[Magdalen] News

[Suzie Buchanan]

Our church has been contemplating this on a couple of different levels.  A
couple of weeks ago (just after the inauguration and Bishop Budde's sermon)
I was asked to pull the sermon out of the YouTube livestream and also post
it separately, to help make our message more accessible.  The sermon video
by itself is getting a whole lot more views than the livestream ever did.
We have had a few new (and a few returned for the first time since COVID)
people since doing that. We already have a midweek noon Eucharist.  And our
Sunday morning Adult Forum has long been known around town as safe space
and we regularly get people from other churches who come for that, and then
go back to places like First Baptist for worship!

I (with the knowledge of my Senior Warden) have given our hispanic cleaning
crew express instructions to make use of the church building if need be for
sanctuary.  They have a key, and their alarm code, and now they also have
my cell phone number and are to call me immediately if there are any within
the community who feel in danger.  They are to get them to the church and
lock themselves in and call me.  My Senior Warden has my back on this and
is my next phone call to get others en route to the church as well.  Our
building might no longer be considered sanctuary, but we are determined to
make it hard for it to be anything else.

Suzie

On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some people are very anxious about the future of our country. Wondering if
> there are new ways the church can be a safe haven for people. We have added
> a midweek noon Eucharist and discussion group. I have not attended because
> I am doing car pool line!
>
> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>