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Shirley McMarlin | Tribune-Review
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While everyone is eager to put the coronavirus pandemic in the rearview mirror, there are pieces of the last year that could carry through to what comes next.
We may be more open to masks during flu season in the future. We may better appreciate the value of a sick day or the role a bottle of hand sanitizer can play in staying healthy.
But there are also the ways we can reach out to each other while still staying at a distance.
Pandemic or no pandemic, life can be tough.
“There are always distraught people out there with no one to help them,” said Ron Ingelido, lead pastor of New Stanton Assembly of God. “The community has to know that we’re there in their time of need.”
The church has established a new outreach by placing a prayer box at its Family Life Campus at 1132 Thermo Village Road. A large sign announces it.
People can stop by, fill out a card describing their prayer need and drop it in the box, knowing that church members will attend to it, Ingelido said. There’s a line on the card for a first name, but no other personal information is requested.