MARGARET CHRISTOFFERSEN FUNERAL SERVICE
Cold Spring Church
780 Seashore Road
Cold Spring, NJ 08204 USA
609-884-4065
Melvin Halbruner Funeral Service
You may watch the video on our Facebook page. Audio of the message is above. Thank you for sharing!
At Cold Spring Worship Online, you have found a place to encounter God and people who care about you – just as you are, right where you are, anytime.
We believe that everyone deserves to experience God’s love in relevant and authentic ways, while keeping themselves and the community safe, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our thriving faith community puts God’s love into action to help make greater Cape May a better place. We joyfully love and serve God and our neighbors through the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you for joining us!
Below are resources that can be used before, during, and after our 10:30 AM worship experience. Share them with others, too!
“Wherever two or three are gathered, there I am…” Jesus.
Worship Guide (v3) for March 29, 2020
Notes to Share for March 29, 2020
Children’s Worship Ages 4-7 for March 29, 2020
How are you doing? No one will remain unaffected by this pandemic. Covid-19 presents an unprecedented global health crisis that increasingly threatens lives and our quality of life closer and closer to home. Travel bans. School closures. Fear, uncertainty, and anxiety are among our responses while social distancing is necessarily becoming our default behavior along with thorough hand-washing. Don’t beat yourself up if you feel fear. Listen again to last week’s message and the admonition from 1 John 5:4: Faith overcomes fear as we let God’s word hold us, not fear. We live by faith.
Social distancing is not a modern invention. In the message this week from John 9, we will meet a man who experienced social distancing; from his family, from his neighborhood, from his religious community, too. No one wanted him close. Except Jesus. Let’s not confuse social distancing with spiritual distancing. Remember that Jesus is as close as a friend, offering living water that satisfies our deepest thirst, and connects us to the presence of God, opening our eyes to see!
Plan to join us on Cold Spring Worship Online at 10:30 AM on Sundays. Read the scripture readings, the Lenten devotional, and the digital worship worship guide. We can practice spiritual closeness and social distancing at the same time!
How will you safely practice social distancing but stay spiritually close to others who need you? To others you need?
What has God done for you? With whom will you share that through a phone call or email this week?
Think about a time when Jesus corrected an incomplete understanding and brought healing?
Could this health crisis be an occasion for more radical care, greater compassion, and wider inclusion, or will we miss the opportunity to show the love of God to those most in need of it?
Get connected this week. Pray. Give thanks. Thank you for supporting our mission to energize spirits and transform lives in new ways! Be safe as you live by faith.
Hello Online neighbor!
At Cold Spring Church Online, you have found a place to encounter God and people who care about you – just as you are, right where you are, anytime.
We believe that everyone deserves to experience God’s love in relevant and authentic ways, while keeping themselves and the community safe. Our thriving faith community puts God’s love into action to help make greater Cape May a better place. We joyfully love and serve God and our neighbors through the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.
Below are resources that can be used before, during, and after our 10:30 AM worship experience. “Wherever two or three are gathered, there I am…” Jesus.
Worship Guide for March 22, 2020
Scripture Readings for March 22, 2020
Notes to Share for March 22, 2020
Children’s Worship ages 4-7 for March 22, 2020
Children’s Worship ages 8-12 for March 22, 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus UPDATE: Worship is online as in-person services are cancelled
We have been advised by authorities and the Presbytery of West Jersey to have no gatherings over 10 people and to explore alternative ways to provide spiritual resources online. No matter how far apart we sit in our sanctuary or meeting rooms, bringing people together who come from a variety of places, family size, and exposure risks is not safe or in keeping with being a responsible neighbor. Therefore, the session has cancelled worship services in the Red Brick Church and all events in Price Hall until April 14, 2020 (4 weeks). We will continually reassess our next steps in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly changing conditions.
Serving You During Health Emergency
The pastor and staff are available to serve you during this health emergency. Please visit our Contact page, for email addresses and other information. We are complying with official guidance, health directives, social distancing, and taking reasonable steps to protect our staff in our workplace. Our church office (609-884-4065) and cemetery office (609-884-5130) will remain open, and if no answer, please leave a message and someone will get back to you as quickly as possible.
Join Us Online
Please join us for worship online each Sunday on Facebook Live or via Zoom Webinar. We realize that not everyone can Easily go online and we are looking to offer telephone access, as well. We will provide instructions to join us online for an abbreviated but engaging worship experience. We will include prayer, Scripture readings, musical selections, and a message of hope from Pastor Kevin. You may send your prayer requests to hello@coldspringchurch.com.
We hope you are well. As you are able, stay home, and Express carefor others through email, a phone call, and other ways to be in prayer for each other and our world while we can’t gather in person for worship. We look forward to a time when we again will be able to gather as the people of God in the community when it is deemed safe.
