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OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH // NUESTRO AMPARO Y FORTALEZA
A Lenten Devotion for Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Day 13 of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Stay-At-Home Order for the State of California (Por favor, vean la versión en español a continuación.) READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,…
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Pastoral Letter Responding to Governor Newsom’s Stay-At-Home Order // Carta Pastoral Respondiendo al Orden de Quedarse-en-Casa del Gobernador Newsom
March 19, 2020 Dear family of God at Echo Park United Methodist Church: Blessings in the name of Jesus Christ. Governor Gavin Newsom has just issued a stay-at-home order for the entire state of California in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A short time later, Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a similar order for the City…
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Bishop’s Update on Public Health
Bishop Grant Hagiya Resident Bishop of the Los Angeles Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church March 16, 2020 We find ourselves in daily changing circumstances, and we want to thank all of our California-Pacific Conference clergy, laity and churches for remaining faithful, even as the ground shifts beneath us. Ironically, even as we are…