The year in review

January: The UMW is recognized as being an official unit by the Conference; STEMrev returns for another semester; A.A. begins meeting at St. Paul's.

February: Peter Clark and Jessica Oddie share their musical gift; Lenten devotional is introduced; Ash Wednesday service.

March: The world turns upside down with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic; We move online for our worship services; All outside groups stop meeting at the church; Announcement that General Conference 2020 is postponed until next year.

April: Virtual Wednesday coffee/tea begins; Rebecca G. offers a virtual yoga class; Our Zoom worship services begin on Palm Sunday; Virtual Holy Week services; We take a lot of food to EFFA; outdoor projects begin at the parsonage and the church.

May: The reality that is our new virtual community continues this month.

June: Annual Conference goes virtual; We begin to celebrate (virtual) communion; Racism work continues.

July: Virtual confirmation at St. Paul's; The sidewalk leading to Mary Sandoe House is cleared; The parking lot gets repaired; The parsonage is repainted.

August: The sprinkler system is replaced in the church lawn; The parking lot gets repainted; Belinda and Pastor Charles lead a virtual Conference UMW event.

September: Unexpected snow the day after Labor Day causes lots of downed branches; The Ladies Lunch Bunch begins meeting on the church lawn with social distancing and masks; We partner with Brookdale Meridian to host a drive-in breakfast; We take a lot more food to EFFA; Three bears make an appearance in the house next to the church parking lot; Our musicians make a return to virtual worship; We mark six months since we last gathered together; Five participants begin the virtual Pilgrimage to the Land of Love.

October: More Zoom meetings; We continue to participate in the Pilgrimage to the Land of Love.

November: We remembered the saints on All Saints Sunday with the Rev. Dan D. preaching; Virtual Church Conference; Thanksgiving Eve virtual gathering.

December: Our blog records its 1,000th post; We partnered with Brookdale Meridian to host WinterFest @ St. Paul's; We add Flickr to our social media efforts; Virtual Blue Christmas service; Virtual Christmas Eve service; Claudia M. leads the last Sunday of 2020.