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Dear St. Paul’s Family,

    Your consistory has been working hard and meeting weekly for the last six weeks to find a safe way to open St. Paul’s and resume in person Sunday worship.  Your safety is of upmost importance to us.  July 19 was originally targeted for our 1^st Sunday, but this week the Consistory voted not to open as of yet.  No new opening target date is set.  There are several reasons: 

1. The County has had a dramatic increase in cases this week.   

2. A small percentage of members indicated they would come if we opened in July.   

3.  The consistory wants to make sure we have all possible safeguards in place before opening, and we were not 100% ready.   

Your consistory will continue to monitor conditions and listen to your wants and needs.  Please reach out to us if there is anything you would like to talk about.

John Brown – President

Jim Schwarten – Vice President

St. Paul’s is planning on opening for worship in our physical space July 19. Online worship will continue. You will be receiving a packet in the mail within the next week giving you full details of how we will proceed. When we open (and for the foreseeable future) here is what worship will look like:

• You will be asked to sign a St. Paul’s Covenant
• Reservations must be made ahead of time via an answering service
• Appropriate physical distancing on church grounds
• Face masks are required
• Screening questions will be asked before entering church
• A temperature screening will be taken before entering church
• A signed waiver for worship and contact tracing is required each week
• You will be seated and released by an usher
• There will be no singing at this time 
• There are no hymnals, bibles, cushions, envelopes, etc in the sanctuary
• We will use an offering box as there will be no offering plate passing
• All children will remain with their families
• There will be no fellowship time or food before or after worship
• Our initial opening will be limited to 25 worshippers

With these safety measures in place, as well as an awareness of our current Covid-19, do you plan on attending worship in person (click to fill out form)