COVID-19 Protocols for Worship in the Church Building

This Sunday, May 31, for those who feel comfortable leaving their home and meeting in the church building, we will meet and worship in the Sanctuary and/or Great Hall. For those who need or prefer to stay at home and worship, the services will be streamed online, just as if you were in the church building.

We are working diligently to provide a safe environment for our church family by taking measures to ensure an additional level of sanitation, as well as implementing several new procedures for in-person worship.  {See below} 

• Congregants are strongly encouraged to wear masks. Church staff will wear masks when not on the platform.
• Both worship rooms and the most common touchpoints (doors, light switches, countertops, etc.) will be wiped down and sanitized thoroughly prior to each use.
• There will only be one entrance open for each service: the main sanctuary door will open at 8:00 a.m. for the Traditional Service at 9:00 a.m.; the Great Hall (Berry Building doors) will open at 10:30 a.m. for the Contemporary Service at 11:15 a.m.
• Greeters will open doors so that no one will need to touch a door handle. Greeters will wear masks and gloves.
• Ushers will escort congregants to their seats to maintain social distancing. Congregants will be seated in family groups at least six feet away from other groups. Ushers will wear masks and gloves.
• When the service is over please remain seated, ushers will dismiss people row by row in order to maintain social distance.
• Offering baskets will be at the entrance/exit of the Sanctuary and Great Hall, so that an offering plate does not need to be passed.
• Restrooms will be sanitized and available for each worship service. Custodial staff will be onsite to sanitize after each use. The restrooms at the back of the sanctuary will be open for the 9:00 a.m. service. Restrooms on the west side of the Great Hall will be open for the 11:15 a.m. service. 
• Hand sanitizer will be available.
• No childcare will be provided.
• Sunday School classes will not meet on campus.