Dear Pastors,
Last night, the Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins was amended to include a “Shelter in Place” for all of Dallas County beginning at 11:59 p.m. on March 23 (Today) and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on April 3. Here is a link to get a copy:
There are two important parts of this order that I want to highlight because of its impact upon churches:
- Religious worship services
Item 1. (e):
(e) Religious and worship services may only be provided by video and
teleconference. Religious institutions must limit in-person staff to ten (10) people or less when preparing for or conducting video or teleconference services, and all individuals must follow the Social Distancing Guidelines including the six foot social distancing.
- Working remotely at home
Item 1. (a) and (b):
(a) All individuals currently living within Dallas County are ordered to shelter at their place of residence.
(b) All businesses operating within Dallas County, except Essential Businesses as defined in below in Section 2, are required to cease all activities at facilities located within the County. For clarity, businesses may continue operations consisting exclusively of employees or contractors performing activities at their own residences (i.e. working from home).
At DBA, we met this morning as a staff to plan how we are going to work remotely as a staff team beginning tomorrow. We got some information from Dallas Baptist University on how they are organizing their staff to work remotely and have adapted this information to our office. I think you could find this information helpful as you prepare your staff to work remotely.
We will have this information on working remotely ready tomorrow and will host a Video Conference through Zoom at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 24.
We will send out the link for this conference this afternoon and include some information that will be helpful to you.
