COVID-19 Response Team - UPDATE - March 9, 2021
Dear Friends and Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Our COVID Response Team met on Monday, March 8, and discussed what needs to happen for us to get back to in-person, indoor worship. We are keeping an eye on the potential spike in cases from the variant new strains as well as the on-going vaccine rollout. Currently, it was decided the target date to be back in the building for in-person worship is Memorial Day weekend, Sunday, May 30.
This is provided that any new viral variant spikes that might occur recede and the vaccine availability continues the course that it is on. Our Parish Nurses are currently contacting congregation members over the age of 65 to aid in navigating the vaccine system. They estimate at the present time, 70% are vaccinated or will be in the near future, which is encouraging! We are grateful for this. If you are wanting to get a vaccine and need help figuring out how to do so, please contact one of our parish nurses.
In order to go forward with the May 30 date a few things need to happen:
The current plan will be to alternate indoor/outdoor worship as we have in past summers, starting Memorial Day weekend. Regardless of indoor or outdoor, the worship service will continue to be broadcast online via our Church Facebook page.
In the meantime, the COVID Response Team will be meeting regularly to plan the logistics of resuming indoor worship. We are considering numerous options including, but not limited to, ushering in/out of service, pre-registration, limited sanctuary seating, shorter indoor worship, and overflow seating throughout the church if needed. As decisions are made, we will continue to update the congregation.
As a team we are excited to be planning the return of in-person worship. We are hopeful for the vaccine rollout, but continue to be watchful of the variant strains.
Stay safe and we can’t wait to hopefully see you all in-person, indoors, soon!
SPLC COVID Team
Katie Fetterly
Arlie Post
Joanna Kroschel
Jerry Nelson
Dave Haselbauer
Pastor Dale
Hand Washing Instructions
Face Mask Guidelines
Dear Friends and Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Our COVID Response Team met on Monday, March 8, and discussed what needs to happen for us to get back to in-person, indoor worship. We are keeping an eye on the potential spike in cases from the variant new strains as well as the on-going vaccine rollout. Currently, it was decided the target date to be back in the building for in-person worship is Memorial Day weekend, Sunday, May 30.
This is provided that any new viral variant spikes that might occur recede and the vaccine availability continues the course that it is on. Our Parish Nurses are currently contacting congregation members over the age of 65 to aid in navigating the vaccine system. They estimate at the present time, 70% are vaccinated or will be in the near future, which is encouraging! We are grateful for this. If you are wanting to get a vaccine and need help figuring out how to do so, please contact one of our parish nurses.
In order to go forward with the May 30 date a few things need to happen:
- Continued adherence to social distancing measures and correct mask wearing at outdoor/drive-in worship.
- Increased volunteerism to clean the church. If we do not have volunteers to clean on a regular enough basis, we will be unable to worship in the sanctuary. Sign Up to clean here.
- COVID numbers would need to continue to go down and any spikes would need to recede. Find out current data trends for Minnesota by clicking here.
The current plan will be to alternate indoor/outdoor worship as we have in past summers, starting Memorial Day weekend. Regardless of indoor or outdoor, the worship service will continue to be broadcast online via our Church Facebook page.
In the meantime, the COVID Response Team will be meeting regularly to plan the logistics of resuming indoor worship. We are considering numerous options including, but not limited to, ushering in/out of service, pre-registration, limited sanctuary seating, shorter indoor worship, and overflow seating throughout the church if needed. As decisions are made, we will continue to update the congregation.
As a team we are excited to be planning the return of in-person worship. We are hopeful for the vaccine rollout, but continue to be watchful of the variant strains.
Stay safe and we can’t wait to hopefully see you all in-person, indoors, soon!
SPLC COVID Team
Katie Fetterly
Arlie Post
Joanna Kroschel
Jerry Nelson
Dave Haselbauer
Pastor Dale
- SPLC COVID-19 preparedness plan
- Building use request form
- Visitor handout
- Facility use handout
- Cleaning guidelines
Hand Washing Instructions
Face Mask Guidelines