SUNDAY WORSHIP
We have two services on Sunday morning.
Each service includes readings from the Bible, a sermon, prayers, and Holy Communion each week. We serve Holy Communion in bread alone currently, due to COVID, including gluten free wafers for those who need them. All of our services are from the Book of Common Prayer and other services of the Episcopal Church.
We take up a collection at each service, which is an opportunity for members to offer their pledge during worship, or to offer a donation towards the ministries of our parish. On the first Sunday of every month, we take up special offerings to outreach ministries and other projects the parish has engaged in.
8:30AM Our 8:30 service includes gospel songs led by guitar, keyboard and drums.
10:30AM Our 10:30 service is a traditional service, with hymns, organ music and Canterbury Choir. This service is being streamed Sunday mornings through our Facebook Page. Our page is set to public, so you do not need to have a Facebook account to watch. If you are prompted to sign in, you should be able to close that window, and scroll down our page to the Live Video. Youth acolytes assist with service duties, along with adult readers, Eucharistic ministers, ushers, and musicians. Our Canterbury Choir meets throughout the program year from September to May, and prepares offertory anthems and assists with leading hymns.
We take up a collection at each service, which is an opportunity for members to offer their pledge during worship, or to offer a donation towards the ministries of our parish. On the first Sunday of every month, we take up special offerings to outreach ministries and other projects the parish has engaged in.
8:30AM Our 8:30 service includes gospel songs led by guitar, keyboard and drums.
10:30AM Our 10:30 service is a traditional service, with hymns, organ music and Canterbury Choir. This service is being streamed Sunday mornings through our Facebook Page. Our page is set to public, so you do not need to have a Facebook account to watch. If you are prompted to sign in, you should be able to close that window, and scroll down our page to the Live Video. Youth acolytes assist with service duties, along with adult readers, Eucharistic ministers, ushers, and musicians. Our Canterbury Choir meets throughout the program year from September to May, and prepares offertory anthems and assists with leading hymns.
IN PERSON SERVICES:
│ Sunday │
│8:30 AM│
Eucharist in person
│10:30 AM│
Eucharist in person & via Facebook Live
Mask Wearing Changes
Because so many of the members of our church are under 12 years old and are just beginning to get a vaccine, we will temporarily require masks at some church events, including Sunday worship. We are hopeful to be able to revisit this policy soon. It is incredibly important to create as safe a place as possible for families to build up a church habit again after the disruptions of the past year.
Key points:
Mask Policy Update:
On November 21st, our Vestry reviewed our mask policy. While we have been particularly careful this Fall while waiting for new vaccine opportunities, we noted that a number of families are maintaining abundant caution by continuing to attend worship online, many of the youth attending are unmasked at coffee hour, and for many families, school attendance remains a much more significant unmasked time. Given these factors – and more especially, the arrival of vaccines for children aged 5-12 – we will be returning to the standard that vaccinated persons may choose not to wear a mask during worship, beginning on Christmas Eve, 2021. The timing of this is intended to provide a window for children 5-12 to receive their vaccines and have some time to build immunity. Masks and social distancing certainly continue to provide extra protection for self and others, and will continue to be welcome practices during worship.
We continue to expect that anyone who is experiencing potential COVID symptoms or has an exposure that might cause a need to quarantine will use the online worship option, and we will be reviewing masking rules for Sunday School and Nursery as spaces where children under 5 still need extra protection.
Because so many of the members of our church are under 12 years old and are just beginning to get a vaccine, we will temporarily require masks at some church events, including Sunday worship. We are hopeful to be able to revisit this policy soon. It is incredibly important to create as safe a place as possible for families to build up a church habit again after the disruptions of the past year.
Key points:
- To protect kids at church, Masks will be required, even for vaccinated persons, at Sunday worship and Sunday school.
- Masks will be optional for vaccinated people at Coffee Hour (please wear a mask until you get to the tables), and children will be able to take a Coffee Hour treat to the Sunday School classrooms to eat, with masks required while not eating
- Adult ministries will be able to make a decision as a group whether they wish to wear masks or use the rule that vaccinated people can choose whether to wear one or not
- We will be steadily watching the virus rates and other major factors, especially children vaccine development and rollout, so as to review this regularly
Mask Policy Update:
On November 21st, our Vestry reviewed our mask policy. While we have been particularly careful this Fall while waiting for new vaccine opportunities, we noted that a number of families are maintaining abundant caution by continuing to attend worship online, many of the youth attending are unmasked at coffee hour, and for many families, school attendance remains a much more significant unmasked time. Given these factors – and more especially, the arrival of vaccines for children aged 5-12 – we will be returning to the standard that vaccinated persons may choose not to wear a mask during worship, beginning on Christmas Eve, 2021. The timing of this is intended to provide a window for children 5-12 to receive their vaccines and have some time to build immunity. Masks and social distancing certainly continue to provide extra protection for self and others, and will continue to be welcome practices during worship.
We continue to expect that anyone who is experiencing potential COVID symptoms or has an exposure that might cause a need to quarantine will use the online worship option, and we will be reviewing masking rules for Sunday School and Nursery as spaces where children under 5 still need extra protection.
SERVICES: 8:30 AM │ 10:30 AM │ Sunday School 9:40-10:20 AM every other week
285 So. 208th Street, Elkhorn NE 68022 │ 402-289-4058