Dear People of St. Bart’s,

Thank you all for your positive responses to our decision to cancel services for the next 2 weeks in addition to your availability to help those in need. So, I write you this evening on those two topics.

First, St. Bart’s will post our Sunday Worship Bulletin (for the Third Sunday in Lent) along with sermon audio tomorrow around our regular worship time of 5pm. Yes, I’ll be preaching into my phone a short homily - it should be fun - and we’ll post it online HERE. We’re doing this so you can have a chance for your family or household to worship together. The home is the “little church,” and the social distancing strategies that the COVID-19 saga has necessitated give us an opportunity to celebrate our weekly worship in this “little church.” Simply follow the liturgy as you would on any normal Sunday, praying the prayers, reading the scriptures, and listen to the short homily at sermon time. Read the prayers for Holy Communion as if you were at church, and one day soon we’ll partake again of Christ’s Body and Blood as one body.

Secondly, many of you have asked what can be done to help the community. Since many schools will have extended spring break, families that rely on school lunches will be at an extreme disadvantage. Lake Pointe Church’s White Rock Campus is collecting non-perishable food items in order to help families like this. You may drop your non-perishable food items at their campus from 2-5 pm tomorrow, Sunday, March 15, 9150 Garland Rd, Dallas, TX 75218.

As always, if you have a prayer or material need, please email contact@stbartsdallas.org or call the Church’s number 214-506-8718 and leave a message. Someone will follow up with you as soon as possible.

God bless you, and I look forward to sharing with you via the magical interweb.

Jay+