Okay, folks…we are in our last weekend in our current Spiritual Home…wow! There are a bunch of notes here that I think we’ll all need for our first weeks of celebrating Mass in the Hall. I’ll ask you to send these to everyone who might not have been at Mass to get the bulletin.
So, let’s start with parking: We would like to leave the lower parking lot next to our Hall for those people who have trouble walking. For the rest of us, please use the school building across the road (Perry Center). There’s a lot of parking there and I’d like all those who don’t need help walking to park there.
Second, we’ll look at walking in to the Hall. Once you walk in the main entrance of the hall, you’ll turn a pretty immediate left into the small hall. The Blessed Sacrament will be there, as well as the baptismal waters. Please genuflect to the tabernacle, bless yourself with the holy water and then enter the main hall through the small one.
We have set aside the area to the priests left as the handicap or special needs seating area. The first few rows there in particular are for those who may need a bit of assistance or need to have communion brought to them at Mass.
Once we hit the part of the Mass where we traditionally kneel, that is going to prove exceptionally difficult for many, so I invite us to stand at that time. If age or injury makes it too hard to stand that long, please know that Jesus understands and have a seat. A couple other notes: the rosary and prayer groups that have normally been held in the church (nave) will continue at their usual schedule in the chapel (small hall).
And finally, please, please be patient. This is going to be a time where we have to adjust our reality and our expectations. Let’s embrace the chaos joyfully and in a spirit of blessed expectation for our new Church!
Finally, you’ll notice that the hall is amazingly transformed. The ceiling tiles, new lights and new sound system are a result of the hard work and sacrifice of a good amount of volunteers and I cannot thank those wonderful people enough. I’m so grateful…bless you all.
We have so many beautiful things going on right now. I simply can’t thank God enough for all of you: let’s do this together with great joy!
Your priest,
Fjk
