Sunday, June 7

Dear people,

Today is Holy Trinity Sunday, and we are celebrating it together with voices and contributions from the African American Community.  Pastor Charles Quann from Bethlehem Baptist Church is giving the message in today’s service, and his Assistant Pastor Monica Chavous Hall participated in our service recording yesterday.  Guest singer Barbara Walker is well-known in the Philadelphia Jazz world and a dear friend of Jim Holton and Cindy Le Blanc. We adjusted the main theme of this service earlier in the week to become a small contribution to the healing and racial healing that our country needs right now and has needed for a long time.  The service will be posted on Facebook by 9:00 a.m. and will also be available via Vimeo link of our website.

I met with a group of wonderful North Wales residents yesterday. They have organized a remembrance ceremony for George Floyd at Weingartner Park today at 12 noon.  I will be an hour-long event with several speakers and a kneeling remembrance coinciding with the time Floyd was under the knee of an officer, pleading for his life. It is still, so many days later, unfathomable. Yet, for the first time it has brought peaceful protests to the suburbs. Similar events are taking place all over the area this weekend. We don’t kid ourselves, these are small steps, small gestures of solidarity, but many small steps can lead us closer to a bigger destination. Can we create a culture in which racism is an afterthought or the rare exception? I am happy that this event is taking place in our home town in North Wales and I happily agreed to speak a few words to those who will be attending. The speaker lists features a number of local residents, including the mayor and council president.

Yesterday, Mr. Bill Kane Sr. passed away peacefully in Hospice Care at Dock Woods. He was almost 90 years old, and today would have been the 68th wedding anniversary of Bill and Evelyn Kane. His wife Evelyn is still alive, but in the fog of dementia.  She may not realize what happened. Our prayers go out to the Kane family, especially to Bill and Laurie, Pam and Bill P.  A service under COVID conditions will take place soon. May Bill Sr. rest in peace!

I hope you also find some way to enjoy this gorgeous day.

Please don’t forget to support your church via envelopes or simple online giving.

Today is the birthday of Cassidy F. Happy birthday, Cassidy!

Be safe and be well,

Pastor Andreas Wagner