Reopening Church
Author: Pastor Mitch Williams
August 13, 2020
Last week, you were invited to take a survey asking if you would be
willing to attend church if it were held outdoors. You responded with a
clear majority in favor of reopening. Last night, your Executive
Finance Committee met and voted to officially reopen The Hill, beginning
September 12!
Outdoor church will give us an
exciting opportunity to physically come together and worship as one body
of believers, something we haven’t done since March 14.
Our
Safety and Health Committee has drafted a comprehensive church
reopening plan that has been submitted and approved by the Northern
California Conference. Contra Costa County will permit up to 120 to
gather outdoors. If you wish to view the plan, please click this link:
Outdoor Church Reopening Plan
For those who choose to attend outdoor church, we ask that you register ahead of time and do the following:
Wear a mask
Social distance 6 feet
Maintain close proximity with your children
We
also recognize that many of our members fall into the at-risk category
when it comes to COVID-19. Therefore, we urge those members to stay at
home and continue to watch our services as they are lived-streamed each
Sabbath.
Let me conclude by saying thank you
for your patient endurance through this unprecedented pandemic. Your
faithfulness in supporting one another, tuning in online week after
week, financial contributions, and most importantly your prayers, have
kept our church strong, despite these chaotic times. Your faith in Jesus
has been seen and we as your pastors have been inspired!
On
behalf of your pastors and ministry leaders, we miss seeing your faces,
looking into your eyes, and making the connections we once took for
granted each Sabbath. We miss praising our Lord together, praying
together, and greeting new visitors and guests. We miss physically
coming together in the name of Jesus! But now we eagerly look forward to
seeing at least a portion of you in September as we worship our Savior.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20
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