A Glorious Church Reopening This Sunday!

In compliance with the President of the United State, the CDC, and Government of Oklahoma, A Glorious Church will be opening our doors on Sunday, May 3rd for our congregation members. This opening will have some guidelines that must be abided by in order for us to remain open.

The guidelines are set out by the Federal and State Government and they are listed below:

  • Places of worship can reopen for in-person meetings or worship if they adhere to CDC-recommended social distancing and sanitation protocols.

Recommended Guidelines for Temperature Checks & Employer Policies

  • Places of Worship should consider use of a touchless infrared thermometer to check the temperature of employees each day.

  • Employees with a temperature above 100.4°F are recommended to be sent home until they have no fever and no evidence of COVID-19 symptoms.

  • We also suggest that you ask the people attending to take their temperature before coming and stay at home if they have any symptoms.

Sanitation & Disinfecting Guidelines

  •  fEnsure that your entire place of worship is properly cleaned and sanitized. Consider sanitizing pews, bathrooms, doorknobs, light switches, microphones, common musical instruments, and any other areas where germs might be transferred.

  • Prior to reopening, retrain employees on best practices to avoid contamination.

  • Sanitize between services, particularly high-touch surfaces.

  • Clean and disinfect bathrooms regularly and ensure they have handwashing supplies.

  • Consider strategic placement of hand sanitizers if appropriate.

Maintain Social Distancing At All Times

  • Recommend members abstain from shaking hands and encourage doing non-contact greetings.

  • Encourage sick members to remain safe at home and avoid contact with others.

  • Consider continuing online services for those who are unable to attend in person.

  • If possible, offer multiple services to encourage a greater chance of social distancing.

  • During Phase 1 of the Open Safe and Recover Safely Plan, abstain from serving food or coffee before or after services.

  • During Phase 1 of the Open Safe and Recover Safely Plan, children’s nursery should remain closed.

  • If possible, consider leaving every other row or pew open and encourage family members from same household to sit together.

  • Elderly or those with compromised immune systems are suggested to remain at home.

In response to the above guidelines, AGC will be conducting service for the next 14 days in the following manner:

  1. We will be offering two services, a 9 am service and a 11 am service. The doors to the 9 am service will open at 8:45. All members will enter through the front door of the lobby and exit through the side door of the lobby. Upon entering the building, there will be sanitation stations set up in the lobby. Please try to not congregate in the lobby, come in and find your seat. Please sit with your family. Every other row in the church Sanctuary will be blocked off, so please take a seat in the rows that are not. When you are seated, please leave two empty seats on either side of your family. Ushers will help with this process so that things will not be confusing for you. The doors to the 11 am service will open at 10:45 am. Please stay in your cars until that time.

  2. During service; we will not have an open altar for praise and worship.  (I know this is different from what we are used to, but it is just for a short season! Please be patient with us during this time.) Mainly because of the spacing of chairs, we will have to use that space to place chairs.

  3. Upon conclusion of service, we will dismiss you by sections. You will be exiting the building out of the lobby side door.

  4. Offering buckets will be placed on stools as you exit the church building, so feel free to give your tithes and offerings at that time.

  5. We will not be having Children’s Church, Pre-school, or nursery during this first 14 days of re-opening. 

  6. According to the guidelines, we are supposed to suggest that elderly and people with compromised immune systems please watch online. Be led.

  7. The online service will be streamed at 11 am. We will NOT be streaming the 9 am service.

  8. If you have any symptoms or have a temperature over 100, please stay home and watch us online at 11 am.

  9. Facilities will be cleaned before and after each service.

  10. WELCOME BACK CHURCH FAMILY!!!

Em Schouten