• Wash your hands in warm soapy water as often as possible (don't touch your face until you do!) 20 seconds (two rounds of Happy Birthday is recommended.) Use a paper towel to dry hands thoroughly and then use that towel to turn off the water faucet and open the restroom door.

• Use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol content when you can't wash. Hand sanitizers are available at the entrance to the Sanctuary and will be available as you make your way to the Fellowship Room and Chittick Lounge for Coffee Hour.

• Despite the touchy-feely, warm and friendly culture that we like to promote, we are going to take a break from hugging, kissing and shaking hands. You might be well, your friend might be well, but you can't be sure (the visible symptoms when first contracting the virus tend to be deceptively mild). 

• On Sundays, we are adding a new Lenten discipline by avoiding physical contact during the passing of the peace. We will say the words, but limit the appropriate gesture to a wave, a bow or the peace sign (the Vulcan “live long and prosper” may suit some people, too). Yes, we'll miss the hugs and handshakes, but let's pause for the cause; this is how we love each other in a time of crisis.

• During Coffee Hour, latex gloves will be available in the kitchen for those hosting the event, and paper goods will be used as much as possible (we’ll look for ways to make it up to the environment after these measures can be suspended). 

• Our cleaning crew will be wiping down surfaces like tables, light switches, and doorknobs, and we suggest you do the same at home.

• Don’t forget to wipe down surfaces on planes, trains and in public spaces where you sit with sanitary wipes or sanitizer and tissues.

• Cough or sneeze into a tissue or into the fold of your arm (not in your hands!)

• Forgive others because God forgives you.
• When you forgive others, it can change them.
• Take the first step to forgive others.
• Everyone needs to be forgiven.
• When you don’t forgive, you miss out.