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  • 827 Leister's Church Road
  • Westminister, Maryland 21157

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Worship in Pandemic
Beginning Sunday, October 25, 2020
9:00am Indoor – Sanctuary/ Facebook Live (posted to YouTube and our website later in the day)
10:30am Outdoor- Chapel in the Woods

If you have any symptoms of COVID-19, have been exposed, or prefer not to follow these guidelines we ask that you please stay home and follow us online.

9:00am  Worship- Inside & Facebook Live Worship
(Doors will be unlocked at 8:30am)

We can safely seat about 30 people in the church at this time. 

  • Everyone will enter main front doors (all other church doors will remain locked) with your MASK on.  (Masks are required.) 
  • You will answer a COVID-19 symptom questionnaire and have your temperature checked
  • You will receive a bulletin and Holy Communion kit.
  • Your name will be written down by our greeter.  (Please help them out by stating your name.  We all aren’t great at remembering names.) You will wait with the greeter until he/she tells you to go with our ushers.
  • You will be seated by our ushers.  (All groups must be seated at least 7 feet apart.)  Please note that everyone will not be sitting in their favorite seats.  Please be flexible. 
  • Offering Plates will be by the entrance and exit doors. 
  • Worship will be about 30 minutes long.  There will be no singing during worship, but we will get to enjoy Maggie playing the organ.   Special music and musicians are welcome with advanced planning. 
  • When worship is over the ushers will release you by pew and direct everyone out the front emergency exit door.  Everyone who needs to use the ramp and go out the front door will wait until everyone else has left the building. 
  • We ask that you use the restroom in the entry way (narthex/lobby) and do not roam the building.
  • The windows will be open during worship so please wear something warm in case you chill easily.

10:30am  Outdoor “Chapel in the Woods” Worship 

We will continue with the current protocols (masks, temperature taking, writing down names, social distancing).  Dress for the weather.   In the event of rain, we will move the service inside.  If this happens, the guidelines stated above for 9:00 worship will be in effect.  This service will continue outdoors for as long as we have people attending it. 
 
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this difficult time.
           
If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at office@stjohnswestminster.org.

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