Beware of spam!
Dear Friends,
It has come to my attention that several of you have received emails from someone using my identity (but not my email address) asking for help. Please delete those messages. If you receive messages from someone claiming to be myself, or another member of our clergy team, look carefully at the email address. That is often a tell-tale sign that it's from a spammer.
I'm trying to come up with a joke regarding phishing and that these people are NOT fishing for people in accordance with Jesus's instruction to share the Gospel... (feel free to let me know if you come up with something clever!)
A prayer for our digital safety:
We thank you, Holy One, for the gift of technology that allows us to find community online, to learn and at the best of times, to grow. We pray that you would help us be vigilant and discerning in our digital interactions. We pray for those who have suffered because of online crime. May your Spirit of healing be upon those whose privacy has been violated, whose identities have been stolen, and whose lives have been disrupted. We give thanks for the gift of wisdom, grace and for the gifts of firewalls, encryptions, and security measures that guard our devices. Amen.
Your sister in Christ,
Rev. Areeta