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A Message from the LPPC Health & Safety Committee

June 16, 2020

********************************************* “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches on your soul – and sings the tunes without

words – and never stops at all.” -Emily Dickenson

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At a Glance (Important phone numbers and resources for New Mexico) Trusted Source Updates

New Public Health Order Amendment, CDC Guidance on ‘Venturing out’ LPPC News and Information

Responsible planning for future in-person LPPC activities A Moment for Reflection

Poem “My Corona” by Sarah May LPPC Contacts

Trusted Source Updates (CDC, NMDOH, FDA, NM Governor)

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Facebook Page: Amendment to Public Health Orders concerning limited reopening for New Mexico breweries, in accordance with required COVID-Safe Practices, among other changes (effective June 15 for indoor service). See the entire June 11 press conference at https://www.facebook.com/GovMLG/videos/295538214914103 or view the slides only at https://www.governor.state.nm.us/june-11th-covid-19-press-conference-graphics/

CDC: June 12, 2020 “Deciding to Go Out: Venturing Out? Be Prepared and Stay Safe” “As communities and businesses are opening, you may be looking for ways to resume some daily activities as safely as possible. While there is no way to ensure zero risk of infection, it

At-A-Glance: Important phone numbers and resources for New Mexico

o Coronavirus hotline: 1-855-600-3453 o For non-health related COVID-19 related questions: 1-833-551-0518 o Senior food hotline: 1-800-432-2080 o List of COVID-19 testing sites: https://cv.nmhealth.org/public-health-screening-and-testing/

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is important to understand potential risks and how to adopt different types of prevention measures to protect yourself and to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.” https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/going-out.html

LPPC News and Information

LPPC is planning for future, responsible in-person activities! The LPPC HSC and Session are working, with guidance from trusted health officials (CDC, NMDOH) and from the Santa Fe Presbytery, to prepare LPPC-specific plans and strategies for slow, deliberate and gradual re-entry into in-person gatherings for worship, celebration and fellowship. Because we are abundantly sensitive to the continued danger from the coronavirus and to the especially vulnerable status of many of our LPPC members, our approach will be conservative and we will continue to rely upon each LPPC member to assess his or her risk in participation as these plans are put into place. Subcommittees, including Chairs and other reps of existing LPPC Committees and Boards, are addressing specific safety and health issues related to each of our normal functions and spaces, and a phased re-activation plan for each topic is being prepared for approval by the Health and Safety Committee and by Session. Your input is welcome and encouraged. Please feel free to contact a subcommittee chair or member, or a member of the Health and Safety Committee, if you would like to make a suggestion. WORSHIP and SACRAMENTS Chris Mink – LEAD, Session, Bill Humphreys -Pastor, Yvonne Brown – Deacon, Elliot Smith – Music, Pat Thorpe - HSC Advisor

ADULT/CHILD EDUCATION Trip Jennings – LEAD, Session, Elizabeth Dickson - HSC Advisor PASTORAL CARE Anne Hays Egan - LEAD, Parish Associate, HSC, Sue Hoff – Deacon, Yvonne Brown – Deacon, Bill Humphreys – Pastor, Jacque Fletcher – Session, HSC ETHICAL & LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS Virginia Watkins – LEAD, Session, Carl Allen – Clerk of Session, Don Collins - HSC Advisor BUILDING & GROUNDS (including Sanitation) Steve Chewning – LEAD, Congregant, Alison Beam – Building Committee Chair, Diane Shepard – Congregant, past Building Chair, Jill Hensley – Session, Grounds Chair, Leland Bowen – Congregant, Anne Hays Egan - HSC Advisor

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OUTSIDE USERS OF CHURCH FACILITIES Matt Lewis – LEAD, Session, Glen Ingram – Congregant, Don Collins - HSC Advisor COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLICITY/RE-CONNECTING Roger Moose – LEAD, Session, Russell Mink – Webmaster, Bunny Bowen – Congregant, Karen Cox - Office Administrator, Don Collins – HSC Advisor FELLOWSHIP Janice Langdale – LEAD, Session, Joann Dennis - Chair, Fellowship, Jacque Fletcher – HSC Advisor MOTHER’S DAY OUT Janice Langdale – LEAD, Session, Debbie Stueber – Teacher, Elizabeth Dickson - HSC Advisor, Bill Humphreys - Pastor, MDO Liaison CASA ROSA Virginia Watkins – LEAD, Session, Claire Harwell – Director Casa Rosa Board, Jacque Fletcher – HSC Advisor PASTOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE Jill Hensley – LEAD, Session, Chair of PNC, Jacque Fletcher - HSC Advisor

What is it that gives YOU power for the journey? Would you share a photo showing a favorite coping strategy? What kindness have you observed? We’d like to include your answers in our next HSC message mailing! Please email your stories, pictures and thoughts to: Jacque Fletcher (jacqueline.fletcher@okstate.edu)

A Moment for Reflection

In this space we share, with each HSC message, an additional ray of hope and lightness. Today’s

poem, by Sally Morgan, comes from the collection “Poems on a pandemic: Coronavirus-

inspired words from Bay Area readers” (https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/poems-on-a-

pandemic-coronavirus-inspired-words-from-bay-area-readers) assembled by Vanessa Hua.

Poem begins on following page.

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‘My Corona’

By Sally Morgan

The coronavirus looks like a dog toy or a child’s Koosh ball with its primary color

and fanciful shape. How can something so whimsical

be so insidious?

It hasn’t infected me, mind you, but it has changed me —

morphed into an odd, complex chimera.

I’ve grown antennae that detect a six foot field around me.

I’ve developed a fly’s eyes to see danger on surfaces.

Like a squirrel, I bury food in nooks and crannies

for a distant time.

I don a carapace to venture out — which I shed like a

snakeskin on return to my door.

I am Lady Macbeth at the sink.

The future keeps receding. Certainty has collapsed.

Sometimes I am like the bear,

lumbering out of hibernation — but mostly, I am like

the ground hog, waiting

still waiting to see her shadow.

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LPPC Contacts

LPPC Pastors

Bill Humphreys, Interim Pastor (wwhumphreys@aol.com, 262-853-4918); Ken Cuthbertson, Parish Associate (scotscotnm@aol.com, 505-256-1162); Anne Hays Egan, Parish Associate (aegan@cybermesa.com, 505-699-7706)

LPPC Health and Safety Committee

Jacque Fletcher, Chair (jacqueline.fletcher@okstate.edu; 505-508-5721); Don Collins (ripleyescapade21@gmail.com; 505-288-5610); Elizabeth Dickson (el_dickson45@hotmail.com; 505-980-6934), Anne Hays Egan (aegan@cybermesa.com; 505-699-7706), Pat Thorpe (placitas@icloud.com; 505-400-9046