It is no secret that the Coronavirus has interrupted the typical ebb and flow of our everyday lives. As such, everyone from the Whitehouse to the Churchhouse is trying to figure out what is the most reasonable and responsible plan of action to take amid all of the legitimate concerns.
With that said, I was introduced this afternoon to an article in “Christianity Today” written by Daniel Chin who is a global health expert with experience in helping churches respond to the Coronavirus Crisis. The title of the article is Should Your Church Stop Meeting to Slow COVID-19? How 3 Seattle Churches Decided. While I found the entire article insightful the most valuable part of the article consisted of a visual tool the author used in helping churches assess the risk factor of their community and how congregations should respond accordingly. In the event that you do not want to read the entire article but you would like to know how we will assess the risk factor associated with continuing to worship together over the course of the next couple of weeks his assessment tool is provided for you below.
(Note: The full article can be found at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/march-web-only/seattle-churches-stop-meeting-to-slow-covid-19-coronavirus.html).
It is possible that we may be forced in the coming days or weeks to take a different approach in conducting our worship services. As such, please be prepared to worship with us via Livestream on Facebook or via a pre-recorded uploaded sermon/service on YouTube. Thankfully, we have the capability to do this if it comes to that. In addition, we have the capability for folks to give securely online at http://www.ebbc.church/give-now/.
Stay tuned to our Facebook page and check your email in the event our scheduling has changed.
In Christ,
Pastor Josh
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