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Dear FPC Members and Friends,
We hope that you are staying well through this pandemic: Physically, emotionally, spiritually, and financially. We have received some special gifts to help members with rent, mortgage payments, utilities, etc. If you have a need, we can provide confidential assistance. Please be in touch with one of us: henry@fairfaxpresby.com or yena@fairfaxpresby.com.
As much as we want to gather physically for worship, we cannot do this until the danger of infection drops. According to The New York Times, more than 650 coronavirus cases have been linked to nearly 40 churches and religious events across the United States since the beginning of the pandemic, and many churches that reopened their buildings are now being forced to close their facilities again.
The FPC elders will meet on Tuesday, August 18, and talk about the church schedule for the fall. They want your input, so please take a minute to answer five short questions on this survey:
Please respond by Sunday, August 16, so that our elders can be informed by your preferences.
And now, an opportunity for creativity, open to children, youths and adults: "Help Us Design a Banner for This Moment and Beyond"
Fairfax Presbyterian Church stands on the conviction that all people have been made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27); we strive to embody the principle from the prophet Isaiah engraved on our sanctuary walls: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples" (Isaiah 56:7). We also recognize and acknowledge that not all people have been honored in this way throughout history, and that every generation is obliged to make this promise anew, for themselves and for the generations that follow.
In that spirit, the leaders of Fairfax Presbyterian Church are calling for submissions to a new creative effort - the design of a flag or banner that represents our shared commitment to combat systemic racism and other injustices suffered by Black Americans as well as other marginalized groups in our nation and community.
This creative endeavor to design a flag or banner is open to the children, youth and adults of FPC. The group will also joyfully accept submissions from outside the congregation. All are welcome to submit designs, regardless of religious affiliation, residency, age, or other criteria.
Submission Information:
1. Designs should be submitted by September 1, 2020.
2. Designs should be submitted to https://fairfaxpresby.breezechms.com/form/Banner as high resolution .jpg images.
3. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the church.
4. Representative design submissions will be displayed at Fairfax Presbyterian Church online and at a congregational fellowship event. At that time the selected design will be announced.
5. Those submitting designs will retain no rights to the design, nor will FPC own the rights. Instead, all designs will remain in the public domain. FPC intends to create a physical flag or banner from the selected design and display it. Others who wish to do so will be encouraged to do so.
Please make a submission to this important creative endeavor! We and the elders are excited about this opportunity, and look forward to seeing the banner that you design.
In hope, health and peace,
Yena K. Hwang and Henry G. Brinton