your current email address! Just write to us at onlinechurch@douglasucc.org, identify yourself and request the meeting I.D. And please do not share these meeting IDs on social media or in any way other than email or text with people you know.
IMPORTANT CHANGE!!!
Zoom has been having some trouble with "Zoom bombing" (like photo bombing, but ruder), so we will not be displaying the Zoom link on social media, but sending it to your email inbox. If you haven't received your Zoom link via email by Friday (be sure to check your spam folder!), we may not have your current email address! Just write to us at onlinechurch@douglasucc.org, identify yourself and request the meeting I.D. And please do not share these meeting IDs on social media or in any way other than email or text with people you know.
Welcome Home, Sal and Gregg!!
Our Douglas UCC family welcomed Pastor Sal home from sabbatical with this video surprise!
Thank you to all who participated, to Kathleen Mueller for the idea, and to Chris Clark for putting it all together. Sal and Gregg were very touched. There may have been tears!
Thank you to all who participated, to Kathleen Mueller for the idea, and to Chris Clark for putting it all together. Sal and Gregg were very touched. There may have been tears!
Our very own Pastor Sal will be a guest this Saturday on the "Morning Grind" Radio Show. He will be talking about coping spiritually with the coronavirus and finding balance during this time of great uncertainty. Tune in to 92.7 FM, "The Van," at 7 AM.
Our Last Sabbatical Homily:
Greg Sherman, "Into the Unknown"
Last Sunday was our final Sabbatical speaker. Watch as Dr. Greg Sherman of our Pastoral Relations Committee gives a powerful message for the 5th Sunday of Lent. Greg is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Grand Rapids. Previously, he was the Director of Clinical Services at a faith-based outpatient mental health clinic in Grand Rapids. His work involves helping people sort through the obstacles and conflicts they encounter in their emotional and spiritual journeys. He and his wife, Kristine, became members of Douglas UCC in 2014.
Pastor Sal Shares his Centering Prayer Practice
Now is the perfect time to either start or deepen a daily meditation practice. Watch as Pastor Sal shares his "Centering Prayer" practice with us from his meditation room at home.
Elizabeth Estes and Peter Black
Give Us "Blessings"
Elizabeth Estes and Peter Black have found another way to collaborate while Staying Home and Saving Lives. Watch as Elizabeth (singing to us with Peter Black's piano track playing on her speakers) performs the beautiful song, "Blessings," from her home in Saugatuck.
Supporting Restaurants While Supporting
Our First Responders
What started out as a quick project has turned into a movement. Church and Saugatuck City Council member, Garnet Lewis, in her concern for the stability of area restaurants during the Covid-19 season, asked for donations to purchase restaurant gift cards to give out to support our first responders -- police, fire, medical responders and essential employees in our government and public health offices. With more than $9,870 in donations so far, and half of the cards in the hands of gift recipients, Garnet is working on round two, buying more from restaurants who are in turn making the lives of these hard-working responders just a bit better. "It's just raising everyone's morale to see these towns and these people look out for one another in this way," says Garn, who conveys thanks from restaurant owners and first responders in this video.
If you'd like to give to this ongoing effort, you can send funds by Venmo (@Leigh-Lewis-9), or PayPal (PayPal.Me/GarnetLewis). Links will remain open and help will continue through the pandemic. For efforts to feed poor and elderly people, see the Feed the Need article, below.
If you'd like to give to this ongoing effort, you can send funds by Venmo (@Leigh-Lewis-9), or PayPal (PayPal.Me/GarnetLewis). Links will remain open and help will continue through the pandemic. For efforts to feed poor and elderly people, see the Feed the Need article, below.
Artists Lifting Your Spirits
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Three members of our Douglas UCC family are sharing their art online during the Covid-19 crisis. Nancy Plantinga and Dan Pierce have created YouTube channels to share their music with us during this time. And Jack Ridl is live-streaming his Thursday Poems at 9am on Facebook. We are grateful to them all for uplifting our spirits with their gifts and talents.
How to find help. How to offer help.
Feedtheneedallegan.com is our local resource for finding and offering help during the Covid 19 pandemic. If you need help, dial 211, or go to this website. If you can offer time and expertise to help in this crisis, go to this site to learn all the kinds of help and donations needed right now by various local agencies. Of course if you need urgent medical help, always dial 911.
Help us help you.
Your Church is working hard to provide for you and your spirit during this pandemic.
Without a Sunday collection plate, we are asking church members to please think about
a new habit of giving to the church: either online or by mail.
It's so easy to give online from our website. Just click here.
Or please consider mailing a check to:
Douglas UCC, 56 Wall Street, PO Box 519, Douglas, MI 49406.
We are so very grateful for your continued support of our church, especially during this time.
Without a Sunday collection plate, we are asking church members to please think about
a new habit of giving to the church: either online or by mail.
It's so easy to give online from our website. Just click here.
Or please consider mailing a check to:
Douglas UCC, 56 Wall Street, PO Box 519, Douglas, MI 49406.
We are so very grateful for your continued support of our church, especially during this time.
Happy Birthdays and Anniversaries
March 29- Julie Myers, 30- Ann Hopkins, Rachel Overweg, 31- Pamela Chappell,
April 1- Nancy Plantinga, 3- Karen Prins, 4- Bill Klatt & Jim McHugh,
8- Jim McHugh, Dan Dow, 10- Jack Ridl
April 1- Nancy Plantinga, 3- Karen Prins, 4- Bill Klatt & Jim McHugh,
8- Jim McHugh, Dan Dow, 10- Jack Ridl
Prayer List – For Wholeness, Peace
Wendy Billman, Howard McLauchlan, Audra and Ben Mueller, Marcia Sullivan, Jeff Cooley, Len Lynch, Curtis Coffin, Drew Carter, Bertha Fonseka, Garth & Myra (Mary Nyhof’s Parents).
All in the military and their families. All who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet.
To add/remove a name from the Prayer List, please email julie@douglasucc.org.
All in the military and their families. All who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet.
To add/remove a name from the Prayer List, please email julie@douglasucc.org.
Financial Stewardship
Financial Stewardship Report, March 29
Collections by mail: $695
Online Giving: $1,230
Total: $1,925
Thank you!!
Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by clicking ONLINE GIVING.
Or you may send checks by mail to:
Douglas Congregational United Church of Christ
56 Wall Street, PO Box 519
Douglas, MI 49406
Collections by mail: $695
Online Giving: $1,230
Total: $1,925
Thank you!!
Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by clicking ONLINE GIVING.
Or you may send checks by mail to:
Douglas Congregational United Church of Christ
56 Wall Street, PO Box 519
Douglas, MI 49406
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