OUR RE-GATHERING PLANS
SUNDAYS
10:00am -- In Person Gathering (plus Live Stream)
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
SUNDAY SCHOOL DETAIL OPTIONS
Sunday School Teachers will be working with their class
and Pastor Chris to adjust their meeting 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 or outside) they will need to work out the logistics with Pastor Chris and Carol
There will not be classes for Children yet
PHASE 2
IN PERSON WORSHIP SERVICE DETAILS
We plan to offer one 10:00am Worship Service
We will host a LIVE worship gathering inside (and over Facebook Live)
for people who have reserved their spot through our SIGN-UP-GENIUS
We are limiting the service to around 100 people
We are asking you to use our SIGN-UP GENIUS to reserve your seat
for the worship service
Find the most up-to-date Sign Up Genius link in our Facebook Group
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 before the next service.
If you are not feeling well, or running a fever, stay home
Since other parts of the church buildings have been cleaned,
and are not in use, we ask that you refrain from using them 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.
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)
