This is a TOUGH one. Something inside me just rebels against the notion of "closing Church" on Sunday.
We have a lot of older people, but THEY are the ones who insist on NOT closing, and we have discussed this a great deal.
Things are moving rapidly, and it's POSSIBLE this could change before Sunday, but so far, we are remaining open for Sunday Worship.
Our building is very conducive to "social distancing" -- before I came here, the Church was "near death", and a worship center built for 250-300 people had only 15-17 people. We've grown, but we're still only about 70-90 people in attendance on Sunday Morning. Last Sunday we were down just a bit - but still had 60+.
We are encouraging any of our people who are sick, have a cough, fever, cold, flu whatever - STAY HOME, and our people who are elderly with complications like COPD or other ailments to STAY HOME.
There are a number of people, however, who insist they will come if the doors are open.
We have eliminated Sunday School for the time being, and any other meetings that would be done in close quarters, but our Auditorium has 7 separate entrance/exits, and can easily accommodate "social distancing", so -- for the time being -- we are remaining open.
Please pray for wisdom for us as we seek to respond to this incredibly difficult situation.
Remember - this is NOT a DEBATE forum, but helpful comments are appreciated.
We have a lot of older people, but THEY are the ones who insist on NOT closing, and we have discussed this a great deal.
Things are moving rapidly, and it's POSSIBLE this could change before Sunday, but so far, we are remaining open for Sunday Worship.
Our building is very conducive to "social distancing" -- before I came here, the Church was "near death", and a worship center built for 250-300 people had only 15-17 people. We've grown, but we're still only about 70-90 people in attendance on Sunday Morning. Last Sunday we were down just a bit - but still had 60+.
We are encouraging any of our people who are sick, have a cough, fever, cold, flu whatever - STAY HOME, and our people who are elderly with complications like COPD or other ailments to STAY HOME.
There are a number of people, however, who insist they will come if the doors are open.
We have eliminated Sunday School for the time being, and any other meetings that would be done in close quarters, but our Auditorium has 7 separate entrance/exits, and can easily accommodate "social distancing", so -- for the time being -- we are remaining open.
Please pray for wisdom for us as we seek to respond to this incredibly difficult situation.
Remember - this is NOT a DEBATE forum, but helpful comments are appreciated.
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