Covid-19
Re-opening Whiddon Valley Evangelical Church to public services – July 2020
The following is a summary of the changes in practice that
are necessary to reduce as much as possible the risk of spreading the
Coronavirus during service to be held at Whiddon Valley Evangelical Church.
These changes in practice have been identified following a risk assessment
which is available separately.
- People should not attend the services if they
are suffering from raised temperature, new persistent cough, loss of taste or
smell or other respiratory infection or if they are contacts of anybody with
Coronavirus. The services will be livestreamed via YouTube for those unable
to attend.
- Congestion will be avoided when entering and
exiting the building.
- Entrance to the meeting hall will be via one set
of doors and exit via the other.
- Some chairs will be removed from the meeting
hall in order to allow a 2–metre social distancing
rule to be observed as much as possible.
- The resultant maximum capacity of the main hall
is estimated to be 30 – 40 (though this is dependent on the overall number of
households present, with larger households expanding the
estimated capacity).
- Hand sanitiser will be provided by the entrance
door to be used be people entering and leaving the building.
- Church Bibles will no longer be available for use. Hymnbooks are now in use
BUT NOT SHARED OUTSIDE OF HOUSEHOLDS. Hymnbooks are available at the entrance
to the main hall on both a Sunday and for the mid-week prayer meeting. After
use the Hymnbooks are placed by the user into a box where they then remain
un-used for the following 7 days. There is one box used on a Sunday and a
separate box used mid-week. Worshippers are welcome to bring their own Bibles,
taking them home after each service.
- Recordings of hymns will be played through the PA system. Worshippers will
be asked to remain seating during this time and can read through the words
quietly themselves.
- The
kitchen will not be used except for the fetching of a cup of water if needed
and it will be individual’s responsibility to dispose of the cup.
- Only two people can use the toilet facilities at
any one time. Cleaning materials will be made available after use.
- The end room will remain in use with the
services relayed to it. A maximum of 6 people can use this room at any one time
and priority should be given to parents with small children.
This is not an exhaustive list of
the changes to practice that are necessary and they
will be kept under review, especially if UK Government guidance and regulation
changes.
The full risk assessment is available here in PDF format.
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