Faith Lutheran Church Friday E-News Weekly Glance The church building will be closed for the next 8 weeks. We will update the congregation more as information becomes available.  Because this time extends through Easter there will be NO Easter flower orders this year. Online Worship  Online services will be held on Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. on Faith’s facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/faithlutheranokemos/ If you miss the “live” feed the video will be under the “video” section PDF’s of the worship folder will be emailed on Friday’s. If you don’t receive one please contact Katie. Giving If you have the ability to support the church’s work during this time please do so as you normally would. You can mail your check to Faith Lutheran, 4515 Dobie Road, Okemos MI 48864 or consider signing up for “Simply Giving”, our online offering tool. Contact Jon Harrison for more information on how to sign up.  Our commitments to the greater Okemos community and beyond and more important then ever and we will need your help to meet this challenge.  Weekly offering updates will be located in the back of the worship folder.  Caring Committee News Please contact Katie if you are in need of food or essential items during the next few weeks and are not able to get them. The church community, coordinating with the Caring Committee, will do all we can to meet the needs of our church members. Food/prescriptions/and other essential items can be left on porches for pick up. Please don’t hesitate to reach out. Because the church office will be closed please send an email to Katie and she will pass along the information to those that can help. If you are able to help distribute essentials for those who may need it please let Katie or Pam Williams know. Thank you! Dear Members of Faith, This is a difficult time for many people, but especially for our medical community who is working to try and help with this pandemic. The Caring Committee is going to try and make food to give to the hospitals, starting this weekend with Sparrow Emergency and McLaren floor 4 Chi. The workers do best with things they can come in and grab. We are thinking breads, brownies, cookies, trail mixes, muffins, small sandwiches and we can order pizzas. (So money donations are welcome as well.) We would like to collect the donations/food on Saturday between 3-4 p.m. at Faith (I will be there to get it)  or I can arrange to come to your home and pick them up.  Thanks and we will just see how this goes. If you know a specific hospital or floor you would like to donate to let me know. Pam Williams and Kathy Mace 517-927-7703 Pictures Pastor Ellen would love to have a picture of you or you and your family to use while praying for you. Please email your picture or selfie to Pastor Ellen. or text it to 517-974-5570. Online Resources for your family Jean Lewis, a member of our congregation and Library Media Specialist at Alaiedon Elementary has shared a link with us that families can use to find resources during this time. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/resources-for-families-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic?j=7704934&sfmc_sub=183829741&l=2048712_HTML&u=143543082&mid=6409703&jb=2339&utm_source=covid19_landingpages_jim&utm_medium=email   Parish House If you are able to provide Meijer gift cards, to help the boys in the Parish house with groceries, it would be greatly appreciated. Gift cards can be mailed to the church. Worship 10:00 a.m. (online only) faith@faithlutheranokemos.org Church Building is currently closed, we will share more information as it becomes available.  Please DON’T hesitate to contact Katie with any needs that arise.