LOGAN — The COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented Logan churches from holding their usual Ash Wednesday services, but Nighbert Memorial United Methodist Church pastor Brad Davis was able to offer
LOGAN â Every Wednesday evening is community meal time at Nighbert Memorial United Methodist Church.
The Wednesday meals are a project of Nighbertâs Outreach Ministry Team, led by Tom and Karen Bradshaw. Nighbert Memorial has been a part of downtown Logan for more than 100 years, and has served the community with this program for more than 10 years.
Due to COVID-19 precautions, the dinners are currently being distributed outside on the church parking lot instead of being served in the church fellowship hall. Meals are served at 4:30 p.m. every Wednesday.
Members of the congregation, led by Janice Stone, prepare the food in Nighbertâs kitchen. The dinner normally includes a main dish, vegetables and a dessert. Recent menus featured meatloaf and vegetable beef soup.
LOGAN â Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, churches around the nation have come up with various ways to worship in a time where social gathering is limited. At the Nighbert Memorial United Methodist Church in Logan, pastor Brad Davis recently held the Eucharist, or Holy Communion, as a drive-thru service for the community.
In full PPE gear, Davis stood at the White Street alley entrance of the historic churchâs fellowship hall on Sunday, Dec. 6.
âOrdinarily, we celebrate Holy Communion on the first Sunday of every month in the sanctuary,â Davis said. âBecause of COVID-19, we are not, as of right now, meeting in person, gathering in person. Itâs extremely, of utmost importance, to provide folks with an opportunity to celebrate communion. . So we decided that we were going to do a drive-thru service where folks could just drive through that alley, receive the bread and the juice, and receive it in their car, get a blessing from me, and then go on their w