Reopening and Reimagining: Life Together at First Presbyterian Church
Phase 3 Reopening and Reimagining Guidelines | Effective August 4, 2021
Worship
Worship
- Worship will continue to be held in the sanctuary and live-streamed via social media.
- Masks and social distancing:
- Masks are required for all people inside the Sanctuary building, vaccinated and unvaccinated.
- Individuals/households utilize social-distanced seating.
- Choir and soloists can sing in the choir loft following safety guidelines (masks required).
- No congregational singing at this time.
- Communion will be served with individual, pre-packaged elements.
- Offering will continue to be collected in the narthex.
- The nursery remain closed.
- Groups can utilize our larger meeting areas for hybrid meetings (meaning, all have a virtual option to allow for wider participation): Carleton Hall, Fielding Russell Classroom, Youth Group Room, UKirk Room, Children’s Classrooms. Groups can also use the Pavilion for non-hybrid meetings.
- Masks and social distancing:
- If all participants are vaccinated, Adult Sunday School classes and meetings are granted the autonomy to decide how and in what manner they continue to meet.
- Children's Sunday School class participants are required to wear masks.
- All volunteers serving children and youth are required to wear masks.
- Fellowship with food:
- Use the outdoor spaces for fellowship options to allow for people to eat, for maximum participation, and safe distancing
- Continue to use either self-prepared food (like bringing own meal) or catered
- Masks are required inside the office/education building
- Office Hours remain Monday - Thursday, 9am-1pm
- Staff continue to work in-person modeling safe behavior
- Facilities continue to be regularly cleaned and sanitized