After having reviewed information from many places, including MCC Advisory, and consulting with other churches, this is our preliminary plan, and we ask for your prayerful cooperation:
·
Wash your hands
thoroughly before coming to church, and we will provide prompts to do that at church as well.
·
We will be
training
our staff, leaders, worship participants and our ushers about ways they can help model best practices.
·
We ask that we practice restraint in how we greet each other. We are a very affectionate congregation, and this will require some practice.
Do not shake hands;
you may touch elbows, smile and nod, including at the
"Exchange of Peace"
!
·
Church door handles,
etc. will be wiped down prior to service, and during the week.
·
We ask that you
do not bring homemade goodies, or opened packages
of treats to share – only sealed packages. Our hospitality and kitchen crew will be working diligently to follow our rules about cleanliness and prevention.
·
Please beware of fake news about the virus, and check in with
reliable sources
, such as: The CDC
www.cdc.gov
; or Department of HHS,
www.hhs.gov
.
·
Communion:
as of this Sunday, we will only serve the wafer, as they will be doing at many other MCC’s, and not putting the wafer in the juice. Servers will not be placing the wafer in your mouth. In order to not have many hands touching the wafer, a server who has sanitized their hands right beforehand, will drop the wafer on your open hand. We will still use the bread and cup in the consecration.
Please stay tuned for updates to this information, and we deeply appreciate your cooperation in our attempts to curtail the spread of this virus. Many in our church are immune compromised, and this is essential. We can get through this together, with God’s help, if we will make a few simple adjustments!
