Guidelines for Worship during Covid-19
Mayflower Church
In-person worship services including communion will resume June 7th!
Live Stream Services will continue
In-person worship services including communion will resume June 7th!
Live Stream Services will continue
Before you come
We love each other! We will yearn to hug and talk! For now, we advise no hugging or handshakes. However, that is a minor restriction for those who love each other! Plan to visit, catch up, share prayer requests and answers - we can do all this from 6-ft because love finds creative ways to be “together!”
If you find out later that you have been exposed to a Covid-19 infected person, notify the church office immediately. We are required to report potential exposure to the Board of Health and to do a subsequent “deep cleaning” of the worship area.
Our Commitment to Safety
The pastor will be 12’ from worshipers. He will wear a mask except when preaching; at this distance a “screen” is not needed.
[1] Person at risk: over 65 years old; compromised immune system
[2] Exposure: contact or within 6-ft of someone with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 for over 10 minutes within the past 48 hours.
[3] Covid-19 symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.
- Take your temperature – if you have a low-grade fever, stay home and join our Live Stream service for now
- Bring your mask and Bible
- Bring a jacket or sweater! We intend to keep the front and back doors open to promote ventilation, if possible.
- Ask yourself if it is safe for you to come now:
- Parking will be as usual (no ‘spacing’ cones).
- Everyone must always wear a mask.
- Respect the ‘6-feet’ rule.
- There will be no nursery or junior church.
- Enter through the Briggs Building side entrance using the ramp, which will be marked at 6-ft intervals.
- Ushers will wear gloves and apply hand sanitizer to each person
- An usher will ask if you feel sick, have been exposed, or show symptoms of Covid 19. If you might be sick, you will be asked to attend from home.
- An usher will point you to a seat.
- We will seat and dismiss “wedding” style: an usher will lead you to a seat.
- You will find a commercially prepared and sealed communion serving on your chair.
- We will not use bulletins.
- A container will be placed by the door for your offering.
- We will not have coffee or fellowship time after the service.
We love each other! We will yearn to hug and talk! For now, we advise no hugging or handshakes. However, that is a minor restriction for those who love each other! Plan to visit, catch up, share prayer requests and answers - we can do all this from 6-ft because love finds creative ways to be “together!”
If you find out later that you have been exposed to a Covid-19 infected person, notify the church office immediately. We are required to report potential exposure to the Board of Health and to do a subsequent “deep cleaning” of the worship area.
Our Commitment to Safety
The pastor will be 12’ from worshipers. He will wear a mask except when preaching; at this distance a “screen” is not needed.
- All chairs are 6 feet apart and grouped in “twos” so families can sit together. This results in seating for 26 people.
- We will sing with our masks.
- All chairs, door handles, light switches have been washed. Everything will be disinfected between services.
- People preparing the area will wear gloves.
- The kitchen and lower level (except bathrooms) are off limits.
[1] Person at risk: over 65 years old; compromised immune system
[2] Exposure: contact or within 6-ft of someone with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 for over 10 minutes within the past 48 hours.
[3] Covid-19 symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.
