ACUMC Reopening Announcement

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We are Open for Worship

Health and safety procedures are in place. Registration is required.

  •  9:30 am worship services will each accommodate up to 20 family units in the sanctuary. 

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Every Sunday, from August 1, 2021 to September 5, 2021, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Location: Andrews Chapel UMC Sanctuary, 122 Watterson St. Jonesboro, GA 30236

Coordinator: Toni Davis, 770-471-7200

Please arrive a little early so we have time to check you in and seat you. Thank you!!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO ATTEND SUNDAY’S WORSHIP SERVICE 9:30 AM

Please read our Worship Safety Guidelines

Everyone is welcome at ACUMC!

To make sure that everyone stays healthy, please do the following:

  1. If you are an at-risk individual, please consider staying home.
  2. Take your temperature at home prior to arrival at church. If it is registering out of your normal range (or if it is above 100 degrees Fahrenheit), please stay home. If you have a fever, are exhibiting two or more of the symptoms below, or have had contact with a person who has recently tested positive for COVID-19, stay home and worship with us online.
  3. The following are symptoms of COVID-19:
Cough     Sore throat Loss of taste and/or smell   
Temperature elevation Shortness of breath     Chills  
Muscle Pain      Head Congestion Rhinitis (runny nose)
Diarrhea/Vomiting     Unexplained Rashes Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
  1. Wear a mask from the moment you get out of your car until you return to your car. Masks must be close-fitting and cover the nose, mouth and chin, even when talking. Examples include cloth masks made of tightly woven fabric, disposable surgical masks, or N95 masks. Bandanas, as well as gaiters (neck fleeces), which have been shown to increase the risk of droplet spread, should not be worn. Any valves on masks must be covered.
  2. Maintain 6 feet of physical distance from all those that do not live in your home.
  3. Refrain from all physical contact (handshakes, hugs, etc.). Air hugs are great!
  4. Utilize hand sanitizer every time you enter our building and wash your hands with soap and water before leaving the restroom.
  5. Ensure that children 5th​ grade and younger are always accompanied by an adult who is mindful of their physical distancing and hand/face hygiene.
  6. No restrooms will be available for use.
  7. Everyone entering the building must check in with the worship hosts for the purpose of contact tracing.
  8. To keep our staff safe, the walkway between the lower level and main sanctuary is restricted. Anyone needing to move between the sanctuary level and the Arnold Building fellowship hall area must go outside and back into the building t.

 

Q&A

Do I really need to register for in-person, indoor services?

•  Yes, please. It will help our staff prepare for each individual service and plan when additional indoor services may need to be added to the schedule.

What are the services like?

•  Worship will last 1 hour and include prayer, songs by a soloist or small group, and a sermon. We will not sing together.
•  Offering may be given online or in baskets at the back of the worship spaces.
•  Communion will be served on the first Sunday of each month using individually wrapped, pre-packaged elements.
Indoor classes, informal gatherings, and childcare will not take place. Children are always welcome in worship.

What precautions are being taken?

•  Physical distancing (6′) between family units will be required while on church property.
•  Face masks will be required of all worshipers, 3 and older, that cover both nose and mouth from the time you are approaching other worshipers entering the building until the time you have exited the building and distanced from other worshipers.
•  Hand sanitizer will be available at all entrances.
•  Services will be intentionally touch-free (no hugs or handshakes, no bulletins or children’s worship bags, no passing of offering plates, no items in the pew/chair backs).  Links to check in, give online, submit a prayer request, and view the traditional worship bulletin will be available on our website at andrewschapel.com.
•  Seating will be physically distanced. Some rows will be blocked. Ushers will show worshipers to their seats. Sanctuary pews will be marked with available seats.
•  Occupied spaces will be disinfected after each service.

I’m ready to come! What now?

•  RSVP each week by Saturday.
•  Please self-screen at home before you come to church. If you have a temperature over 100.4 degrees, a cough or sore throat, respiratory illness, difficulty breathing, new loss of taste or smell, or contact with anyone confirmed to have COVID-19 in the past 14 days, please stay home and worship with us online.
•  Select doors will open 20 minutes prior to each service. You are welcome to arrive anytime in that 20-minute window and be ushered to your seat.
•  No restrooms will be available for use.
•  Water fountains will not be available. Please do not bring food or drinks with you unless medically necessary.