Opening Up Announcement June 5th
We are opening up on June 7th.
Sunday service will be at 9AM, both on the live stream and in person.
Our goal for worship services for the near future is to provide an excellent experience at home so those who are high-risk may feel comfortable staying home.
We also want to have a safe place for the body of Christ to begin gathering together in person again.
Important Understanding
Many people do not feel the same as you about the severity of the virus.
There are those who worry about being anywhere near people right now.
There are those who think all this is blown out of proportion.
And all sorts of views in between
A hallmark of the Christian church is that we love and take care of one another. No matter how you feel, it is an act of love and devotion to keep the distance from everyone at church. Please, no hugging or shaking of hands, and do not get close to someone to speak.
Romans 14 is at the bottom
Expectations for Coming to In-Person Worship:
Wear a mask.
All best practices for coming into Grace building still apply.
Keep the distance (6ft ).
Limit touching (people or things).
Wash hands (bathrooms, kitchen, or hand sanitizer).
Limit projecting when singing and talking.
Use your inside voice like your mother taught you.
1 family group per seating section
Limit 40ish in sanctuary
overflow for 10 in fellowship hall
Communion
End of 9:00 Worship
Individual family groups will be called up to a certain side of the altar area.
Pastor will give communion to you.
When you are dismissed, you should leave the sanctuary.
if you would like to talk with anyone after service, please meet them outside (6ft apart).
Small Communion Services
Available for those who did not feel comfortable coming to worship
Communion for 5 family groups (or less) at a time
10:30 and 11:00 AM on Sunday
Zoom to Coffee and Zoom into Scripture
Coli will continue to hold Zoom to Coffee from the church at 10:30 AM for those who would like to join in the fun online from home.
Online Bible studies will still continue on Thursdays at 11:00 AM
One final note:
We are watching the heath statistics, and if we deem it unsafe to meet in the future, we will make that call.
Romans 14
5 One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”[b]
12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. 15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.