First Baptist Church’s Five-Stage COVID-19 Response Plan
STAGE FIVE
FBC’s Stage 5 tentatively starts on September 25, 2020. At this time, it is difficult to project this far into the future, but this stage is about taking significant steps to returning to all normal functioning with the following exceptions because of the significant amount of preplanning required for the following:
DURING A MODIFIED STAGE FIVE:
- The opening of in-person Children & Youth Ministry events, programs, and activities will be made available based on further discussion and partnership with public education partners. This includes everything that requires staff and/or volunteers to work directly with our beloved children.
- No major banquets or food gatherings, including pitch-ins, congregational meetings; specifically, the 110-year Anniversary Party events scheduled for the weekend of July 11-12, 2020 are postponed until a future date to be determined. If necessary, we will simply celebrate our 111-year Anniversary in 2021 so that we can make significant plans with a more reasonable certainty that they will happen.
- Online service continues to be provided.
- Additionally, there will be certain practices that remain, such as the hand-sanitizing stations through the building. At this stage, masks are still required and we are still socially distancing from those not in our immediate family group. This change is per the governor’s executive order (see the graphic below). Additionally, we will return to the policy we have always held that anyone who has had signs of an infectious illness should refrain from attending until they are well. Keep being safe and conscientious of your and everyone’s health and well-being.
Finally, we have been and will continue to make every effort to have excellent custodial service, both with our own custodian, who is doing an amazing job, and when contracting a professional service when necessary. Please be a positive partner in keeping our building safe and sanitary. How you act, behave, and treat our church building will determine if other people feel safe and secure to join us now and in the future. Thank you!
