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This church is using pre-registration, QR codes to welcome people back to in-person services
It may sound like a concert, but this Maplewood church is taking some extra steps in an effort to keep people safe and healthy Author: Alex Fees (KSDK) Updated: 5:24 PM CDT April 18, 2021
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. Many St. Louis area churches are returning to in-person services.
People are gathering at The Gathering–McCausland in Maplewood once again.
This new normal means church members are pre-registering their attendance and scanning a QR code for church-related information rather than picking up a bulletin on their way out.
Sabra Engelbrecht is The Gathering executive director of ministries.
Hendrix College Offers 2021 Willson Lecture, Gill Preaching Workshop Online
CONWAY, Ark. (January
19, 2021) The Rev. Matt Miofsky will deliver the annual Willson Lecture,
which is free and open to the public each year. This year, for the first time,
the Willson Lecture will be broadcast from the “Hdx Chapel” Facebook page, www.facebook.com/hdxchapel, on Monday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m.
Mi
ofsky is the
founding and lead pastor of The Gathering United Methodist Church, a multi-site
congregation in the Saint Louis area that was recently named the third-fastest
growing United Methodist congregation. Before founding The Gathering in 2006, he
earned a degree in advanced mathematics and played football at Washington
I could actually do for a little less historic times, one pastor said Author: Sara Machi Updated: 10:55 PM CST January 9, 2021
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. Looking forward to the new year, Rev. David Denoon changed the message board at First Congregational Church in Webster Groves on Monday, with the block letters arranged to read: Aren t we all now glad to have 2020 hindsight? God Bless 2021 I could actually do for a little less historic times, Denoon said.
Of course, the first full week of the year didn t let up. A pro-Trump mob broke through security lines and laid siege to the U.S. Capitol, causing elected officials to go into recess while they and nearly everyone else in the building ran for security.