Forward Together
A Step-by-Step Guide to Re-Opening Activities at Good Shepherd
REVIEWED BY GOOD SHEPHERD’S COVID-19 TASK FORCE AND APPROVED BY GOOD SHEPHERD’S BOARD
PHASE 1: Stay Home (as of 1/11/2021)
Criteria:
Infection rate going down and stabilizing in the area around Good Shepherd, concern about health system to handle capacity.
Infection rate going down and stabilizing in the area around Good Shepherd, concern about health system to handle capacity.
Good Shepherd’s Response
- All in-person worship suspended, outdoor worship may be considered once weather improves
- Worship Services and Resources available online
- Church group gatherings of < 10 can ask to meet (outside preferred) but will be determined on a case by case basis, masks and registration required, maintaining a social distance of at least six feet apart
- Baptisms, weddings and funerals will continue. However, attendance at baptisms will be limited to parents and siblings of the child being baptized along with sponsors; others can attend via Zoom. Weddings and funerals will be evaluated on a case by case basis.
- Little Blessings Preschool will remain open. However, all children attending preschool will now be required to wear masks.
- The food pantry and clothes closet will remain open.