Churches

Cheney Congregational Church

Greetings! Cheney Congregational will begin hosting outdoor Sunday worship services in our parking lot on Aug. 2 at 9:30 a.m. We had a “soft opening” Sunday morning service on July 19 at to check out our process.

We have developed a Covid-19 safety plan that is in compliance with guidelines set up by the state. Masks are required, and we are using social distancing.

We encourage you to bring your own lawn chair, and we will have chairs provided. You are also welcome to pull up in your car and roll the windows down to hear the service. If it is rainy then we will have the service broadcasting live to your car radio, so you can still come, park in the parking lot with everyone else and participate live with us.

We hope to see you there.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Greeting from Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Although we cannot worship together as a congregation, we invite the West Plains community to access our website emmanuelcheney.org for weekly worship materials, sermon, and Zoom fellowship. If you should need pastoral support during this difficult time, please contact pastor Arianna Arends at 509-954-5886.

Emmanuel plans to gather for worship services outdoors two weeks after Spokane County opens Phase 3. Will update if plans change.

Our Free Community Pantry remains open to the community and all are invited to take what they need and leave what they can. Donations of non-perishable food and personal care items for all ages are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your continued support of this important ministry to our neighbors in need.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

A welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s people in body, mind and spirit. Rev. Kathryn Lamphere, our vicar, will preach and preside, offering Sunday Morning Prayer at 11 a.m.

All safety and sanitizing measures will be strictly observed, in particular wearing masks and keeping social distancing. All are welcome.

The memorial service in honor of our deceased priest, Rev. Christine Soule, is postponed, and will be rescheduled later, to be held at St. John’s Cathedral. We will keep you informed.

For your contemplation: “There is a desire within each of us, in the deep center of ourselves that we call our heart. We were born with it, it is never completely satisfied, and it never dies. We are often unaware of it, but it is always awake. It is the human desire for love. Every person on this earth yearns to love, to be loved, to know love. Our true identity, our reason for being, is to be found in this desire.” Gerald G. May

United Methodist Church

Our doors may be closed but our hearts and hands are open as we worship and work at the United Methodist Church.

You are invited to worship at home online or with a worship guide while our church building remains closed. This Sunday pastor Alissa Bertsch will continue a sermon series based on the book “Anxious for Nothing” by Max Lucado. In this week’s sermon we will “Rejoice in the Lord’s Always.”

The at home worship guide is available weekly for those not wanting or able to access the online worship service. You can download it from the church website at http://www.cheneyumc.org or contact Bertsch at 509-879-2278 if you would like be added to our mailing list for a hard copy. We continue to keep the health and safety of all in mind as we worship apart but stay together in spirit.