Preparations for Re-opening

September, 2020

As we begin to look at re-opening the church, we are watching the current numbers for COVID-19 in NC. The number of confirmed cases continues to rise, therefore we are not looking at re-opening any time soon. We understand one reason for the numbers rising is that more testing is being done. Part of these numbers are from people who have had COVID-19 and recovered. If we re-open too soon, it is still possible for one who has had the disease to infect another who has not. Therefore we must be even more careful to re-open.

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Once we re-open, there will be one way into and out of the church. We will use the vestibule and will have touch-less sanitizing stations set up for members to use. Each member will be asked to wear a mask and social distancing will begin at the entrance to the church. Please come early as you will be asked to stand 6 feet apart (by family). As you enter the vestibule you may utilize the hand sanitizing stations (in turn), and you must wait for an usher to seat you as the seating arrangements will be different due to us implementing social distancing inside the church. We ask your patience in all this because your safety is our concern.

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We will also be implementing our own form of contact tracing. This means we will be keeping a record of who sat where in the church just in case someone unfortunately tests positive. We would contact the member(s) who were seated near that individual informing them of the need to self-quarantine for 2 weeks.

We feel this will help to prevent an outbreak within the church body.

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For now, please note that the following Morning Star events are cancelled:

1. BBTM Retreat and Men's day - Cancelled

2. Church Anniversary - Cancelled

3. November Conference - to be determined

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 There will be more to follow.....

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