{"id":9236,"date":"2021-08-10T11:53:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?p=9236"},"modified":"2021-08-13T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T19:27:27","slug":"worship-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/worship-in-person","title":{"rendered":"Worship In Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\">We are worshipping indoors, in person again!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\">With precautions!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">COVID is again surging and so we urge everyone to follow the reopening protocol guidelines to keep us safe.\u00a0 Even if vaccinated, there is strong evidence that the vaccinated can still carry and spread the virus.\u00a0 We want to always reduce any risk to unvaccinated adults, and to children who cannot receive the vaccine.\u00a0 And we don&#8217;t want to have to close up again.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So, please:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Everyone over the age of two must wear a mask\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Keep a safe distance (4-6 ft) from those outside of your family bubble, also while seated in the pews<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Wash\/sanitize your hands often.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Wave or bow instead of shaking hands.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Note that our worship leaders and singers will be taking off masks to speak and sing, but they are intentionally positioned at a safer distance from the congregation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Keep up with these safety efforts and we can continue to praise God in person, and also protect our precious children and youth.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you are apprehensive about attending in person, we are offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/worship-on-line\">live streaming and recorded video<\/a> of our in person services. Also Adult Sunday School is also offered on Zoom. Contact the church for the link.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">&#8220;Do no harm, do good,\u00a0and stay in love with God&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are worshipping indoors, in person again! With precautions! COVID is again surging and so we urge everyone to follow the reopening protocol guidelines to keep us safe.\u00a0 Even if vaccinated, there is strong evidence that the vaccinated can still carry and spread the virus.\u00a0 We want to always reduce any risk to unvaccinated adults, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-announcements","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 23:29:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}