Church Services in Unprecedented Times
“What strange and unpredictable times we are living in!”
Who could have known that we would be seeing what we are seeing and experiencing what we are experiencing? The Potter's House in Virginia Beach is taking the unprecedented step of switching to online services to fully comply with the guidelines published by the Center for Disease Control and the emergency order released by Governor Northam of our Commonwealth. We wanted to share these three important actions with all of you:
1. We will open the doors to each service to only one family or few individuals (no more than 5) per service to comply with the guideline of meetings consisting of ten or fewer people. We have put together an online signup form for families or individuals to volunteer to join me and my family, plus a production assistant for each service. We implore you to sign up for slots for the next 2-3 weeks. This will allow us to see each of you at least one time during this time of quarantine and will help us have at least a few people in the audience as we live-stream the services. We will maintain social distancing and thoroughly be cleaning all touchable surfaces in each and every service. Click this link to sign up for slots to volunteer for our "One-Family Services"
2. For everyone not in attendance, we need you to join us for each and every service via our new online streaming platform. The services will be streaming at all of our normal times. You can join us at this link beginning one hour before every service as we pray together. We encourage you to gather your family or friends together to watch and interact in small groups. These services will give you a chance to chat while the service is happening and I may even be able to react to chat messages during each message. We also continue to need your financial support. If you normally give using cash or checks, we ask you to try out our debit card giving platform here.
3. REACH OUT TO SOMEONE! This is a time for the church to be even more active than ever. Here are some encouragements: Call someone over 65 and see if they need any help. Maybe you could get some groceries or run an errand for them. Support a local business by purchasing a gift certificate to help them get through these tough financial times. Share our online service link far and wide. What better way to share the love of Jesus.
We encourage you to remain vigilant as we navigate this outbreak. Thank you for your participation!
