Salem United Church of Christ

Hello, I am Pastor Bob Witmyer and I welcome you to Salem UCC. Thank you for visiting our website. We especially enjoy welcoming new friends, and we hope you will visit us soon!

THIS WEEK @ CHURCH

WEEK OF JULY 4 — JULY 10

Sunday
9:15 AM – Sunday School for All Ages Canceled Until Further Notice
Monday
8:30 AM – Quilters & Crafters Canceled Until Further Notice


NEWS & NOTES
Worship in Salem's Parking Lot
	Kathy and I have explored the possibility of doing a drive-up service. We would attempt to use the amplifier system with the portable organ, the one we use for the outdoor worship service, as a way of projecting the sound into the parking lot. We hope that this will allow folks to hear if they have their windows down. We are going to try to see if this works for us. We plan to have our first drive up service on June 21st (Father’s Day) at 9:30 AM in the Salem UCC parking lot. We will also be recording this service, as well, so we can post it for those who cannot come. People will have to remain in their cars with their windows open. Please make sure your offering is in an envelope with the appropriate church marked on it. We will have no way of figuring out loose offering. If it is raining, we will not be able to have the service outside (electrical issues) so we will be asking you to remain at home. If that is the case, then services will then be recorded and posted. If things work out well for this drive up service and folks can hear, we will plan to hold a second drive up service on June 28th at 9:30 AM in the Salem UCC parking lot with the same rules, weather permitting. The next two weeks, Pastor Bob and Kathy are on vacation so both of those services (July 5 and July 12) will be recorded prior to their leaving and posted on YouTube and Facebook. This is being done this way to save money for both congregations, so we do not have to pay for a supply pastor and organist. On Sundays July 19th and July 26th ,we plan to again have drive-up services at 9:30 AM in the Salem UCC parking lot, weather permitting with the possibility of allowing folks to bring lawn chairs to sit outside their cars.