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    Coffee Hour and Fellowship Time Tip Sheet
    02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

    All Tip Sheets Social/coffee hours may  be resumed as restaurants return to full capacity. Food should be served wearing gloves and using utensils rather than offering open table buffets. (BWC Guidelines for Re-entering Well, p...

      Offering and Collections Tip Sheet
      02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

      All Tip Sheets Offerings should be collected in secure receptacles near entrances and exits. We advise continued encouragement of electronic offering. A safe method for counting the offering must be implemented including the use of disposable...

        Providing Medical Assistance Tip Sheet
        02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

        All Tip Sheets Though you will be communicating to people that they should stay home if they feel ill or if someone at home is sick, you must prepare for the possibility that someone may become ill during a church gathering. Identify a space in...

          Celebrating Communion Tip Sheet
          02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

          All Tip Sheets Why? The Sacrament of Holy Communion is one of two sacraments in The United Methodist Church. (Baptism is the other sacrament.) Preserving the sanctity of this holy ritual while celebrating it during a time of pandemic may be a...

            Musicians Tip Sheet
            02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

            All Tip Sheets In the words of the Ecumenical Consultation of Protocols for Worship, Fellowship, and Sacrament (based at Emory University’s UM affiliated Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, a consulting team to the CDC): “The...

              Worshipping Outdoors Tip Sheet
              02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

              All Tip Sheets The church campus must be prepared to ensure that people comply with physical distancing from the time they enter the property until they leave. (BWC Guidelines for Re-entering Well, p. 3) Why? Some government leaders have...

                Tracking Attendance Tip Sheet
                02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

                All Tip Sheets Develop a method to track attendance at in-person worship and other gatherings. This is especially important in case someone develops COVID-19 so that you might notify those who have been exposed.(BWC Guidelines for Re-entering...

                  Physical Distancing at Church Tip Sheet
                  02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

                  All Tip Sheets Set up your facilities as needed to support people in maintaining six feet of physical distancing from the time they enter the building and worship space until they exit. (BWC Guidelines for Re-entering Well, p. 4) Why? The Centers...

                    Enforcing Necessary Health Policies Tip Sheet
                    02.09.22 | Covid-19 Resources

                    All Tip Sheets Leaders, identified and equipped by the task force, must take responsibility for enforcing necessary policies to create a safe space for people who come into our church buildings to worship. (BWC Guidelines for Re-entering...

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