Posts by Wayne Cook

Posts by Wayne Cook

Holy Week Meditation

Holy Week Meditation and Ritual of Three Anointings from Wayne Cook on Vimeo. With this video, we offer an opportunity for a reflective and meditative worship experience for Holy Week. This experience is offered by permission of the Worship Design Studio ministry of Dr Marsha McFee. I offer it to you. Feel free to pause the video as necessary so that the fullness of the worship experience may be fulfilled in this Holy Week. Holy Week Meditation and Rituals of…

Update July-22-2020

It’s hard to believe that as I write this it has been 19 weeks since we have worshipped together in person in our building. It feels as if it has been longer than that. We’ve had some bumpy starts and stops with ZOOM meetings and gatherings, but we haven’t found the right mix of technology that everyone can adopt. So, I thought that I would provide a quick update on several things that we are doing during this time that…

May 20 Update

Hello McFarland! It’s hard to believe that June is almost here and, as I write this newsletter article, we are still getting used to not worshipping together. I think that it will be a while before we can worship together in person. In the meantime, we are providing videos of our pared down worship service on our Facebook page at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday and on our website (https://mcfarlandumc.org/sermons/) later Sunday afternoon. Video streaming of our worship service will continue…

April 30, 2020 Update

In an effort to provide better communication to those of you who do not participate on FaceBook, here is the latest update on what we know so far. This Sunday will mark the 8th week of online worship as our building continues to remain closed. No matter what Governor Kemp or Governor Lee says, Bishop Taylor on Tuesday evening informed us that we will remain closed until further notice. The Bishop in consultation with the Cabinet (our District Superintendents) is…

Mid-Week Update 3-18-2020

Here is the latest news from McFarland UMC. Highlights: The Free Store is cancelled for this month. We hope to resume in April. Worship services with a live congregation are cancelled for this Sunday, March 22. We will once again broadcast a simple service of Morning Prayer on Facebook and via the website. All activities at the church are cancelled until at least April 1. The church office is operating on normal hours. Monday & Thursday 9-4 and Wednesday 9-12.…

Important Update Re: Coronavirus

Important Information about McFarland’s Response to COVID-19 Out of an abundance of caution and at the request of Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor (which can be read here), all worship services and Sunday activities at McFarland UMC are cancelled for March 15 and 22.  The Wednesday morning book study is cancelled until Wednesday, April 1 and there will be no choir rehearsals until April 1. A decision about the Wednesday evening Simple Supper & Bible Study and modifications to the Free Store…

Website Updates in the New Year

Hello McFarland! Pastor Wayne here. As we wade into the new year there are new challenges for us to consider. Changes to our website because of changes from our content providers is one more thing that we have to deal with. I want to tell you about a couple of things that have changed and how we are adapting to those changes. All of the changes that I am mentioning here appear in the “footer” (the bottom) of every page…
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