“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.” (Psalm 133) Dear Evergreen family, Unity. It’s been a long time coming. In March of 2020, Evergreen closed its doors and worshipped online only. In June of 2020, Evergreen launched an outdoor worship service. Finally seeing each other in person was great. This service carried us all the way to November of 2020, when we finally opened our doors again for worship. Since then, we’ve been worshipping outdoors at 9:00 and indoors at 10:00. This has been a blessing, but it has meant that Evergreen has been separated. We haven’t been all together inside for worship in almost two years. December 26th will be our next milestone. This is the date when we will come back together as one church family at one worship service. Inside. 10:00. Please invite a friend to join us as we take this next step! We’ll keep our health safety precautions in place; these are outlined in detail on our website (click here). It’s going to be great to be back together. So, December 19th will be our last Sunday outdoor service. I have been blessed by our outdoor service. It will remain a part of the history of Evergreen. We had a chance to pray out under God’s skies. We had a chance to sing to our neighbors at the Sportsplex. We had Greenhouse under the tent. We had an Easter drama on the lawn. I’ll miss it. We might need it again someday. If pandemic conditions change, we can easily bring it back. For now, it’s time to go back inside. It is “good and pleasant” when we’re all joined together as one. It’s like oil on the head. It’s like dew on the mountainside…just indoors. May God bless us all. Your Fellow Minister in Christ,
Mark