Covid-19 Updates

Updated December 16, 2020

Due to the extremely high incidence of COVID transmission and with hospitals stretched thin, we are suspending on-site services and meetings at the church beginning next Monday, December 21. We grieve having to take this action and the resulting loss of in-person involvement at our meaningful Christmas services. Our staff is making plans to adjust those services and, though we will not be under one roof, we will still celebrate this season together.

1) The Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be a live streamed service at 8PM available on YouTube, Facebook, and the church website. The service will remain online to be available for later viewing. There will be no in-person attendance. Communion supplies will be available in the church foyer on Monday and Tuesday, December 21 & 22 and on a pick-up table under the porte-cochère on Christmas Eve between noon and 4 pm.

2) Come See the Baby will be presented in a new way. Families may come to the church between noon and 4 pm on Christmas Eve. The manger scene will be set up on the lawn outside the church offices for children to enjoy and photos to be taken. There will not be a program presented, but there will be take home supplies for families, including glowsticks, candy canes, a nativity wreath, and a short Christmas Eve family devotional.

3) Indoor meetings, including those of church committees, Sunday School classes, and the Youth Group are suspended for the immediate future.

4) The COVID Response Team continues to review our circumstances and offer guidance to the staff and church leadership as they oversee the ministries of our church amidst the ongoing pandemic. Join us in ongoing prayer for our church, for those who have suffered as a result of COVID-19, and for the many health care workers providing care in this taxing season.