A Word from Laura: Saved Together
What’s saving your life these days, other than a mask? This week, I’m counting morning walks, afternoon coffee breaks, training for the Calvary Women’s 5K (who’s with me?), turning off the presidential debate, and holy communion. (No, I haven’t been celebrating communion by myself, although it may feel like that this Sunday.)
In case you’ve never connected communion with saving your life, don’t worry. God saves our lives regardless of whether we share the sacrament. But this week, as we prepare for World Communion Sunday, I invite you to consider how the Lord’s Supper reminds us that we as a world are held together by a God larger than any crisis. As we eat and drink in remembrance of Christ, celebrate that even if you are alone in your space, you are connected with all who share the meal. And because this meal is shared by Christians everywhere, that means 2.4 billion people, give or take a few million.
Reclaim Our Vote: Phonebanking
Western Presbyterian Church volunteers, thirty-five strong, completed over 2000 postcards for the ROV postcard campaign! Now ROV is turning its focus to phonebanking.
Phonebanking is one of the most effective ways to reach voters. Anywhere between 60 to 80 percent of persons contacted will vote. Phonebanking outreach is targeted in seven states: SC, GA, AL, FL, MS, TX, and AZ. Voters of color are called and assisted with voting via Early Voting, Absentee Voting, Voting by Mail, and locating Drop Boxes and Polling locations.