Dear Elim Grace,
This will be my view for the next few weeks, as we all do our part to stop the spread of COVID-19.
I admit there has been tears and sadness as I will miss seeing your faces and hearing your voices. BUT I also rejoice and have hope that will gather again, and that day will be a great day!
Until then we will broadcast our services as follows:
Saturday 5pm –
Elim Grace Church Online Facebook group
twitch.tv/elimgracechurch
Sunday 9am –
Elim Grace Church Online Facebook group
Friends of Oswego Facebook page
twitch.tv/elimgracechurch
In addition, our online schedule will include:
Monday morning – we will release a 12 song worship playlist on Spotify that can help us all stay in worship and prayer together throughout the week
Monday 7pm – Joe Grasso live on our Elim Facebook group
Wednesday 10:30am – live with Pastor Jonathan on our Elim Grace Facebook Group (Q&A – ask anything on your mind and heart regarding Elim Grace, life, faith, family, etc. We can have a conversation.)
Wednesday 6:30pm – live Bible Study with Pastor Bill
Thursday 7pm – live with Pastor Jonathan (Q&A)
Additionally, I will continue to send out my weekly emails. For our kids, Alissa has created an Elim Kids Connected Facebook group that will have lessons and devotionals.
All of this, of course, is subject to changing circumstances. But I am committed to leading you as best as I can during these times (along with Pastor’s Bill and Joe, the Elders, and our entire leadership team). I commit not in my own strength or wisdom but in the grace and love of Jesus, who IS our great Leader and Shepherd.
We are His church, Elim Grace. And although the building is closed, the “church” remains open. Remember, we are citizens of heaven. The Kingdom of our God knows no retreat and has no end. Jesus, even in such a time as this, equips us to remain united in our pursuit of Him, His kingdom, His will, and His purposes. He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us.
One day we will look back, but today we look forward.
Pastor Jonathan