High Places will resume in-person meetings this week in the large auditorium on Sunday. Please space out in theater 12, make sure you wear a mask, and let's get our first in-person gathering going for 2021! Until the case count drops below 100 and test positivity drops below 5%, I am going to strongly encourage that we arrive on time and depart promptly when dismissed as opposed to lingering inside.

We're seeing a sharp decline in active cases in our county after the holiday surge. Active cases are about 1/3 of what they were this time last month and positive test rates have fallen below 10% for our seven day average. Approximately 1 in 10 residents have already contracted CoVid-19 and we are approaching 5% of the county vaccinated.

Unfortunately hospitalization numbers have not dropped significantly. They usually lag 3-4 weeks behind a surge. Let's keep our frontline health care workers in prayer.

If all goes well, we will continue to stream live on our website www.highplaceschurch.org/livestream, as well as Facebook.

This week we begin a new four part series on maturing spiritually, starting with the theme "Love Makes us Inventors." Creativity often flows from a place of love as we learn to lean into God's Spirit for provision, protection, and care when our faith deepens. We have music, a skit, and share together God's word for the week.

I hope you'll join us at 10:30 AM on Sunday. High risk individuals are encouraged to tune into the livestream. Parents should encourage children to practice the same prevention methods they are using at school.

In other news, our kids will have a socially distance Valentine Party on Saturday, February 13 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM at the Grove. Please RSVP with Mrs. Kady as soon as you can!

“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”

― Barbara Kingsolver