New Testament Baptist Bible Center/Mount Triumph Plans for Reopening

 This plan is to help us start thinking and planning for reopening.  The plan will undoubtedly require adjustments.  There may be setbacks.  Patience will be a necessity.

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Timeline for Reopening Church

 If our governor’s time frame does not change, the first Sunday back for New Testament will be May 24, 2020 and Mount Triumph will be May 31, 2020.  For the first few Sundays, we will have worship only.  We want all families to stay together and sit together during the worship service. The governor’s mandate is 25% capacity, so seating will be limited to every other seat and every other row.  We have not decided when we will resume Sunday School.

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General Comments and Guidelines for Reopening

• We encourage those who are sick to please stay home until you are well.

• We understand some people may not feel comfortable coming back to church at this time. We want everyone to use their own discretion.  We want to be especially sensitive to the elderly and those with compromised health issues.

• Social distancing will be easier because we are a small congregation.

• A deep cleaning of the church will be done before and after the service.

• All non-essential items have been removed from the church..

• All hymnals, pencils, and offering envelopes have been removed from the chairs. This is to make cleaning and disinfecting easier and quicker after each service.

• Handshaking and hugging will be stopped for the immediate future. You are encouraged to wave and smile from a distance.

• We will continue to provide online service since this is reaching so many people.

• We are discussing how we will distribute bulletins; if we continue to distribute them at all.

• We will have hand sanitizer available throughout the church. If you can bring your own hand sanitizer, this will help the church’s supply to go farther.

• If you would feel more comfortable wearing a mask, please bring your own if you have one. If you do not have a mask and would like one, we will try to provide one for you.  Parents, please explain to your children why people are wearing masks, so they will not be frightened.

• Our ushers will hold the doors open or we will prop doors open, where this is possible.

• We will not offer our usual fellowship dinner for the first few months. We plan to reintroduce this at a later date.

• How will we do communion and receive the offering? Our communion is already in self-contained packages, so that makes it easier.  We will distribute communion like the food handlers handle food.  One person with a mask and gloves will hand it to you.