Among other things...

Among other things that have been disrupted, changed or cancelled is church. Back in April they cancelled church all together. I felt so lucky and blessed that we had a prophet council us a year in advance on how to have home church. We didn't miss a beat and it felt fairly normal to be studying and worshiping at home. It really was a special time for many reasons. But the greatest for me was getting to partake of the sacrament in our home. I realized its importance and it became something I looked more forward to every week and that I took more seriously to give me strength for whatever would come our way that week. It was so awesome to see Chad and Carter to use their 

priesthood together to bless and pass the sacrament. 

In June we got the go ahead to meet back together. We met every other week in 2 sessions. The older couples went at 9 and the families and younger people went at 11. I love 11 am church. Its the golden time! By October we were meeting back as a ward and since we are small, only needed 1 session. But an online option was added for those who didn't feel safe. A Youtube link was created and members could watch the service from home. It was no longer called sacrament meeting but a worship meeting. The meeting consisted of a prayer, song, 2 speakers and closed with a song and prayer. Then the online was turned off while we started a sacrament portion and then left. All done within 1 hour. 

It took alot of effort in our old building getting the wifi to work just right to make the broadcast work. But after a few weeks of trial and error, the problem was detected and fixed and now there are no issues. But a scene that looked like this played out every sunday....super distracting but they were all working so hard to make sure it was successful for those staying home. 

It has a been a blessing when any of us have been feeling a little sick we can still join in worshiping with our ward. We all miss primary and I know some day it will come back. But for now we are happy with what we can get and that we can gather with a few. Chad and Carter both have sunday responsibilities so we choose to go to be with them each week while many choose to stay home. We feel blessed with technology and with a caring bishop who does all he can for this ward. We are grateful, but look forward to when this will all be behind us!