MORE BIG NEWS in this weekly update from the "CtK ad hoc Committee for Reopening" that meets Sunday nights.
We're adding a SECOND Rain or Shine, Drive-in worship opportunity (this one being TRADITIONAL with Holy Communion) on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m., beginning this Sunday, May 31.This is in addition to the Saturday 5 p.m.CONTEMPORARY with Holy Communion that we started 2 weeks ago. Like Saturday, all are invited to bring chairs and sit next to your car. 11:00 a.m. Sunday is the best time so it will 1) not interfere with our online Sunday morning Bible studies and 2) be more agreeable for the Riverchase neighborhood. Please call Larry Loyacano at 205-746-8935 to volunteer to help direct cars in the parking lot.
Feedback about our initial Saturday 5 p.m. Drive-in worship services May 16 & 23 include many saying, "It was awesome!" Others said, "It was nice to have Holy Communion!" And others said, "It is so great to see everyone!" The first week 65 people participated. The second week 68.
So, we look forward to seeing all of you either Saturday at 5 p.m. for Drive-In worship with Contemporary music or Sunday at 11 a.m. for Drive-In worship with Traditional music!
Additionally, we are continuing all our current Sunday & Wednesday worship and Bible study opportunities online (both CtK website and Facebook) and outdoors in spaced chairs. Tuesday 10:15 a.m. Bible study (available by teleconference with Pastor Chris) and Wednesday 11:45 a.m. worship (available on Facebook Live and then posted after) are both outdoors at church in spaced chairs in the parking lot.
We continue working with your fantastic survey feedback and planning for reopening CtK facilities for indoor worship based on both careful consideration of what is best for our congregation's health and safety as outlined by state and local public health officials, and also based on our collecting and reviewing information on what other local churches are doing. For example, two large churches in Homewood that are right next to each other are taking very different courses as Dawson Baptist is reopening June 14, but Trinity Methodist is remaining closed. Pastor Brian at Trinity says, "We never closed" as is the case here at Christ the King. We're just sharing Christ, the Gospel, and loving service to one another and our surrounding community by different means than we were before.
Dick O'Brien and Dennis Stanek continue to investigate our indoor worship space seating capacities for both the sanctuary and Luther Room with regard to physical spacing, sanitizing, and air ventilation quality. We are concerned about singing indoors which not only spreads carrier droplets more than six feet but is then also recirculated through the air-conditioning system. Studies have shown this to be a problem in spreading COVID.
The committee welcomes information and feedback from the congregation. Committee members are Rosemary Johnson, Susan Dearing, Dick O'Brien, Casey Van Kralingen, Sharon Gray, Dave Walter, Pastor Chris DeGreen, Pat Loyacano, Dennis Stanek, John-Michael Parsons, Tim Champion.
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