Regathering Safely FAQs & Sign-ups for in-person worship

• The worship center will hold 450 maximum safely with social distancing. We determined the number 450 maximum by using safe social distancing calculations based on recommendations from the CDC and the state of North Carolina.
• The choir and majority of the orchestra are temporarily suspended as a safety measure.

For Families with Small Children

• There will not be any childcare available.
• All nursery rooms in the worship center are closed with the exception of the mother’s nursing room. Moms may use the nursing room for diaper changes and other new mom needs.
• Diaper changing stations are located in the worship center’s women’s bathroom in the north lobby and nursing mothers’ room.

• If you attend the morning worship service, you are welcome to return for the evening worship service.
• No sign ups are needed for the evening worship.
• Evening worship will be live-streamed and those gathering will only be in the worship center.

• • We will be adhering to all the recommendations in place by the CDC and the state of North Carolina. This means that if you are in the vulnerable or at-risk category, please worship remotely with us.
  • We will follow all safety regulations given by our state to be responsible and to love our neighbor well.
  • If you are sick or not feeling well, you should worship remotely with us.
  • We will be adhering to social distancing with families sitting six feet apart from one another inside the worship center. In the worship center, we will use the floor, balcony and side panel seating to properly social distance.
  • Please keep in mind, the Governor’s three W’s: wear a mask, wait six feet apart, and wash your hands with soap frequently for 20 seconds.
  • We strongly encourage you to wear a mask. We are asking our elders, deacons, pastors, staff and their families to wear masks and we are asking you to do the same. We will have a supply of masks available if you leave yours at home or do not have one.
  • If you are unable or unwilling to wear a mask (other than children under 11), please make that known to a worship coordinator as you enter so they can arrange seating for you that is safely distanced from those who will be wearing masks. This is usually in the side and back wings of the lower level.

• We observed communion on June 14 &21 for those who were in-person for the morning worship. We will plan another time for communion either in late July or early August.
• For best practices, the communion elements are pre-packaged for church member participation. We will not pass the elements to one another as we have in the past. Instead, there will be several stations in the worship center where you can go and receive the communion elements.
• Each officer assisting in communion will be wearing gloves and a mask.To receive the elements during communion, please wear a mask. As an added expression of loving our neighbors well, if you are in line to receive communion without a mask, you will be asked to wear one.