Greetings all!
I pray this email finds you all doing well! I am forwarding you a message from Bishop Fairley. He is urging and requesting us to CANCEL services for the next 2 weeks (March 15 and 22). It is a difficult decision and I appreciate his willingness to put the most vulnerable of us above the rest. We WILL CANCEL services (both morning and POPs) for the next 2 weeks at Petrie. Hopefully we will be back together, in person, on March 29. Please continue to join with me in prayer around those who have been and likely will be infected with COVID-19. Pray that in this season of Lent we may hold fast to the grace and love of Christ that dwells in us richly.
I plan to facebook livestream a homily (short sermon to the great rejoicing of all…haha) the next couple of weeks. I will certainly plan to be in the office during the next couple of weeks and would be more than happy to pray with and/or speak with anyone who simply misses our time together.
This cancellation will also include PM@PM events as well, however, we will likely figure out a way to help feed some of our children and youth who attend regularly (plans on this will be pending).
Thank you all for your understanding and prayer around this.
God bless!

Matt Seel, Pastor of Petrie Memorial UMC

The Back to School Bash, sponsored by the Laity and Ministers Alliance of Todd County, will be held July 21 in the Fellowship Hall of Petrie Memorial United Methodist Church.  There will be an ice cream social following the event.  Everyone is invited to attend.  The purpose of the event is to provide backpacks, pencils, notebooks, and other school supplies for children heading back to school who will not have enough supplies. If you would like to make a financial donation, please make your check payable to Petrie and write “backpack” on the memo line.