Blessing Ideas for These Times

Ideas from the Board of Laity, OKUMC. Blessing Ideas; BoL Friends,

"Ideas that might be useful, especially those of us that feel like we need to be helping others in a time when that is a real challenge.

Our daily blessing checklist

By Janey Thomas

This is an opportunity to leave your home for a short period of time. This allows you some time to get some sunshine and fresh air. We are not encouraging you to leave your vehicle. Stay safe & stay healthy.

Sunday:

-watch online church with your family.

-play a board game with your family.

Monday:

-go to your local courthouse; pray for your local leaders as well as our state, nation and world leaders.

-leave a friendly note on your neighbors’ front porch.

Tuesday:

-go to your local hospital; pray for the medical teams.

-call someone you see only on Sunday at church. Check on them.

Wednesday:

-go to your local school; pray for administration, staff, faculty and students who are now experiencing distant learning.

-sit outside, be still and listen. What do you hear?

Thursday:

-go to a local nursing home; pray for the staff and the patients, especially as loved ones aren’t able to visit.

-send a card to a loved one.

Friday:

-go to a local restaurant; pray for the owners, management and the workers, especially in these hard times.

-ask yourself: where have you seen God this week?

Saturday:

-drive by your church and pray for your pastor, your staff, the Oklahoma United Methodist Conference Bishop-Jimmy Nunn and our Oklahoma Annual Conference.

-invite someone new to join you tomorrow online to watch your church.

From Maurice Hawthorne

We have been told to wash our hands thoroughly to keep disease spread to a minimum and protect ourselves. It has been recommended to wash with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and to judge the time by singing "Happy Birthday" through once (or more recently - twice).

An alternate suggestion is to sing the Doxology to help time the washing, and it will remind us who really is in charge, AND to praise Him at the same time.

Doxology: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

*You will need to sing it twice to achieve the 40 seconds wash time.

Chuck Stewart