Churches

Cheney Congregational Church

Greetings, Cheney friends! Our congregation continues to worship online for the time being. We have live Sunday morning services on Zoom at 10 a.m. followed by a virtual coffee hour. You can request a Zoom link through our website, http://www.cheneycongregational.org and you can also find copies of the sermons on our website.  

During Lent our sermon series will be “Annual Spirituals.” Each year we go to the doctor for our annual physical to see how our physical health is, but how often do we get our spiritual health checked out? This Lenten series will help us take a close look at our spiritual health as we seek to move out of a season of unhealth and toxicity and move into a season of health and restoration. We’ll focus on our heart, eyes, ears, tongue and lungs to see what they reveal about our spiritual health and to see how they can either foster or hinder a healthy spiritual connection with God and neighbor. We hope you’ll join us! 

We are also hosting outdoor “Fireside Chats” with groups of five to create social connection and combat the isolation of this season. If you are interested in joining one of these outdoor get-togethers around a fire, you can contact us through our website.

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 when Spokane County moves to Phase 3. Update will be printed here if Emmanuel’s 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 Holy Eucharist. Because of the pandemic, the service will be an abbreviated version but includes all the necessary prayers, beginning every Sunday morning at 11 a.m. The congregation will receive the bread and wine at this time. 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: “Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is a thousand times more ready to give then we are to receive.” Meister Eckhart, Mystic and Prophet

United Methodist Church

Please join us as we begin the season of Lent this week at the United Methodist Church. Our theme for this season is “Holy Vessels: A Lenten Season of Recovery” based on the worship work of Marcia McFee. Where are you feeling the need for healing? Through worship and small group studies you may find renewal during Lent.

Each week’s service is available on line or with an at home worship guide available on the church website, www.cheneyumc.org. You may also contact pastor Alissa Bertsch at 509-879-2278 if you would like be added to our mailing list for a hard copy of the worship service. While our doors remain closed, our hearts and hands are open in worship and in mission.