United Mennonite Church
COVID 19 Protocol
Precautionary Measures:
Members/Visitors must not attend the church service if they:
To ensure everyone’s physical and emotional safety throughout the service, we ask that you:
Church Entrance and Sanctuary:
Giving:
Fellowship Hall:
Current Communication from MCBC re. Covid-19:
COVID 19 Protocol
Precautionary Measures:
Members/Visitors must not attend the church service if they:
- Are unwell (with any of the following symptoms: fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, headache, runny/stuffy nose, sore throat and/or diarrhea).
- Have been in contact with a person infected with COVID-19 during the previous 14 days.
To ensure everyone’s physical and emotional safety throughout the service, we ask that you:
- Wash and sanitize your hands before the service and as needed during and after the service.
- Masks are now required for all indoor worship services for persons aged five and up [including choir members]. Masks can be removed for eating or drinking during communion. Worship team, preachers, and readers will be allowed to speak without a mask subject to being appropriately distanced.
- Remember that not everyone will feel the same level of comfort about handshakes, hugs, and distancing. Let’s be mindful of each other’s level of comfort around these matters and seek to show grace, love, and respect. Ask, “Would it be alright if I sat here, or would you prefer I keep more distance? Are you comfortable shaking hands or would you prefer we bump elbows?” We recommend a default 2 metres physical distance and that family groups and households stay together.
- Avoid touching your face or rubbing your eyes.
- Please go home if you are feeling unwell or become symptomatic during the service.
- Respiratory etiquette should be followed, such a coughing and sneezing into the elbow.
Church Entrance and Sanctuary:
- Worship services must be limited to 50% of seated capacity.
- Church greeter will not be shaking hands.
- Hand sanitizer will be positioned at the entrance to the church.
- Church greeter will not be handing out bulletins. Members/Visitors can print their own bulletins to bring.
- Church office will be printing and placing bulletins on the table. The person picking up the bulletins from the printer will sanitize their hands just before moving the bulletins to the table.
- Singing is encouraged, with a face mask.
Giving:
- Offering plates will not be passed around but giving can be done by e-transfer, or cash and cheque can be placed in an offering box in the foyer.
Fellowship Hall:
- No potluck will be provided until further notice.
Current Communication from MCBC re. Covid-19:
| 2021-12_ltr32_to_mcbc_church_re_covid19.pdf |
| 2021-12_ltr31_to_mcbc_church_re_covid19.pdf |
