Guidelines For In-Person Worship - Elim Lutheran Church

Thanks to the careful efforts of Elim’s leadership, your patience and cooperation, as well as the increasing availability of vaccines, we are ready to undertake in-person worship at Elim once again. We ask that you please follow these guidelines so that we can worship in a safe manner.

+For these first weeks of our return and for the welfare of everyone concerned, we ask that you please practice concern for others above yourself. The wearing of face masks and distanced seating will be necessary.

+Worship will begin promptly at the times indicated, with the doors opening 25 minutes prior to the beginning of the service and closing 15 minutes after worship concludes. Once inside, please follow the guidance of the greeters and ushers. Hand-sanitizing stations are available at the entrance and at the doors to the sanctuary.

+Seating will be directed by the ushers to previously determined places within the sanctuary in groups of no more than 4 people. These may NOT be your preferred places. Once the limited capacity is reached in the sanctuary, you will be seated in the Fellowship Hall. Audio and video portions of the service in the sanctuary will be broadcast to the Fellowship Hall.

+Instructions for receiving holy communion will be provided during the service.

+At the end of the service you will be ushered from the sanctuary. Greetings with other worshippers should occur in the parking lot following worship. We respectfully request that conversations take place in the parking lot rather than inside the church.

Thank you for your consideration of and cooperation with these guidelines.