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Message to our Church

Dear Members of St. Paul’s Church,

Earlier today, Bishop Provenzano alerted the clergy of the Diocese of a mandatory video announcement at 1pm. In essence, the Bishop issued a Directive, after having met with Governor Cuomo who strongly encouraged this, and seeing the actual coronavirus exposure numbers, that effective midnight last night, all liturgies, groups meeting in all churches and church run spaces and all outreach programs will be suspended until March 26.  The bishop also advised that, depending on how everything transpires & given the unknown nature of this virus, circumstances may dictate extending this directive to a later date. 
Please take a moment and watch the Bishop’s video about all of this. Other Episcopal Diocese around the country have already been forced to suspend services.  In the NY metro area the vast majority of houses of worship have suspended worship and meetings as well.  The numbers of those exposed have been escalating much more rapidly than expected and for the welfare of us all, we will be sacrificing our communal life for at least the next two weeks. I will be letting you all know what I know as it comes through.  Please keep an eye on your email, the diocesan website and the CDC and other health sites.  

Thank you to Warren and Ed for helping me call all the parishioners and please hold the parish, our people, and myself in your prayers. 
In Christ,

Fr. Shawn+

631-487-7121


https://www.dioceseli.org/media/diocesan-news/coronavirusupdates

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Streaming Services for Sunday

My brothers and sisters in Christ,

Jake asked me if any places would be streaming their services tomorrow. So, I reached out and received a number of responses and this one in particular from the diocesan canon for pastoral care.I would give an extra plug for the National Cathedral as Bishop Curry is a phenomenal preacher.In Christ,Fr. Shawn+WORSHIPING REMOTELY FOR THIS SUNDAY, March 15

Canon Michael Delaney has offered a “Liturgy from Home” for Lent III and IV which can be provided to parishioners. PDF printable copies are available at the following links: –>“Liturgy from Home” for Lent III–>”Liturgy from Home” for Lent IV


I would also recommend sharing links to streaming services that are already planned for tomorrow, Sunday, March 15. The Washington National Cathedral is offering a streamed service, with Presiding Bishop Curry preaching, tomorrow at 11:15 am at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUGZLwnLhUU&feature=youtu.be. 

Trinity Wall Street will also be streaming at 11:15 am tomorrow and Monday through Friday at 12:05: You can find those links here: https://www.trinitywallstreet.org/blogs/message-phil-regarding-trinity-worship-and-events. 

Canon Woodley also just sent out this link to an invitation to Zoom worship services in Spanish and English from Church of the Ascension in Gaithersburg, Maryland:https://mailchi.mp/5d038504cfff/why-should-i-pay-for-mapdash-when-i-can-get-the-same-data-free-hint-you-cant-1603181?e=5cf143d69f