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St. John Lutheran Church
901 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, Kentucky 40207 
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MESSAGE FROM THE PASTOR
In-Person & Virtual Worship
Dear Friends in Christ,
After careful consideration of hospitalization rates, death rates and positivity rates in Jefferson County, as well as the number of people at St. John who have been fully vaccinated, Worship Committee and Council have decided that we will begin in person worship for the 11:00 worship service starting April 25. 8:45 worship service will continue online. For the present, we will ask people to register ahead of time by calling or emailing the office. Our limit will be 75 people per Sunday (Including five worship leaders, this is 25% of our building capacity).
We require masks and social distancing of 6 feet from people outside our regular households. We will sing hymns and liturgy with masks. Cantors and worship leaders will have special singing masks, and will stay 20 feet away from congregation members when singing. If the positivity rate or the number of hospitalizations or deaths due to Covid-19 spikes, we will consider returning to online worship only. If they go down, we will consider further measures to open up.
Thank you, everyone, for your patience and your good-hearted endurance. This has been a very hard journey, and it’s not completely over yet. As with any difficult time, we will not be able to return to exactly the way it was before. Some things will be different. But God has always been with us, and will always be. So our witness is the same. Jesus, who loves all people, loves you. Jesus, who shared our death, is alive.
8:45 a.m. Virtual Communion Instructions
After consultation with the Worship Committee, we will be celebrating virtual communion at the 8:45 worship service each Sunday until the end of the Covid-19 restrictions on gathering for worship. Virtual communion is where you obtain your own bread and wine or grape juice to take in your home as part of Holy Communion over which I preside at church.
When I lift the bread and say, “In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread. . .” you lift the bread. When I lift the wine and say, “In the same way also, he took the cup. . .” you lift your cup of wine or grape juice.
When I say, “The body of Christ, given for you,” you take the bread, or give it to each other if you are worshiping with others. When I say “The blood of Christ, shed for you,” you drink the wine or grape juice, or give it to each other.
Please use a small enough amount of bread and wine or grape juice that you can consume the whole of it during the service or immediately after. If you have some left over, you can also leave it or pour it on the ground outside.
It may be a good idea to create a small worship space for yourself in your home. Set out a cross and light a candle, so that you can feel the presence of God and of the rest of the community more clearly. If you do not feel comfortable sharing Holy Communion in this way, you do not have to. Holy Communion is always voluntary. Information on how to attend worship online can be found here on our website. Please let me know if you have questions or thoughts on this practice. Thank you for the privilege of serving you.
God’s Blessing,
Pastor Andy
In-Person & Virtual Worship
Dear Friends in Christ,
After careful consideration of hospitalization rates, death rates and positivity rates in Jefferson County, as well as the number of people at St. John who have been fully vaccinated, Worship Committee and Council have decided that we will begin in person worship for the 11:00 worship service starting April 25. 8:45 worship service will continue online. For the present, we will ask people to register ahead of time by calling or emailing the office. Our limit will be 75 people per Sunday (Including five worship leaders, this is 25% of our building capacity).
We require masks and social distancing of 6 feet from people outside our regular households. We will sing hymns and liturgy with masks. Cantors and worship leaders will have special singing masks, and will stay 20 feet away from congregation members when singing. If the positivity rate or the number of hospitalizations or deaths due to Covid-19 spikes, we will consider returning to online worship only. If they go down, we will consider further measures to open up.
Thank you, everyone, for your patience and your good-hearted endurance. This has been a very hard journey, and it’s not completely over yet. As with any difficult time, we will not be able to return to exactly the way it was before. Some things will be different. But God has always been with us, and will always be. So our witness is the same. Jesus, who loves all people, loves you. Jesus, who shared our death, is alive.
8:45 a.m. Virtual Communion Instructions
After consultation with the Worship Committee, we will be celebrating virtual communion at the 8:45 worship service each Sunday until the end of the Covid-19 restrictions on gathering for worship. Virtual communion is where you obtain your own bread and wine or grape juice to take in your home as part of Holy Communion over which I preside at church.
When I lift the bread and say, “In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread. . .” you lift the bread. When I lift the wine and say, “In the same way also, he took the cup. . .” you lift your cup of wine or grape juice.
When I say, “The body of Christ, given for you,” you take the bread, or give it to each other if you are worshiping with others. When I say “The blood of Christ, shed for you,” you drink the wine or grape juice, or give it to each other.
Please use a small enough amount of bread and wine or grape juice that you can consume the whole of it during the service or immediately after. If you have some left over, you can also leave it or pour it on the ground outside.
It may be a good idea to create a small worship space for yourself in your home. Set out a cross and light a candle, so that you can feel the presence of God and of the rest of the community more clearly. If you do not feel comfortable sharing Holy Communion in this way, you do not have to. Holy Communion is always voluntary. Information on how to attend worship online can be found here on our website. Please let me know if you have questions or thoughts on this practice. Thank you for the privilege of serving you.
God’s Blessing,
Pastor Andy
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