Current Safety Guidelines
The CDC recommends all of us wear masks indoors, no matter our vaccination status. However, because we are a small congregation, we have not changed our policy to match those suggestions. Those who are vaccinated no longer have to wear a mask in worship, although they certainly may. Those who are not yet vaccinated must still wear a mask.
Other things will remain the same to continue to protect those who are not vaccinated. We will continue to sit every other pew and encourage social distancing. We will continue to have a basket for offering in the narthex and to use prepackaged communion available in the narthex. Again, to protect the unvaccinated, we will attempt not to pass things from person to person.
Finally, we will begin singing…a bit. The CDC has not yet said it is safe to sing congregationally yet. In fact, according to the center for congregational singing, we shouldn’t be singing until the country is at 70% vaccinated. Currently, we are only at 41.9% in the US. However, we know we all long for it so much that we’re making accommodations. We will sing the first verse of the two hymns we currently have included, and your are encouraged to sing more quietly than usual. Please get vaccinated and encourage your friends to do so as well so that we can add more hymns back to our order of worship.
Whether you are vaccinated or not, if you are ill or have tested positive for COVID-19, please stay home and enjoy worship online later in the day. We support you if you don’t feel comfortable being in worship right now, but hope that you continue to worship with us online.
Other things will remain the same to continue to protect those who are not vaccinated. We will continue to sit every other pew and encourage social distancing. We will continue to have a basket for offering in the narthex and to use prepackaged communion available in the narthex. Again, to protect the unvaccinated, we will attempt not to pass things from person to person.
Finally, we will begin singing…a bit. The CDC has not yet said it is safe to sing congregationally yet. In fact, according to the center for congregational singing, we shouldn’t be singing until the country is at 70% vaccinated. Currently, we are only at 41.9% in the US. However, we know we all long for it so much that we’re making accommodations. We will sing the first verse of the two hymns we currently have included, and your are encouraged to sing more quietly than usual. Please get vaccinated and encourage your friends to do so as well so that we can add more hymns back to our order of worship.
Whether you are vaccinated or not, if you are ill or have tested positive for COVID-19, please stay home and enjoy worship online later in the day. We support you if you don’t feel comfortable being in worship right now, but hope that you continue to worship with us online.