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Dear Friends,  

We hope you are doing well in this warm weather and enjoying its benefits. The sub-committee on resuming worship met this week. They have decided to gather more information about the COVID-19 infection rate and benchmark best practices from other churches that have returned to worship. For now, we will stay the course with online worship services. The sub-committee will meet again on June 29, 2020, to reevaluate the situation with the information that we gather. We want to see all of you, and we want to do so in the safest way possible. We understand that the wait is stressful for everyone. Stay safe! Stay healthy!

ONLINE WORSHIP TIMES THIS WEEK: We will continue to stream our services on Facebook and our website. The Traditional Worship Service will be aired live on Facebook at 9:30 a.m., and the Praise Worship Service will be broadcasted at 10:45 a.m. Both services can be found on our Facebook video page at www.facebook.com/pg/thepresbyofhamilton/videos or by clicking on our “Sermons” icon on our website at www.thepresby.org.

 **We have some reminders and new information to share with you this week**

4th OF JULY PARADE AT WESTOVER & BERKELEY SQUARE: Are you ready for some more social distancing fun? Do you want to make someone’s day extra special? Join us on Saturday, July 4, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., at the AMC Theater, 1453 Main St., Hamilton, to line up and decorate your car as needed. Bring your car decorations. The parade begins at Westover Retirement Community, 855 Stahlheber Rd., Hamilton, at 10:00 a.m. Next, the parade continues at Berkeley Square Retirement Community at roughly 11:00 a.m. depending on traffic and the number of cars in the parade. Then plan to join us back at the church for social distancing ice cream. If you would like to participate in the car parade, please call the church office, 513-867-5411 or email so that we can plan accordingly. Also, if you plan to return to the church for ice cream, please let us know that as well.  This event will take place rain or shine, and we hope you can join us. WE NEED YOUR RSVPs NOW!

 
ZOOM BIBLE STUDY: Do you feel weighted down with worry? We are excited to announce that we will be launching a Zoom Bible Study on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. This study will be open to men and women and will run for five weeks, concluding on July 22, 2020. We will be using Max Lucado’s study, Anxious for Nothing, Finding Calm in a Chaotic World. Some of you may remember the men doing this study in September 2018. Wow, has the world changed since then! Anxious for Nothing is as relevant today as it was 21 short months ago. Members of The Presbyterian Church staff will be facilitating this study. Please email info@thepresby to let us know if you want to be part of this exciting new option. Registration is required. We will need to email you the Zoom meeting specifics for you to join us.  You may purchase your study guide on Amazon.com. You can download a Kindle version for $6.99 or order a paperback for $8.99. WE NEED YOUR RSVPs NOW!

Please know we are taking all the steps that need to be made to get us back to in-person worship. These plans will get us closer so that we can worship together safely as soon as possible. We miss you tremendously and appreciate your ongoing support to help us tackle this new mission we have been tasked to provide until we can worship together in person.  We lift each of you in our prayer. If you need to speak with someone, please contact the church office, 513-867-5411, and we would be happy to help as best we can. Stay strong in Christ; we are stronger together!

Pastor John & Staff

The Presbyterian Church
23 S Front St.
Hamilton, OH 45011
513-867-5411