Mask Update 6-2021

UPDATED June 17, 2021
 
I have some WONDERFUL news to share with you! 
 
First I want to say thank you to everyone for continuing to support Park Place Church during the year; it has been a crazy, stressful and strengthening time for ALL of us. I have said this before and I will say it again, I firmly believe Park Place Church is stronger and more connected today than we have been in many years. What a joy to see so many people supporting, loving, and welcoming people in our church community and neighborhood during the past year!
 
We have tried our best to balance all the news, state guidelines, and at the same time discern what is a good option for our faith community. Thank you for being gracious to church leadership as we do our best to lead this amazing church community to the best of our abilities. 
 
Park Place Church leadership is very excited to announce that we are making masks OPTIONAL in the church building,  beginning Sunday, June 20th. 
 
Any way we approach this issue, we must understand that there will always be different levels of comfort and perspective. As your pastor, I never want to see any of this cause division among us. I also feel it important to mention that there should be NO MASK SHAMING at all. If people want to wear a mask all the time that is fine. I want people to feel comfortable and safe in our church. This will continue to look differently for each individual and family. 
 
We will leave a few pews ‘socially distanced’ as well to help with those that want to still practice social distancing. 
 
The church will continue in it’s enhanced cleaning protocol that we started last year. We will still offer hand sanitizer and really encourage those that are not feeling well to stay home and watch the service online. Live streaming of our service will continue into the future. 
 
You might be wondering when will coffee/snacks, Sunday School for all ages and Growth Groups be coming back. Well let me answer those for you!
 
Coffee and snacks will be coming back within the next few weeks. We will open the gathering room back up and you will be welcome to come in and grab some coffee before service and take it to your seat or stay in the Gathering Room and fellowship until the start of service. I would like for the Gathering Room to be closed once the service begins so we can encourage people to join us in the sanctuary. 
 
Sunday School might not start back up until the Fall. The Discipleship group is discussing Sunday School and have not made a decision on what this will specifically look like moving forward, especially concerning Adult Sunday School. We have seen a great success with our virtual “Monday Night with the Prof” so that is being considered in the decision as well. Children will be having a few summer events in the summer. Youth ministry is still working on their schedule as well. No matter what is decided it will be fun to have Sunday School-like classes again in whatever format they are in. For our middle school and high school students, we would like to invite you to attend Youth for Christ Club that meets currently at our church Wednesdays from 1-3 pm, with a few specific events being planned throughout the summer. Follow our church or youth pages on Instagram or Facebook for more details. 
 
Growth Group leadership will meet soon, but we will hopefully have a plan in place for the Fall. 
 
The church is slowly coming out of this pandemic, stronger than we were before. I have been telling leaders to not think as we did before the pandemic but to vision things differently and they are doing that. There might be some things that will return as normal but there might be other things that we will do differently now. No matter what we do, we will still preach the Gospel, share the message of Jesus and lead people to a saving faith in Jesus! We want to continue being a light within this amazing community. 
 
Again, starting this Sunday, mask wearing will be optional. There is no shame if you want to have a mask on while in the building. I want to encourage us to continue loving each other well. 
 
We can’t wait to be with you on Sunday, either in person or on the live stream!
 


Mask Update 5/2021

UPDATED MAY 15, 2021
 
With the recent mask guidelines from the CDC and the Governor lifting of mask guidelines for businesses, the leadership of the church is moving forward with a new recommendation for our church body.
 
First I want to say thank you to everyone for continuing to support Park Place Church during this time. I firmly believe Park Place Church is stronger and more connected today than we have been in many years. It is such a joy to see so many people supporting, loving, and welcoming people in our church community and neighborhood during the past year.
 
It has been a struggle to balance all the news, state guidelines, and what is a good option for our faith community. Thank you for being gracious to church leadership as we do our best to lead this amazing church community to the best of our abilities. 
 
Park Place Church leadership is recommending in light of guidelines and the comfort level of many in our congregation, that we respectfully wear masks in common places only. Once you are seated, if you are comfortable doing so, we are no longer asking for masks to be worn at that point. 
 
We feel this is a good first step for the church and will be adjusting this as people get more comfortable with no masks in the pews. This has been a long time of mask-wearing and we need to slowly and lovingly go back to life without masks.
 
Any way we approach this issue, we must understand that there will always be different levels of comfort and perspective. As your pastor, I never want to see any of this cause division among us. I also feel it important to mention that there should be NO MASK SHAMING at all. If people want to wear a mask all the time that is fine. I want people to feel comfortable in our church and welcome. This is a great step forward for us.
 
I also want you all to know that Park Place Church will not be checking for the vaccine status of anyone. We should recognize this as a personal decision to vaccinate or not. 
 
Again starting this Sunday we are asking for masks to be worn in common places and once at your seat, you may remove your mask if you are comfortable. There is no shame if you want to have a mask on at your seat. I want to encourage us to continue loving each other well. 
 
We can’t wait to be with you tomorrow, either in person or on the live stream!
 


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