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We will begin hosting weekly worship services on Sunday, September 13, at 10:15 a.m.
Please note: We will continue to offer online worship services. We encourage people in high risk categories to continue to worship at home.
Although we cannot eliminate all risk, we are committed to exercising due diligence and mitigating as much risk as we can. We will follow best practices as recommended by the CDC, the state of Tennessee, and The Tennessee Annual Conference of The UMC—health screenings, physical distancing, wearing cloth face coverings, etc.
A professionally staffed nursery is available for infants through 3 years old. Parents will check them in at the nursery door which located through the double doors on the west side (front left) of the sanctuary.
Kids Core will meet and children will be dropped off at the sanctuary doors near the restrooms which located through the double doors on the west side (front left) prior to the start of service. After service parents will pick up their children from the 3rd floor classrooms.
4s will be in room 309.
5s will be in room 301.
1st-5th will be in room 307.
Quite probably. We will be utilizing every other pew.
We are no longer requesting you register for Sunday morning in-person worship. We deeply appreciate your patience as we established a baseline for attendance so that we could ensure that we are able to worship as safely as possible.
In lieu of registering online, you will come to the narthex to pick up your bulletin and to register your attendance.
We do request you register to attend one of our Christmas Eve services. Click here for details.
At this time, standing weekly reservations are not possible. Please register for each service you plan to attend.
Out of an abundance of caution to protect others. Both the Torah and Jesus teach us that we are to “love our neighbors as ourselves,” (Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 22:39). As members of the body of Christ, we set aside personal preferences and even endure discomfort as an expression of self-sacrificial love.
We will have extra cloth face coverings available in the event that you do not have one or you forget yours.
If you are symptomatic, have a fever, have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive, or have traveled internationally or to a domestic hot spot in the past two weeks, stay home. If you are in high risk category, 65+ years of age and/or have a pre-existing medical conditions or compromised immune systems (e.g., heart disease, lung disease, cancer, high blood pressure, or diabetes), as much as we miss you, we urge you to exercise an abundance of caution.
CDC COVID-19 Guidelines after diagnosis/exposure
If you have questions that were not addressed, please email Rev. Harriet J. Bryan.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR RE-OPENING THE BUILDING:
MADISON STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Values:
John Wesley’s 3 Simple Rules
Do No Harm—We value the health and wellbeing of all God’s people, especially the vulnerable ones. As churches, we pray that no one will be endangered or placed at unnecessary risk, just as we desire that others would do the same to us (Luke 6:31). We acknowledge that we cannot eliminate all risk; we are committed to exercising due diligence and mitigating as much risk as we can.
These guidelines will be reviewed regularly and revised based on updated information.
We will communicate any changes deemed necessary.