Dear Church Family,
We are living in unprecedented times! Many of us have lived through wars, rumors of wars, terrorist
attacks, and natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes, but this is our first pandemic.
The latest recommendation from our leaders as to how to combat the Corona Virus has been to limit
any meeting to no more than 10 people for the next several weeks. This includes church gatherings.
This is not what anyone wants to hear, but it is what we have been asked to do to, and hopefully it will
slow down and eventually stop the spread of this virus. Because of this, we will not be having any
regular services at First Newark until further notice.
I want to make something very clear ‐ we are not doing this out of fear! My desire is for us to be both
respectful and responsible. Respectful in that that our governing authorities have asked ‐ not mandated – us to limit our meetings to help stop the spread of the virus, and responsible in that we want to protect the physical well‐being of our members. Even though we are people of faith, we can and should exercise caution in any and all situations. We will be doing Facebook Live messages on Sunday mornings at 10:30. I know that not all look at Facebook, and this is not ideal by any means, but for now I believe it is what is both best and right. I will miss meeting with my church family, but I thank God that we have the capability to be able to put our services online.
Please pray for all those who are affected by this virus. Many are suffering physically and many are
hurting financially because of the loss of work.
I love my FNBC family, and I look forward to when we can meet again!
We are living in unprecedented times! Many of us have lived through wars, rumors of wars, terrorist
attacks, and natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes, but this is our first pandemic.
The latest recommendation from our leaders as to how to combat the Corona Virus has been to limit
any meeting to no more than 10 people for the next several weeks. This includes church gatherings.
This is not what anyone wants to hear, but it is what we have been asked to do to, and hopefully it will
slow down and eventually stop the spread of this virus. Because of this, we will not be having any
regular services at First Newark until further notice.
I want to make something very clear ‐ we are not doing this out of fear! My desire is for us to be both
respectful and responsible. Respectful in that that our governing authorities have asked ‐ not mandated – us to limit our meetings to help stop the spread of the virus, and responsible in that we want to protect the physical well‐being of our members. Even though we are people of faith, we can and should exercise caution in any and all situations. We will be doing Facebook Live messages on Sunday mornings at 10:30. I know that not all look at Facebook, and this is not ideal by any means, but for now I believe it is what is both best and right. I will miss meeting with my church family, but I thank God that we have the capability to be able to put our services online.
Please pray for all those who are affected by this virus. Many are suffering physically and many are
hurting financially because of the loss of work.
I love my FNBC family, and I look forward to when we can meet again!
- Pastor Steve Brooks
