Welcome to  St. John Lutheran Church

• If you are a high-risk individual, we encourage you to continue to watch the recorded service online.   These will be tape delayed and should be available Sunday afternoons.

• If you are sick, stay home.

• Take you temperature before coming, if your temperature is greater than 100.0°F, please stay home.

• Masks are encouraged.  Remember, the mask isn’t always about keeping you safe, it’s about keeping others safe.

• Households may sit together; we ask that each separate household to maintain a 6-foot distance from each other.  We are placing tools in each useable pew to help you distance from others.  We will only be using every other pew.

• No handshaking or sharing of the peace.

• We will have the offering plate in the back to drop off your offering as you enter or leave.

• We are removing the Hymnals and other touch points for the time being.  The service will be projected.  We are removing the pew cushions for now as they are hard to disinfect.  They will be back.

• We will be having communion twice per month following these actions

  • Communion prep personnel will take temperatures for 3 days leading up to prep and serving.

  • Communion prep personnel will use gloves / mask while prepping and serving.

  • Wine will be prepped in very other wine slot.

  • Bread will be prepped like normal wearing gloves / mask

  • Bread distribution will be done by dropping the bread into hands.

  • Wine will be distributed by having individuals grab their own wine.

• We will limit traffic flow.  The North door will be used for entry and the East door will be used for exiting.  Doors will be propped open to eliminate touching.  Please practice social distancing as you enter and exit the Sanctuary.

• There will not be any social time following services for now.  Please stay out of the kitchen and social hall.

• Please limit the use of the restrooms as much as possible.  Follow proper social distancing practices.

• Hand sanitizer will be located throughout the building.

• We will disinfectant the Church following service.