Dearest Friends,
Governor Newsom has issued a statewide, mandatory STAY AT HOME order for the state of California.
Essential services will remain open such as:
Gas stations
Pharmacies
Food: Grocery stores, farmers markets, food banks, convenience stores, take-out and delivery restaurants
Banks
Laundromats/laundry services
Essential state and local government functions will also remain open, including law enforcement and offices that provide government programs and services.
What’s closed?
Dine-in restaurants
Bars and nightclubs
Entertainment venues
Gyms and fitness studios
Public events and gatherings
Convention Centers
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced yesterday that the City of Los Angeles will be converting Recreation Centers into Shelters, which will help all of us shelter in place.
We will be providing online worship (no-in person gathering) on Sunday at 10:30 am via Facebook Live, and will provide a link to the service on YouTube on Monday. We will ask for your joys and concerns, so that we can continue to pray with and for one another, even as we remain apart.
Zoom Bible Study will begin Monday evening at 6:30 PM with Psalm 130.
You can join using this link:
Topic: LA First UMC Bible Study
Time: 6:30 PM PST
https://zoom.us/j/627331218pwd=S3ArNlFiUFF3RTIvNWRDNW1KL29wUT09
Please stay connected and ask for help when you need it. You can text “LAFIRSTUMC” to 31996 for immediate updates via text messages. We can make our way through this together.
With hope and prayers,
Mandy
Rev. Mandy Sloan McDow
Senior Minister