{"id":9212,"date":"2021-04-12T11:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9212"},"modified":"2021-04-12T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:18:29","slug":"we-are-all-newcomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9212","title":{"rendered":"We Are All Newcomers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-131-1024x593.png\" alt=\"We Are All Newcomers\" class=\"wp-image-9216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-131-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-131-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-131-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-131-24x14.png 24w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-131.png 1481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After church yesterday, we had a gathering on Zoom of some of the newcomers to Faith to help make some connections. It&#8217;s always been a challenge to help folks make connections with each other &#8211; it&#8217;s especially hard during a pandemic! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we are beginning to see the light of a new day! Many of us are beginning to venture more and more outside and in communion with others thanks to the advances with vaccines and other safety measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One colleague has said that we will begin to gather in person again (Faith will add weekly outdoor in-person worship services on May 2),  but &#8220;When we return, we will all be newcomers!&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is both exciting and a challenge. This is both a time of opportunity and a time of grief. We are looking forward to gathering in person &#8211; but at the same time, some parts of our gathering will be different. We will still need to be socially distant and wear masks. We won&#8217;t be sitting in our customary pews. When coffee hour returns, it will certainly look different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What an opportunity to gain appreciation for church life as a newcomer! If it&#8217;s been a long time since we were newcomers ourselves, it&#8217;s sometimes hard to see church life through a newcomer&#8217;s eyes, but when we return, we will all be newcomers. We will be thrown off a bit; we will see our traditions in a new way; we might not recognize some faces behind masks; we will probably be asked to sign in and we&#8217;ll wonder why; we might not know whether or not we should shake hands or fist bump or elbow knock or none of the above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But&#8230;at some point we will settle ourselves into prayer, the worship service will begin, and we will hear the words, &#8220;The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace. Love. 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