Holes4Hope Cancelled this Year due to Covid
Concern for others is behind two recent decisions made by Grace Episcopal Church.
In response to the increasing cases of the Covid virus in Cowley County, Grace Episcopal Church has moved our Sunday worship services outdoors. With the new Delta variant being an extremely contagious airborne pathogen and with those who are fully vaccinated being able to spread the virus to others, we believe the best way we can follow Jesus’ teaching to love our neighbors and ourselves is to wear masks, limit our time together, and practice physical distancing when indoors, and to physically distance and to wear a mask when in close proximity to others when outdoors.
If it is not safe for us to remove our masks and visit during coffee hour after worship, we believe we cannot ethically or lovingly host an event that has people riding side by side on golf carts all day and coming indoors for meals and to cool off. As such, our Vestry, the governing council of the church, voted not to hold the Hole4Hope golf-a-thon fundraiser this year.
We were so looking forward to this year’s event, especially after having to cancel last year because of the pandemic. We have held four Holes4Hope tournaments, 2016 – 2019, and every year was fun and a success, providing fellowship and bringing us closer to the realization of renovating the Annex to be used by community nonprofits, the purpose behind our efforts.
Please know we appreciate you support and willingness to help raise funds to for this ministry, and I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Through prayer and hope, I look forward to another Hole4Hope after the pandemic.
With appreciation,
Shalom,
Mother Kathy
Concern for others is behind two recent decisions made by Grace Episcopal Church.
In response to the increasing cases of the Covid virus in Cowley County, Grace Episcopal Church has moved our Sunday worship services outdoors. With the new Delta variant being an extremely contagious airborne pathogen and with those who are fully vaccinated being able to spread the virus to others, we believe the best way we can follow Jesus’ teaching to love our neighbors and ourselves is to wear masks, limit our time together, and practice physical distancing when indoors, and to physically distance and to wear a mask when in close proximity to others when outdoors.
If it is not safe for us to remove our masks and visit during coffee hour after worship, we believe we cannot ethically or lovingly host an event that has people riding side by side on golf carts all day and coming indoors for meals and to cool off. As such, our Vestry, the governing council of the church, voted not to hold the Hole4Hope golf-a-thon fundraiser this year.
We were so looking forward to this year’s event, especially after having to cancel last year because of the pandemic. We have held four Holes4Hope tournaments, 2016 – 2019, and every year was fun and a success, providing fellowship and bringing us closer to the realization of renovating the Annex to be used by community nonprofits, the purpose behind our efforts.
Please know we appreciate you support and willingness to help raise funds to for this ministry, and I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Through prayer and hope, I look forward to another Hole4Hope after the pandemic.
With appreciation,
Shalom,
Mother Kathy
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