COVID-19 Updates-summer
How to Get Connected Safely
This content was last updated on October 8, 2021.
We return to our building for Sunday Worship on Sunday, October 10.
Significant changes are being made to our practices, which will evolve each week. We hope to post a robust update to this page as soon as we can. In the mean time, the most accurate information about Sundays in October 2021 and beyond can be found in the following issue of Tidings:
Tidings: Thursday, October 7, 2021
Outdoor worship has concluded for the season, and we are no longer worshiping in College Park. RSVPs are now required for indoor worship. Masks are required indoors on Sundays at all times. Read full details above.
Worshiping with Us
Worship is currently outdoors, indoors, and online. You can join a zoom service, listen to the podcast, or attend an in-person service.
Audio Podcast
Outdoor Services: Spring-Summer 2021
What are we doing to keep these outdoor services safe for everyone? Learn about our Covid-19 precautions at these outdoor services.
At this time, masks are no longer mandatory at outdoor worship. You may still wear a mask if you so choose. Please put your mask on when singing.
On Sundays when the weather prevents us from worshiping outdoors, we will move our service indoors. RSVPs will be taken for indoor services so that we can observe distancing guidelines.Watch your email to be notified of cancelation due to weather.
Indoor Services
Summer 2021 and Going Forward
Wednesday Noon Eucharist
Each Wednesday at noon we hold a simple, spoken service of Eucharist (Communion) in the sanctuary. We are taking RSVPs for this service. You may RSVP by emailing the office.
Safety practices:
- Please have a mask ready to wear. This is good hospitality for families with children under 12 who are currently ineligible for vaccination. Following St. Paul’s masking requirements, unvaccinated people are required to wear masks indoors.
- Observe 6′ distance indoors. Pews in the sanctuary will be taped off to ensure adequate distance between households. Please observe these guidelines.
- Always sign in when entering the building. The main doors of the church will not be open on Wednesday. Please enter via the Chelmsford door (Glass door near the church’s accessible parking spaces) and sign in so that we can practice safe contact tracing protocol.
- Communion: You will be able to choose between a single-serve wafer and a piece of bread from a common loaf of pita bread. Wine (grape juice) is still single serve only, as per state-wide regulations. The priest will sanitize her hands before serving communion, and both of our priests are fully vaccinated.
Zoom Daily Office Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer Hosted by David McEachron & Tony Hunt
Contact the office to get connected with the hosts and receive the link.
Join an Online Class
Spring and Summer topics include Living the Resurrection and Being Disciples.
Faith Forum on Zoom
Sundays at 9:15 am
Faith Forum explores a number of topics relevant to living faithfully in our daily lives. This forum is on hiatus for the summer and will return in the fall.
Zoom links may be found in Tidings and on CCB in the Announcements group.
Other Ways to Connect
The most up to date communication about our offerings is always Tidings, our weekly email. Special ministries for families with children are also taking place.
We’ve also been celebrating milestone birthdays with tributes and profiles in our newsletter, giving families the tools to do faith formation at home, and meeting online for bible studies, support groups, and social events. The ministry of the church has changed, but it is rich and full. There is a place for you here, whether you are near or far.
To learn all about what we’ve been up to these last few months.
Photos of outdoor worship from 2020 are courtesy of Maja Beckstrom, Park Bugle.
