Where I attend church, as of Friday evening, our normal worship services were still planned as scheduled for Sunday. Our pastor emailed and posted updates. However, by mid-day Saturday, church services were to move online. Our pastor’s sermon will be online by 10 a.m. and we are encouraged to worship and study at home.
This reflects the shifting situation in our local school system. Friday was a Teacher’s Work Day—so our eight-year-old son was at home as state leaders wrestled with what to do.
At first, the governor declared a State of Emergency for Alabama and schools were encouraged to close Wednesday (that’s at the end of business Wednesday we were informed by a phone message from the Shelby County Board of Education.