COVID UPDATE from Pastor Grimes

As COVID remains a concern for members of our church family and our local community, we continually re-evaluate the steps we have taken to keep our church a safe environment for all, and one that would make visitors feel welcome, and safe.  Therefore, we continue to follow these guidelines at our building so that everything may be done “decently and in order” (I Corinthians 14:40).
  • Our services continue to be live-streamed (to the best of our ability!) and we ask that at-risk and sick church members stay home and “join us” via Facebook Live .
  • If you have had a fever of 100° or more in the past 48 hours, used fever reducers, or experienced other possible COVID symptoms, use common sense and please stay home.
  • We ask that families, and others that ride together, please sit together.  We still sit in alternate pews to allow for physical-distancing.
  • You are welcome to wear a mask as you enter and exit the building and all the way through the service if that makes you feel comfortable.  We don’t want anyone to feel as though they are being “judged” if they wear, or don’t wear, a mask. Please show grace to one another! However, we leave that choice up to you. 
  • There are no offering plates being passed during the service; however, the offering plates are in front of the pulpit where you are welcome to place your weekly tithes & offerings, including your missions giving. Privacy envelopes are available. Online giving is also available, and you are always welcome to mail your tithes & offerings to: Sempronius Baptist Church, 6500 Frazier Road, Moravia, NY  13118.
  • Hand sanitizer is available throughout the building and you are encouraged to use it as you enter the building, or you may wash your hands thoroughly in the bathroom.   (The bathroom MUST be sanitized after each use. Thank you!)
  • Signs will remain posted throughout the building that show the suggested protocols for staying healthy, as mandated by the governor’s directives. 
  • Please remain IN the auditorium; the downstairs area remains CLOSED at this time.  Coffee and light snacks are available in between our first and second services.
  • The building will be sanitized after each and every use.
  • We have purchased an air purifier to use in the auditorium in the event that the windows and doors may NOT be able to stay wide open due to inclement weather.
 
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING WITH A JOYFUL SPIRIT!