There are considerable gaps relative to where we want to be as the M&O budget planned a 14% increase in gifts over last year, and we are 2% behind last year. The Missions budget planned an 8% increase in gifts over last year and we are 6% ahead of last year. To help close the large M&O gap, between now and the end of the year M&O giving would need to be 20% greater each week than it has been recently. Please pray about how you might help. We praise God for your faithful giving through the first seven months of 2020, and want you to know that staff are carefully doing their best to reduce expenses.

In addition, we want you to know that the Emergency Relief Fund and the Deacons Fund balances are both robust. When making your gifts, please remember that all gifts to Missions must be specifically identified as Missions gifts.

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Please pray for the future leaders of the church and for those tasked with identifying them.

If you know a Park Street member who would be a good Elder, or if you are interested in being an Elder, the Nominating Committee would like to hear from you! Send them an email at the link below.

EMAIL THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE

First Congregational Church of Revere is in urgent need of volunteers for their Food Pantry!  

Weekly needs: 

• Mondays, 10:00–11:00 AM, unload truck and stock food inside gym. 
• Tuesdays, 4:00–6:00 PM, bag groceries. 
• Wednesdays, 5:30–8:30 PM, finish bagging perishables; hand out grocery bags to families as per roster; help register any newcomers. Spanish speakers needed. 

Please note that the Rumney Marsh Academy where we are currently located requires volunteers to be at least 16 years old. In a few weeks, we will be moving the pantry back to the church, and children ages 10 and up are welcome to volunteer. Masks are required. Gloves will be provided. 

VOLUNTEER TODAY

Questions? Contact Olu Akapo or Mara Marino.

We are so glad many of you join us on Sunday morning and afternoon for worship from the live stream! For those who notice a lag in the video stream or find that the sound is out of sync with speakers or singers, please refresh your browser.

Join us in welcoming Damian & Grace L. back from Central Asia! Hear about their ministry overseas and about their upcoming ministry role here at Park Street Church. The same registration form will be used for both the 1:00 and 6:00 receptions. Please register only once. Questions? Contact the Missions Office.

REGISTER FOR THE RECEPTION

As you may have heard announced by the Elders on Sunday, we will be opening our doors for an 8:30 AM in-person worship service, beginning SUN, AUG 16. This service will be different from the streamed 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM live-streamed worship services, which will continue in their current format. There will be no singing during the 8:30 AM service. We will observe and follow strict protocols for as long as is needed such as pre-registration, wearing of face masks, and social distancing. More details will be given in the coming weeks!

If statistics in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts worsen in our continuing battle against the coronavirus, we will need to revise this decision. However, at this time we believe these are small steps forward to opening up our meetinghouse and worshiping together in-person.

If you have any trouble registering, please email [email protected] and we will help you.

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The ministerial staff and Board of Elders believe we should celebrate the sacrament of communion—the Lord’s Supper. Plans are being considered for the in-person 8:30 AM worship service on AUG 16, as well as at brief afternoon services in multiple outdoor locations throughout the Boston metro area that same day. These services will be led by a minister and an Elder. You must register to attend. Please mark your calendars, as this will be our first opportunity since the pandemic began to celebrate the Lord’s Supper together!

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On FRI AUG 21, Park Street Church will hold an All-Church Q&A to share the leadership’s vision for the fall. This will be a hybrid event, where congregants will be able to attend both in-person and watch live. Questions will be taken online so that everyone will be able to participate.

More details will be shared in the coming weeks!

MONDAYS, 1:30–2:00 PM. Sign in 10 minutes early just to chat.

God has made us for story—to be part of his and to hear each other’s. One woman shares a time when God was very present to her, also shares a Bible verse that relates, then we have a brief time of silence, then we are placed in random breakout groups, each of which has a leader, and we share from a few presented questions (not pressure to share).  Then we go back to the main room and have a brief closing.  We aim to be vigilant about keeping to 1/2 hour.

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