In cooperation with guidance from Federal, State and Local leaders and health officials, First Christian Church and The Crossing have decided to open our facilities for public worship beginning Sunday, May 24. We are grateful for God’s mercy and protection in allowing public worship gatherings to resume. To ensure your safety, social distancing practices will be in place at both campuses. While we are anxious to be reunited as the Body of Christ, it is imperative that everyone considering worshipping at First Christian Church or The Crossing be aware of and adhere to these directives. You will notice new procedures in our children’s ministry, lobby, and worship center. Below is an overview of the “new normal” at First Christian and The Crossing. If you have questions, please call 336-996-7388 or email info@fccministries.com. We will continue to stream our worship services online, so if you are not quite ready to return to public gatherings yet, be sure to worship online with us.

FCCM / The Crossing Plan for Re-Entry 2020

Worship Services

• Everyone that wants to come back, needs to be able to come back.
• Sunday School classes are suspended for now.
• Nursing Home resident pick up is suspended for now.
• No physical bulletins will be made available.

Nursery & Children’s

• All children must have their temperature taken before entering the classroom.
• If the parent prefers to keep the child with them, the child sit with the parent(s) in the main worship. The child will not be permitted to roam around the worship center.
• All toys used in the nursery must be in baskets (or similar) and switched out for sanitized toys between each service. All toys must be sanitized before the next use.

Greeters Ministry

• Everyone on the welcome and hospitality teams will wear blue gloves and will open doors so our guests will not need to touch the doors upon entry / exit of the building.

Hand Sanitizer

• Everyone must use hand sanitizer when entering the facility.

Masks

• Masks are encouraged and will be available for anyone who needs one.

Seating

• Families are encouraged to sit together.
• There must be 6’ between individuals other than family members.
• There must be at least 3 seats between non-family members sitting on the same row.

Communion

• Individual communion containers will be in baskets and handed out by persons wearing gloves as guests enter the worship center.
• Guests will be asked to dispose of the communion wrappers into the trash receptacles as they exit the main worship center.

Offering

• Persons wearing gloves will hold baskets (or similar) at the exit doors of the worship center so guests can drop their contributions into them.

Social Distancing

• No hand shaking.
• No hugging.
• Be aware of the 6’ distancing requirement even when finding your seat.