COVID-19 Full List of Protocols
Covid-19 Guidelines for Sunday Services
Covid-19 Guidelines for Sunday Services
Preparations
- Signs posted on walls, seats and floors for social distancing and guidelines.
- Seating in every third pew throughout the sanctuary.
- Sanitizing stations set up in the courtyards, narthex and at every sanctuary entrance.
- All high touch areas will be sanitized before and after the service.
General Protocols
- Temperatures will be taken upon entrance.
- Reservations must be made through the church website and attendance is limited to 50 people.
- The gates will be propped open so there will be no need to touch them.
- All other buildings and rooms will be closed.
- Doors will be propped open so there will be no need to touch them.
- There will be no coffee hour.
- Masks must be worn at all times. If anyone arrives without a mask one will be provided.
- Masks musts be worn properly (ie. covering both mouth and nose), remain on throughout the service and not be removed until after leaving the church campus.
- No one should shake hands, hug or have physical contact with those outside their household.
- Two bathrooms are available, in the narthex and bridal room. They will be sanitized frequently.
Protocols for the Service
- There will be no offering taken during the service. Plates will be left in the Narthex for anyone who would like to leave a contribution.
- A picture of those in attendance will be taken each week to aid in contact tracing.
- Disinfectant spray/wipes will be left near the worship team and on the podium.
- Each person will wipe the podium or any individual sound equipment before the next person uses it.
- Social distance will be maintained during fellowship before and after the worship service.
Protocols for Families with Young Children
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- We encourage young children to continue participating in our virtual Sunday School
- Children old enough to sit through the service may attend with their parents. They must not be allowed to run free and should always be with their parents.