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July 2, 2020

Dear Members and Friends of RBFC,

As you know, in early June we sent a letter to everyone outlining our plan to re-open the church building for worship services.  Among other mitigation strategies, we asked you to wear a mask upon entering the building and keeping it on until seated and then putting it back on when the worship service was finished in order to exit the building safely.

We are amending these guidelines to be in compliance with the new order issued on Wednesday, July 1, by the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health.  This order requires facemasks to be worn the entire time anyone is in “any indoor location where members of the public are generally permitted.”  No exceptions were included for houses of worship, as has been the case in previous orders from the Governor and the Secretary of Health.

In accordance with this newly issued order we are asking that you wear a mask for the entire time you are in the building for Sunday worship services. 

The specific order is attached to this email so you can see the entire document.  The only exceptions to this order are found in section 3 of the enclosed document. 

As a reminder of other mitigation strategies we already have in place: 

• Maintain social distancing
• Use hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting the building
• Exit the building as soon as the service is finished and enjoy fellowship safely outside
• Accessible rooms – the only rooms available are the sanctuary and bathrooms, as well as the nursery for feeding and diaper changes
• Refreshments will not be available for the foreseeable future, feel free to bring your own coffee
• We will delay communion until August
• Children’s ministries are on hold for the remainder of the summer
• The sanctuary, bathrooms, and all high touch areas will be sanitized each week. 
• Zoom and YouTube livestreams:  These services are gladly provided for anyone who is sick, for all who work with COVID-19 patients and for all who feel uncomfortable coming to the building.   We want you to know that you are a treasured part of our congregation and we seek your safety as well as your spiritual vitality.
• In addition, enough reserved space will be allotted between the platform and the front pews so that anyone serving from the platform can safely remove their mask in order to do their ministry.  This will be the only time anyone will be permitted to remove their mask, and only for the time they are ministering up front.  

Above all, let us love one another by reaching out with words of encouragement and sacrificial acts of kindness.  If you see a need, try to meet it and draw others in with you to share the joy.  If you find that you disagree with someone’s opinion about this whole pandemic, listen well, speak kindly and be tenderhearted with each other.  Jesus said the world will know that we are his disciples if we love each other. 

See you Sunday, in person or online.

The Elders of Royersford Bible Fellowship Church

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