Those who have already signed up for the pilgrimage will be given first priority for the rescheduled trip on March 8-11, 2022. Whether indicating your wish to participate in the rescheduled pilgrimage or requesting a refund, please email Nichole Seiferth at nicole@gslookout.com or call 423-821-1583.
Transcript
– Hi, this is Bishop Brian. I want to give an update on our plans for a Selma and Montgomery Pilgrimage in October. When we planned the October Pilgrimage a few months ago, this was a time where COVID numbers were going down, folks were getting vaccinated, things were reopening. It was a hopeful time. It was a time when the plans for October made sense. What we now realize with increased caseload, particularly with the Delta variant and how that’s maxing out hospitalizations and just public safety, we realize the idea of being together on a bus in October, even if we’re masked, just isn’t smart right now. So what was scheduled as the October 12th through the 15th Selma Montgomery Pilgrimage will now be a pilgrimage rescheduled for March 8th through 11th in 2022. We believe moving into the late winter will allow the Delta variant to go through the community, for more folks to get vaccinated, for it to be safer to be together, March 8th through the 11th.
So the first thing that will happen is all of us who’ve registered for the October pilgrimage will have a chance to be clear that you want to be a part of the March pilgrimage in March of 2022. After folks have a chance to re-register, from that, if we have additional openings, we might take on some new pilgrims. So again, we’re excited about this trip, we are committed to this trip, but we’re also committed to doing this trip in a safe way, when it’s wise to be traveling with that many folks. Also want to say an incredible thank you to Nicole Seiferth, to Robert Childers, to Claire Brown, to all the folks either helping plan the trip or working as colleagues, as co-facilitators. Your leaders on this trip have done a great work already in preparation, and have been involved in this conversation to reschedule.
So you’re going to be in good hands when we’re together in March of 2022. I hope all of you who had planned to go in October will have enough time to reschedule with us to join us March 8th through the 11th of 2022. Also have heard great things about the conversation of Jesus and the disinherited that Mother Claire Brown has recently led. There’ll be more other opportunities for conversation, for discussion, and good preparation to be pilgrims who are ready to go, ready to travel together in March of 2022. Thank you, thank you, thank you.