St. Bartholomew’s Worship Schedule

Indoor and Zoom Worship – will begin Oct 4^th 9:30 AM.

Outdoor Worship – 8:30 AM will continue in pavilion area thru October 18^th, weather permitting. (Any rain, drizzle, mist at 8:00 am it will be cancelled.)

Sunday School – 10:30 AM will continue on Zoom until further notice.

Guidelines for Indoor Worship – IMPORTANT

The virus is still with us and the green phase requires us to keep safety precautions in place.  The risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people gather. COVID-19 is extremely contagious virus that can lead to severe illness and death. Please take it upon yourself to determine the proper time for you to return to worship. We recommend you DO NOT attend the indoor service if you are feeling ill or susceptible to becoming ill due to health-related issues.

By visiting St. Bartholomew’s United Church, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure of COVID-19.

1.         Masks are required.  Please bring one with you. Disposable masks will be available.

2.         We encourage the use of non-touch hand sanitizer located at the back-door entrances before and after the service. 

3.         Ventilation – Three portable air purifiers will be placed in sanctuary. 

4.         There will be an outside greeter at each of the doors (doors will be open).

5.         When you enter a greeter in the church will seat you from the front of the church to the back. The pews will be labeled for seating to promote social distancing. Families may sit together and non-family in a pew will stay 6ft. apart. At the end of the service you will be dismissed by an usher (starting in the rear).  Please exit the church.

6.         We strongly discourage any physical contact such as hugs, handshakes or touching. We ask you to reserve talking for outside. No mingling inside! If you are socializing following the service it is IMPORTANT to stay 6ft. apart.

7.         The Pastor will not be available in the back of sanctuary following the service.

8.         The service will be shortened to 35-40 minutes.

9.         All the readings, sermon etc. will be done from the altar area.

10.       There will be minimal singing wearing masks.

11.       We will not pass the offering plate. Please place offering envelope in container as you enter.

12.       Children’s sermon: Children will remain with parents... and not come forward.

13.       The nursery area will be CLOSED. There will be no children’s time during service.

14.       The rest rooms available will be the ladies’ room at the new entrance and the men’s room beside the nursery. We ask only one person at a time in the rest rooms. We recommend using the restrooms as little as possible as it will be necessary to disinfect after each use.

15.       Communion will be offered first and third Sunday of the month.

Communion elements have been purchased individually wrapped both wafer and grape juice. Prefilled communion cups are the sanitary and convenient choice for communion distribution. Prefilled (prepackaged) communion cups contain both the juice and communion wafer in a single two-part container. Communion participants peel back one seal to remove the wafer and then a second seal for the juice. Elements would be picked up as you enter the sanctuary.

KEEP GOD CLOSE!                          Keep Others 6 ft. Away