LETTER FROM THE CHURCH SECRETARY:
Dear Friend,
As you will no doubt know, Redland Park URC has been closed for worship since mid-March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I am, therefore, delighted to be able to write to you on behalf of the minister and Elders with our plans for re-opening the church for worship. They have been put together by a group representing interests across the church and have at their heart our primary ethos: safety.
We plan to restart worshiping in church from Sunday 13th September.
This may feel divisive but we hope to increase capacity and capability fairly rapidly; treat first two services as “pilots”.
Dear Friend,
As you will no doubt know, Redland Park URC has been closed for worship since mid-March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I am, therefore, delighted to be able to write to you on behalf of the minister and Elders with our plans for re-opening the church for worship. They have been put together by a group representing interests across the church and have at their heart our primary ethos: safety.
We plan to restart worshiping in church from Sunday 13th September.
- Maximum capacity = 18 in congregation to start with, to ensure social distancing
- Need to book in advance; cannot turn up on spec. (contrary to previous advice); details will be destroyed after 21 days
- Markings outside to indicate queueing positions
- Notify Church Secretary if suffering from Covid-19 symptoms (for Test & Trace)
- Please don’t attend if you display symptoms of Covid-19
- Notify stewards if feeling unwell during service
- Masks mandatory unless exempted in line with UK government advice; DB won’t wear mask; readers may remove masks
- Leave promptly at end of service
- No gathering in church; can do so outside
- Temperatures to be taken on entry
- Hand sanitizers around church; use on entry and exit
- Bring own cushions and drinks; only use pews without cushions
- Don’t share microphones
- Congregation to be shown to their seats
- BKC to use church after us; they will clean between services
- No Bibles, books or service orders to be provided; bring your own & take home
- No singing
- Live-streaming via Zoom (same login details)
- No Junior Church on premises until at least October
- When Junior Church meets on the premises, they will use church rooms and follow guidelines for schools/educational establishments
- Means will be provided to allow each person to clean toilet before and after use
- Recommend everyone to get flu jab
- Collection basket to be available on the way in, locked away and then counted a week later
- Kitchen will be closed until further notice
- Lettings to resume 7th Sept
- Church meeting = Wed 23rd Sept @ 7:30pm via Zoom
- Aiming to make audio CD’s of live-streamed services available
This may feel divisive but we hope to increase capacity and capability fairly rapidly; treat first two services as “pilots”.
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