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City encourages residents to "pray it" safe this Sunday
In his address to the state, the governor declared church services as an "essential service' that may continue during the COVID-19 pandemic. Church, as a social gathering, was initially banned by the city. Instead, city officials encouraged more innovative and safe ways to worship. Some of those ideas were exercised these last couple of weekends. They included things such as live streaming or drive-in church gatherings.
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(Seguin) -- Seguin Mayor Don Keil is reminding folks to still "pray" it safe this Sunday. Keil says action by Governor Greg Abbot this week has essentially done away with a previous mandate in the city's emergency ordinance that restricted the gathering of congregations at local churches.
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Anxiety and the Global Pandemic A special radio program airs Friday, Saturday on KWED (Seguin) -- Whether you're in total freak-out mode or you're just feeling uneasy about the situation at hand, there's a good chance that many of you are experiencing some anxiety over the COVID-19 pandemic. There's help available for those feelings, and it’s coming to you via the radio this Friday and Saturday.
look at ways to deal with the increasing anxiety that can be caused by this outbreak. Dr. Wilkens is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed professional counselor, who spent 15 years as part of the faculty at St. Mary's University in San Antonio. He's been a frequent guest on the Saturday Topic, and this time around, he will discus how challenging it can be for us to deal with a problem like this.
Radio station KWED is presenting a special edition of its public affairs program, the Saturday Topic. Dr. Nicholas Wilkens, executive director of the Guadalupe Valley Christian Counseling Center in Seguin, will lend his expertise to the program, and take a
Wilkens says part of the challenge is that this feels so new. He says the pandemic part may be new, but the stress caused by a crisis is something that most of us have already experienced. See DR NICK, page 3
By Darren Dunn
Today, Keil says he reminds the local faith communities to continue to practice safe measures in whatever they choose. "The main difference that we have now that I got counter mandated by the state with the governor's new declaration was the fact that we no longer restrict gatherings within churches or houses of worship. That is a new order by the state and what I'm concerned about and I know that most churches will agree with me is that they are still going to have to practice those rules. That's just really not a good thing to pack a church with people sitting close together. We are greatly trying to encourage every church that we can to maintain no more than 10 people spaced out at any one gathering regardless of what it is," said Keil. See PRAY IT SAFE, page 3
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