Subject: Another Discussion Group Option!
Another Discussion Group Option!
April 22nd, 2020 at 12:53 pm EDTDear Hot Metal Family, We're officially over a month into social distancing measures, and I know that the rhythm of this time is both becoming normal and tiresome. While we've had some good news that the measures are working and the curve is flatteni ...
Digital Gatherings for this Time
April 17th, 2020 at 2:17 pm EDTDear Hot Metal Family, This week's Gospel story start with the disciples isolated in a locked room, in the aftermath of the trauma of death and fear. If that's not a story for this time, I don't know what is. We too find ourselves isolated and afraid ...
Happy Easter!
April 14th, 2020 at 9:30 am EDTDear Hot Metal Family, Christ is Risen! ...Now what? It was such a joy and privilege to see so many of you on Zoom and to share in the promise of the resurrection, and participate in Holy Communion with this beloved community. Thank you for the oppor ...
Good Friday Zoom Meeting THIS Evening
April 10th, 2020 at 12:34 pm EDTDear Hot Metal Family, Blessed Holy Week! We continue on this journey of hearing and remembering the story of how God turned death into new life. Especially when this time feels so laden with death and despair, we trust that the promise that death an ...
Holy Week at Hot Metal
April 7th, 2020 at 6:13 pm EDTDear Hot Metal Family, We enter another week of the stay-at-home order here in Pennsylvania. Perhaps you feel a strange new rhythm starting to take place. And yet, this week is different than the other weeks, because this week also marks Holy Week-wh ...
A New Month
April 3rd, 2020 at 1:27 pm EDTDear Hot Metal Family, We are officially in a new month, with that whole month looking like it will be defined by social distancing and physical isolation. There is already a lot of grief and uncertainty. I know I have found myself feeling numb to th ...
Entering Week 3 -- Zoom Prayer Meeting TOMORROW!
March 31st, 2020 at 9:00 am EDTDear Hot Metal Family, We now enter into week 3 of physical distancing, with restrictions growing stronger and the timeline growing longer. Perhaps the weariness is weighing on you; I know it's weighing on me. And yet, this is also officially the las ...
HMBFC Channeling the Early Church
March 27th, 2020 at 12:00 pm EDTDear ones of Hot Metal, I don't know about you, but for me this second week of physical distancing was vastly different from the first. I felt myself coming off the high-alert, high-adrenaline rush of last week, when I could throw myself into plannin ...
Zoom Prayer Time Tomorrow Morning
March 24th, 2020 at 11:39 am EDTHi Hot Metal Family, Blessings to you as we enter into the second week of being physically distant from one another, and as even more restrictions are put in place. We continue to pray for those who are working on the frontlines, especially in health ...
Live Worship THIS Sunday!
March 20th, 2020 at 1:13 pm EDTHello Hot Metal Community, Blessings to you as we all have entered into a new paradigm of physical distancing during this COVID-19 pandemic. I say "physical distance" intentionally, because in my experience this week, social relationships are still g ...