Click here to learn about what you can expect.

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.

• Unless you are under age of the 2 or have trouble breathing or are unable to remove a mask by yourself, we expect worshipers to wear masks/cloth face coverings.
• After health screenings (including temperature checks) are administered, an escort will take you to your seat in the sanctuary to ensure that we are able to maintain physical distancing guidelines of six feet.
• Bathroom and elevator monitors will ensure that individuals use or a single family uses these conveniences separately.
• We will record where you are sitting and make sure we have your contact information on file. We will keep those records for three weeks in the event that someone unknowingly comes who is infected and we need to notify others. 
• We are suspending these activities:
• passing offering plates,
• passing of the peace, handshakes, and hugging.

• Dismissal will be by rows instead of en masse.

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.

• Sunday School classes, Bible Study classes, and other small groups may continue to meet virtually OR may schedule a time to meet onsite at the church.  
• All classes that meet onsite will meet in the Fellowship Hall where physical distancing can be maintained.  
• Health screenings (including temperature screenings) are required.
• Classes will schedule their onsite meeting time on a first-come, first-served basis by calling the church office or by emailing a staff member (name@madisonstreetumc.org).
• Participants will be responsible for disinfecting their area after use.

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 

• We will notify local health officials if a person diagnosed with COVID-19 has been in the facility and communicate with staff and congregants about potential exposure while maintaining confidentiality as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or other applicable laws an in accordance with religious practices.
• We will inform those with exposure to a person diagnosed with COVID-19 to stay home and self-monitor for symptoms and follow CDC guidance if symptoms develop.
• We will close off areas used by the sick person and will not use the area until after cleaning and disinfecting it.
• We will require sick staff and advise congregants not to return to the facility until they have met CDC’s criteria to discontinue home isolation.