- If you are not feeling well (fever, cough, shortness of breath), please refrain from attending in person worship. We will continue to stream services online.
- Greeters and ushers will be present outside and inside the church to assist with instructions, seating, and to answer any questions. Seating is spaced with proper social distancing taken into consideration. If needed, we have additional seating available in the Pulse.
- Out of concern and care for others, we are asking attendees to wear masks while entering and exiting. If you do not have a mask, we will have some available.
- Please don’t linger in the Lobby on entry or exit.
- Lobby mailboxes are closed at this time.
- Bulletins will be placed on chairs prior to service. Daily Bread devotionals and Annual Report copies will be available at the Welcome Desk as a self-serve option.
- We request that you greet one another without handshakes or hugs and that you maintain proper social distancing of six feet from non-family members.
- The offering plate will not be passed; instead, offering plates will be available in several locations with ushers standing by if assistance is needed.
- There will be NO Children’s Ministry services; there will be a table in the lobby with materials provided by Miss Jess.
- There will be NO nursery available. Room 208 will be available as a quiet room if you need to step out with your little one.
- There will be NO School of Christian Living (adult) classes following worship.
We invite you to watch and listen to a message from Pastor Todd Witmer regarding the status and plans for reopening here at CABC. Above all else, may we continue to seek opportunities to connect with each other and our timeless God through all this. #CABC #Covid19
Posted by Christ's American Baptist Church on Friday, June 5, 2020
We will have some additional changes for Sunday’s worship and, possibly, going forward for a period of time. Greeters will smile cheerfully, but not give hugs or handshakes; they will hold the doors for those coming in. Bulletins will be in a container–please help yourself; they will not be handed out.
Offering plates will not be passed—we will have the offering plates set where you can still access them for your tithes and offerings. If you choose not to come to worship, offering and tithe may still be mailed to the church, dropped by the church, or you can utilize our online giving portal, accessed through https://www.christabc.org/
We will not have School of Christian Living or Children’s Ministry programming Sunday morning. All families should plan to sit together during our worship service. We will not have a fellowship time in the gym before or following worship service.
All non-essential gatherings will be postponed. All York County public schools have closed through March 29; CABC Preschool will be closed during this time and Wednesday night programs will not be held. There will be no Pulse Youth Dessert Auction tomorrow evening; it will be rescheduled. Financial Peace University, CYA’LL Luncheon, Women’s Bible Study, the Men’s Breakfast, the CABC Family Work Day and the Women’s Retreat are all on hold…we will keep you informed on when they will be rescheduled. Ministry meetings (for example Staff Relations, Missions, Women’s Ministry, etc.) will happen at the discretion of the leaders and those leaders will inform their committee members with updated meeting information.
Church staff is working to keep the facility as clean as possible and is conducting additional cleaning in high-traffic areas.
If you are staying home, and are in need of prayer or pastoral conversation, please feel free to contact the church (717-225-1876).
- Pray for those infected by the coronavirus around the world.
- Pray with gratitude for those who care for them.
- Pray with gratitude for health specialists and authorities who are combating the spread of infection.
- Pray for government officials and leaders to have the wisdom necessary to make wise and informed decisions out of care for the public good, particularly to those most vulnerable.
- Pray for all who at this time are feeling anxious.