Click here to download a copy of the BCP 2019 Holy Eucharist

Click here to download a copy of Saint Matthew's Screening Tool.

REGISTRATION CLOSES TWO DAYS BEFORE THE SERVICE.

The following is a lot of very specific information, but we wanted everyone to have all the details.

The protocols we will be following are:

• 40 people cap on registration (to allow space for staff and Clergy)

• Everyone in the church will be a minimum of 6 feet apart (exemption: households)

• Offering plates will be available in the Narthex

• Service will not include singing (exception: Doxology)

• All attendees will complete the Screening Tool within 24 hours before attending the service. See link above.

BEFORE THE SERVICE:

• Arrive between 9:30–9:55am

• Enter through the main door at the front of the building

• Put on mask before entering the building

• If there is a line to enter the building, please maintain distance

• Approach check-in table at entrance

• Santize hands

• Let the person know your name

• You will be asked for verbal confirmation of completing the Screening Tool and that you are cleared to attend

• Immediately head into the Sanctuary and sit down

• Sit in one of the pews marked #1 (they are marked on the end of the pew)

• Keep six feet between you and the next person beside you (exemption: households)

DURING THE SERVICE:

• Wear mask (this is due to us being a Liturgical church with congregational responses and meeting indoors) Disposable masks will be available. (Exception: 2 years and under)

• Service will be projected on the screen

SHARING THE PEACE:

• Share the Peace with your household and with a smile or wave to everyone else.

COMMUNION (IN ONE-KIND) SPECIFICS:

• There will be two stations on either side of the Sanctuary

• Wait for the Service Assistant / Usher to invite you forward

• Approach the table at the front of the aisle

• Keep distance from those not in your family group

• Sanitize hands (sanitizer will be on the table)

• Approach the Clergy

• Cup hands

• The Priest will administer communion and drop a wafer in your hand.

• Taking the wafer with you, head to your seat by continuing around the pews so that you are entering the opposite side you left from.

• Remove mask

• Eat wafer

• Put mask back on

AFTER THE SERVICE:

• We will exit with the last pew first and working towards the front while maintaining distance.

• The Clergy will go directly outside the main doors to receive you

• Exit our the main door

• Everyone is invited to visit in the church parking lot after the service. We ask that you continue to wear your mask and social distance.