Help Create Our Church Family History During the Time of the Pandemic
#uccaustinpandemiclife
#uccaustinpandemiclife
Like you, I know that the coronavirus has transformed life as we know it. Work and schools have been closed and are slowly coming back to life. Many of us are confined to our homes while essential workers have continued to do their jobs every day. The future feels very uncertain. Why write at a time like this? Whether we like it or not, we are living through history. We would like to have a history of our time together during the virus. At some point in the future, church members down the road will ask what it was like during the pandemic. And we want that history to be about you, created by you and your families. I hope you and your family will be willing to share.
So think about something you would like to share. Make it short and informal. It can be an idea or an observation or a conclusion. What about familiar family times or new rituals? New ways of being in touch. Zoom activities. Worshiping from a distance. Your relationship to others. Health fears and government's role. Suffering and pain. Whatever is provided, it only has to be meaningful to you. Share your art, or your children's. Send a photo of something you encountered that moved you or a quote that helped you through the day. And best of all, take your time. Send me one thing or ten things or nothing. I will accept your ideas and products through the end of July. You can send them electronically to clerk@uccaustin.org or mail them to me (address in directory). . What you send can be signed or anonymous. Or you can choose to post to the Church's in-house Facebook page, if you prefer. I hope that what you share, when assembled, will be another way to connect and to celebrate our life together. I promise to share a link to the assemblage.
Carol D. Barrett
Church Historian/Clerk
{Photo by cottonbro}
So think about something you would like to share. Make it short and informal. It can be an idea or an observation or a conclusion. What about familiar family times or new rituals? New ways of being in touch. Zoom activities. Worshiping from a distance. Your relationship to others. Health fears and government's role. Suffering and pain. Whatever is provided, it only has to be meaningful to you. Share your art, or your children's. Send a photo of something you encountered that moved you or a quote that helped you through the day. And best of all, take your time. Send me one thing or ten things or nothing. I will accept your ideas and products through the end of July. You can send them electronically to clerk@uccaustin.org or mail them to me (address in directory). . What you send can be signed or anonymous. Or you can choose to post to the Church's in-house Facebook page, if you prefer. I hope that what you share, when assembled, will be another way to connect and to celebrate our life together. I promise to share a link to the assemblage.
Carol D. Barrett
Church Historian/Clerk
{Photo by cottonbro}