THREE Worship Options at Faith
Faith Lutheran Church is following recommendations of the CDC and other national, state, and local health authorities, and continuously monitoring the COVID-19 situation.
We are currently offering three worship options. Please read below to determine which option is the best fit for you at this time. We pray that these services are an encouragement to you as we seek to best serve and love our neighbor while maintaining social distance. Each week, please let us know which way you chose to worship with us via the green button on the home page.
SAFE*
- Worship inside at [5:00 pm] on Sunday evenings.
- Before entering the Sanctuary, we thank you for ensuring that neither you nor anyone in your household has COVID-19 or its symptoms, nor have you been in contact with anyone known to have it.
- Before entering the Sanctuary, we thank you for ensuring that neither you nor anyone in your household has COVID-19 or its symptoms, nor have you been in contact with anyone known to have it.
- Download this Sunday’s order of service, or plan to bring your Bible and use the hymnals in the pew.
- Pews will be marked to recognize 6-foot social distancing, but families may sit together.
- Bring and wear your own mask during service or while in the same room as another person, while also maintaining at least a 6-foot distance from anyone not in your own household.
- While we recognize this is an inconvenience, proper social distancing has been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of infection and so we ask you to be diligent for the sake of your neighbors. We thank you for doing your part to protect the most vulnerable in our congregation and community.
- Make use of hand sanitizer.
- Read details concerning safety protocol and procedures before attending service.
* “Safe” does not offer any guarantees, and whatever is truly “safe” in this world is open to interpretation and the individual; so do not take the use of the word “safe” to be a guarantee that you will not come into contact with any virus if you attend any service in the sanctuary. Worship at your own risk.
SAFER
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Worship in the Parking Lot on Sunday mornings. The service begins at [10:30 am] through July 5. Beginning July 12, the service time will move to [9 am].
- Park in the main lot, facing the upper entryway. Please reserve the 2nd/4th rows from the building (spots where you back in) for families with small children and others who need to be dismissed first.
- Remain in your vehicle at all times, with windows up. No access to the building is allowed, so use the bathroom before you come.
- Tune in to 91.7 FM to listen.
- Download this Sunday’s order of service.
- Download the Children’s Bulletin HERE.
- Offerings may be placed in the open mailbox on the way out of the parking lot. Or submit this form to set up automatic withdrawals.
- Greet each other with the peace of the Lord via smiles and waves through closed car windows.
- Communion will continue to be offered every other Sunday.
SAFEST
- Worship online
- Services are posted on Sunday mornings on our Facebook page, or can be accessed directly on our YouTube channel.
- Offerings may be mailed to Faith Lutheran Church at 2200 S. High Street (47401). Or submit this form to set up automatic withdrawals.
- Weekly devotions can also be found online (on Facebook and/or our YouTube channel) – Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
LORD’S SUPPER: alternate Sundays (next date: July 5)
- For reception of the Supper at the [10:30 am] Drive-in Service, pull under the vestibule and lower the driver’s side window.
- If you have hand sanitizer, we invite you to use it prior to and after reception of the Body and Blood.
- The pastors will alternate cars for distribution, providing time to sanitize hands prior to and after serving each car. They will be wearing masks starting with the consecration of the elements and all throughout distribution.
- If you choose simply to depart in peace as you serve the Lord, please exit through the lane outside of the vestibule, as we have done on previous Sundays.
- See the protocol and procedures for the [5 pm] service in the sanctuary HERE.
For pastoral care, please contact Pastor Edwards or Pastor Beck by phone or email. Continue to pray for us, as we pray for you.
Songs of Comfort
To enjoy hymns throughout the week, contact our Cantor to be added to the “Songs of Comfort” email list to receive a curated sacred choral work each day.
Liturgy
We use the Lutheran Service Book (2006) for our worship, and rotate through various settings of the Divine Service and Daily Office. Recordings of the liturgy settings are available here. A list of the upcoming hymns with links to assorted recordings is available as an Excel file or a Google document (for Apple and other devices).
Ensembles
(under normal conditions)
Senior Choir
Open to anyone in high school and older, the Senior Choir sings weekly for the Divine Service, following the communion service schedule. Rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:30 pm in the sanctuary.
Junior Choir
For children in grades three through eight, this choir combines the Kodály Concept with the Royal School of Church Music’s Voice for Life program to continue the musical development begun in Preparatory Choir. Choir members grow spiritually as they develop an understanding of the texts they sing and are instructed in the meaning of the liturgy. The Junior Choir sings approximately twice a month and for special services, sometimes joining the Senior Choir.
Preparatory Choir
For children in kindergarten through second grade, this choir uses the Kodály Concept to develop basic musicianship through singing the hymns of the church and occasional anthems. The Preparatory Choir sings approximately once a month, sometimes joining the Junior Choir.
Christmas Choir
Composed of members of the regular choirs and additional volunteers, this ensemble sings for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. Sectionals and full rehearsals are coordinated on a week-to-week basis during December.
Instrumentalists
Instrumentalists with at least two years experience are encouraged to play in worship. Brass ensembles are often organized for major feast days.
Handbells
Rehearsing on an “as needed” basis, handbells support worship by accompanying the choir or liturgy.
Symphonic Bells of Bloomington (SBB)
Faith Lutheran is proud to host this advanced community handbell ensemble. SBB is committed to promoting the art of English handbell ringing through performance, education, and community outreach. For more information on joining the ensemble or upcoming performances, visit www.symphonicbells.com.
Our Instruments
The Organ: Reuter Organ Company, Opus 2145 (1991), two-manual, nineteen ranks
The Piano: Wurlitzer Baby Grand
The Harpsichord: Zuckerman single manual with walnut case, assembled by and on-loan from member Fred Barsun
Bells: Four-and-a-half octaves of Malmark handbells and three octaves of tone chimes
Our Cantors
Dr. Priscilla Weaver Gabriel (2015-present)
Robert Cruz (2010-2015)
Julie Potts Grindle (1992-1995; 2002-2010)
Elizabeth Waldon (1999-2002)
Chris Loemker (1996-1999)
Wendy Markosky (1995-1996)
Faythe Freese (1986-1988; 1989-1992)
Sharon Follingstad (1986-1988)
Wayne Peterson (1985-1986)
Dr. Milton Martin (1963-1985)
