OUR RE-GATHERING PLANS
Please read to the end to be familiar with plans
related to our incremental re-gathering Phases
In this season, we are relying on YOU (our people)
to advocate for and protect the whole of our church
God has gifted each of us with His wisdom and skills necessary for this task
Doing so, will require that we set aside some of our own individual needs
for the good of the Body of Christ here at IHBC
We recognize that as we begin to take steps toward
GATHERING IN PERSON some of our new habits might seem awkward
That’s OK
Let’s plan to embrace the awkward
and demonstrate the love of God towards one another
We encourage all of us to BE SOCIAL
and MAKE GOOD RELATIONAL CONNECTIONS
while giving each other physical space
For some of you, this could be a season where you
consider opening your home for a small group, from our church,
can gather as a Home Church
Acts 2 describes the early church like this:
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.”
As excited as some of us will be to see you,
we will exercise physical restraint in the way we interact with you
out of genuine love for you and others
Because we are a diverse group of people, with diverse concerns,
health-issues as well as diverse perspectives we kindly ask
that we refrain from hugs, handshakes and other physical touch methods of greeting
All the cool kids wear face masks as a part of their Church Clothes
As the church, we want to make sure
that we are doing all we can to ensure your safety
as well as the safety of all of our neighbors
That’s all part of loving our neighbors well
This is bigger than just thinking about us (and our church)
It’s one thing to put our own lives on the line to attend church in person
We also don’t want to be a stumbling block to our neighbors
Our staff is working on making it possible for us
to LIVE STREAM our services from now on
PHASE ONE
(May 10 – May 31)
This will be 1 Worship Service starting at 11:00am
We are hosting worship gatherings outside on-site and over Facebook Live
These outside gatherings will most likely take place in the area in front of the Chapel
Bring your own chairs
The use of face-masks is encouraged
Continue to maintain physical distancing
We will have hand sanitizer gel available
We will not be offering kid’s ministry
We will have the Offering Box set up outside
If the forecast is calling for rain, we recommend you stay home
and watch the service on Facebook
Only 2 bathrooms (in the hallway of the office entrance) will be accessible
SUNDAY SCHOOL DETAIL OPTIONS
Sunday School Teachers will be working with their class
and Pastor Chris to adjust their Zoom Class times
to accommodate the Phase 2 in-person worship services
If a class is interested in hosting their class time in person on campus
(inside our outside) they will need to work out the logistics with Pastor Chris and Carol
There will not be classes for Children yet
Rebekah is working on a plan for a wildly popular
virtual VBS starting the week of August 2
PHASE 2
(June 7 – June 28)
IN PERSON WORSHIP SERVICE DETAILS
We plan to offer 8:30am and 9:45am Worship Services
We will host two LIVE worship gatherings inside (and over Facebook Live)
for people who have reserved their spot through our SIGN-UP-GENIUS
We are limiting each service to around 50 people
Service Times – 8:30am and 9:45am
We are asking you to use our SIGN-UP GENIUS to reserve your seat
for either the 8:30am or 9:45am worship services
Our LIVE service will take place in our Worship Center
We still encourage you to bring your own chairs
We’ll leave the DOORS OPEN,
so you won’t need to touch the door handles
and there will be hand sanitizer available at the entrance
In the Worship Center, you are encouraged and welcome to sit together
in family/friend clusters maintaining physical distancing as much as possible.
We will have a limited # of chairs from our gym available
and spread out in the Worship Center.
The church chairs will be wiped down between each service.
Once one of our worship spaces is filled to around 50 people,
one of our Hospitality Team people will direct you to
(not to exceed around 50 people in either the Worship Center or Gym)
where the service will be LIVE on a TV.
If you end up in the overflow Gym,
we ask that you spread out maintaining 6 feet distancing
from those outside your family cluster
We will not be offering coffee and donuts at this phase
If you are not feeling well, or running a fever, stay home
Since the other parts of the church buildings that have been cleaned,
and are not in use, we ask that all of us unless you’ve scheduled it
through the church office.
Our Hospitality and Safety Teams will be available to offer help.
We will not be providing bulletins, common hymnals, or Bibles.
Instead we will post announcements and other pertinent information
on the screen, in emails and in our Facebook Group
We won’t be offering Kid’s Ministry in this Phase.
Also the playground will remain closed in this Phase.
When the service is finished,
we will encourage you to exit the building to prevent congregating inside
Instead of passing the Offering Plates,
we encourage you to give in the following ways:
Place offering in the Offering Box
Mail your offering into the church office
Physically drop your offering off at the church office
Use your bank’s free Bill-Pay option to schedule your offering
Use our online giving method on our church website
BATHROOMS
We will only open 2 Bathrooms (just outside of the Worship Center)
One of our Hospitality Team members will monitor the bathrooms.
We will place tape on the floor for waiting in line
Only 2 people at a time in the bathroom
We ask you to use the cleaning supplies provided in the bathroom
to wash your hands and any bathroom equipment you’ve touched
Our water fountains will be closed in this Phase
The bathrooms will be thoroughly cleaned between Sundays
DISCLAIMER
We will hold these dates LOOSELY, depending on lots of factors
including recommendations from our county/state leaders
"No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful!
But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living
for those who are trained in this way"
(Hebrews 12:11)