PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING

Due to the increase number of Covid-19 cases in Florida, as a Church, we want to be as safe and responsible as possible. Before you register for any or our services, please read through the following questions and if you answer yes to any of them, we ask that you to please abstain from visiting the church at this time. In such a case, please join our services online as they will continue to be transmitted.

1. Do you have fever greater than 99.6°F or history of fever within the last 14 days?
2. Cough/Shortness of Breath?
3. Pneumonia/flu – recent (within last 10 days)?
4. Have you traveled by plane or cruise ship within and/or outside the United States in the last 14 days?
5. Have you had prolonged close contact with an individual with laboratory confirmed Covid-19, or who is under investigation (awaiting test results or screened positive) for Covid-19 within 14 days?

Again, if you answered yes to any of these 5 questions, we ask that you join us online from your home.

Thank you for helping us stay safe!

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The health and safety of our congregation is a priority for us in all decisions made. For this reason, we have laid out guidelines below that we believe are necessary to be followed based on the information given to us by state government and health officials. We will be resuming Sunday services and Wednesday Bible Study. These guidelines will be amended, as needed, moving forward. Thank you for following these guidelines for your safety, as well as the safety of others!

 We are still having church online, as well! 

 Safety Measures Taken

• A special air purifying system consisting of u/v lighting have been installed throughout our facilities’ duct work, in order to provide clean air through our entire facilities’ ventilation system. 
• Our facilities will be sanitized prior to and following any in-person service. ​

Attending Service

• Individuals MUST Register in order to attend the in-person service.  We can only have 50% of the building capacity per government mandate. Therefore, once we reach that limit, registration will be closed for that particular day. 
• Important: The building will open at 9:15 am for first service and 11:15 am for second service. Only volunteers serving will be permitted inside before that time.
• ​REGISTER HERE!

 
Masks

• Individuals may choose to wear face masks and gloves.
• Please come prepared with your own mask if you choose to wear one.

 
Social Distancing

• Individuals should observe social distancing at all times, which entails maintaining a minimum of 6-foot distance from others. We ask you to do this as a courtesy and out of respect to those around you.
• Please avoid hugging, shaking hands, or any other form of close contact.
• Vulnerable individuals are encouraged to continue utilizing church online during this time.
• With social distancing in mind, avoid congregating in groups.

 
Cleanliness and Hygiene 

• All staff and volunteers will be screened for symptoms prior to serving on Sunday according to the COVID-19 Screening Guidelines.
• Staff and volunteers should take temperatures before they arrive in order to self-report. Normal temperature should not exceed 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
• If you are sick, please do not come to church. Join us for church online, instead, by going here.
• If you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, have traveled internationally or to a domestic hot spot, please stay home and join us online.
• Our ushers and volunteers will disinfect all surfaces before and after every service.
• Hand sanitizer will be available at both entrances of the facility.

 
Kids and Students 

• Better Life Kids will be meeting in the children wing as usual and will follow the same guidelines we have been following for the daycare during the week. 
• New Life Youth services will resume on Wednesdays and will be following the same guidelines of social distancing as the adults.

 
Foyer 

• Individuals will be asked to move directly to and from the main entrance and sanctuary with no congregating in the foyer.
• Staff will be monitoring to encourage safe social distancing at all times.
• Markers on the doors will indicate which doors will be used for entrance to the sanctuary and which ones for exiting.
• Water fountains will not be available for use.

 
Restrooms 

• To allow for appropriate social distancing, a maximum of 4 individuals will be permitted in each restroom at one time. A staff member will monitor this.

 
Sanctuary and Seating 

• Please sit 6-feet away from non-family members in the sanctuary.
• To allow for appropriate social distancing there will be no blockades limiting seating in place in the sanctuary.
• We will not exceed 50% seating capacity in the sanctuary, to allow for proper distancing.
• Overflow seating will be available in the K4C/Youth Sanctuary, as needed.
• Ushers will assist with the seating process, from a distance.

 
Service 

• The Worship Team will be limited and will be spaced out accordingly.
• We will not pass offering containers. Offering baskets will be placed at the altar where individuals will be able to give contact-free by dropping envelopes in the baskets. 
• Offering envelopes will be available in the seat pockets.
• Guests will be encouraged to complete a digital connect card through our church app or to complete a guest card and drop it in the offering baskets.

 
Exiting 

• Service will be dismissed, and individuals will be directed to exit the sanctuary through the side emergency exit doors.
• Ushers will assist with the exiting process, from a distance.
• Individuals will be encouraged to exit the building promptly, since congregating is not permitted and volunteers will be disinfecting the sanctuary for the second service.