A Message from Your Board of Trustees and Regathering Team Members
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Dear Friends on the Journey,
We continue to strive for as safe an environment as possible for our congregation, volunteers and staff. After further review and prayerful consideration, we have decided to pause in-person Sunday service attendance beginning Sunday, January 16, through the month of January. The livestream broadcast of our 9:30 service will continue, along with our on-demand archived services. We expect this pause to be short-lived during the current spike in positive COVID cases. We also know that things can change quickly and our pause may be extended or shortened as conditions warrant.
We thank you for your love and prayerful support.
Board of Trustees and Regathering Team Members
Effective December 19, all who enter our building and are age-eligible to be COVID-19 vaccinated are required to be fully vaccinated and wear a mask.
You can visit our registration table with your proof of vaccination (vaccine card or via the docket app) and you’ll receive a permanent name tag. Wear your name tag to church to enter without providing your vaccination card each time. Your permanent name tag will remain with you. If you visit the church building without your permanent name tag, visit our registration table to receive a temporary name tag.
In-Person Health Protocols
- Join church activities virtually rather than in-person if you are not feeling well. We’re blessed to connect via 9:30 Livestream Service and Zoom opportunities.
- All who enter our building and are age-eligible to be COVID-19 vaccinated are required to be fully vaccinated.
- Masks are worn over nose & mouth when gathering outside and inside our building.
- Hand sanitizer stations are available at entry doors, Sanctuary doors, and Friendship Hall.
Celebration Services
- Speakers and vocalists on the platform will not be masked and we’ll keep the front row of sanctuary seating open.
- Bulletins with order of service and lyrics will be available self-serve as you enter the Sanctuary.
- Masked singing is allowed.
- Our love offering is received in designated receptacles in the Sanctuary and Garden Court. Thanks also for your continued online giving.
- We’ll refrain from holding hands during Peace Song, but you can raise your hands, place them over your heart, or just sing along.
- Touch points will be cleaned in Sanctuary and commonly used areas between services.
- Hospitality will not be operating at this time. Friendship Hall, Garden Court, Bookstore and outdoor areas will be open.
Youth & Family Ministry
- Nursery (birth to 3 years) is available at 9:30 and 11:30AM.
- Y.E.S. (Pre-K to 5th grade) meet on Zoom at 9AM, and in person at both 9:30 and 11:30 AM in Fillmore Room.
- Uniteens (6th to 8th grade) in-person and Zoom at 11:30 AM.
- Y.O.U. (9th to 12th grade) in-person and Zoom at 11:30 AM.