Welcome Back to Worship!
Join us indoors for blended worship - Sundays at 9:30 AM
Join us indoors for blended worship - Sundays at 9:30 AM
Children's Chapel is offered each week during worship for children Pre-K through 6th grade, spilt by age groups, where they will experience children's worship, messages & fun activities. Children will return to their families during the closing song. A nursery will be offered for children 4 and under in the near future, as soon as it is fully staffed!
Masks are encouraged for indoor gatherings, no matter your vaccination status, to protect unvaccinated children under 12
and immunocompromised individuals.
Masks are encouraged for indoor gatherings, no matter your vaccination status, to protect unvaccinated children under 12
and immunocompromised individuals.
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Livestream worship on Facebook
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Open a Bulletin, Make your Offering & Worship On-Demand
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FALL WORSHIP SERIES
Love isn't just something you feel - Love does. Love acts in ways that brings healing, wholeness and restoration. Love can lead the way to a better life. Join us for a fall worship series that studies examples of Jesus' love from the Gospel of Luke!
This series will include a weekly Bible reading challenge that will take us through the entire Gospel of Luke in 6 weeks. Plus, we'll be engaged in community-wide Acts of Kindness during the month of October! Come worship, study, grow and LOVE with us! |
WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Help us provide welcoming and meaningful worship each week by signing up to help greet, read scripture, provide audio/visual support, or prepare & serve communion on Sundays! Sign up below.
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As church attendance numbers fade across the nation and online services become very convenient (who doesn't love not getting ready in the morning or leaving the home?!), it's important to remember why church attendance for you and your family matters so much.
You can't serve from your sofa. You can't have community of faith on your sofa. You can't experience the power of a room full of believers worshipping together on your sofa.
Christians aren't consumers either. We are contributors. We don't watch.
We engage. We give. We sacrifice. We encourage. We do life together.
The church needs you.
And you need the church.
Wherever you are, find a local church where you and your family can be part of community and use your talents to advance the kingdom and reach others. To come alongside one another physically, not just through a screen.
While I'm grateful for technology to keep people connected who can't physically come to a facility or who need to be away, it's absolutely not like being in the sanctuary. Never will be.
Yes, church on the sofa is nice.
But it'll never be the same as church in the sanctuary.
by Jeff McNiell
You can't serve from your sofa. You can't have community of faith on your sofa. You can't experience the power of a room full of believers worshipping together on your sofa.
Christians aren't consumers either. We are contributors. We don't watch.
We engage. We give. We sacrifice. We encourage. We do life together.
The church needs you.
And you need the church.
Wherever you are, find a local church where you and your family can be part of community and use your talents to advance the kingdom and reach others. To come alongside one another physically, not just through a screen.
While I'm grateful for technology to keep people connected who can't physically come to a facility or who need to be away, it's absolutely not like being in the sanctuary. Never will be.
Yes, church on the sofa is nice.
But it'll never be the same as church in the sanctuary.
by Jeff McNiell
GUIDELINES FOR INDOOR GATHERINGS
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While many youth and adults are now fully vaccinated, we as a church believe that the best way to show love for unvaccinated children under 12 and immunocompromised individuals, is by encouraging everyone to wear a mask for large gatherings indoors. We will continue to offer sanitizer, low-touch and no-touch options for bulletins and offering, and sections of socially distanced seating. Online worship will continue to be livestreamed to our Facebook page at 9:30 AM, and then made available as a recording on our website on Mondays.
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3-2-1 CHURCH RE-ENTRY GUIDELINES FROM THE IOWA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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Level 3 Red Light Status: Stop all non-critical gatherings. Essential workers only. This is the Stay in love with God and Stay Home phase of our ministry.
Level 2 Yellow Light Satus: Cautionary Return. We anticipate this will cover a number of months. As the IAUMC, we want to “Do Good” as restrictions are lifted and as test positivity rates decrease. This means a gradual return to gatherings and doing so in a cautionary manner, with limitations. Level 1 Green Light Status: When we finally reach the “Do No Harm” phase, it will be because the virus is contained and our people are safe. Permission will be granted to communities of faith to return to full activity and mass gatherings will be permitted. |
Our policy allows us to hold indoor services if the 14-day test positivity rate is below 15% in Polk County. These rates are published on the Iowa Coronavirus website. Online worship will always be available. We encourage each person to consider his or her own health and comfort when determining whether to worship in-person or online.
If test positivity rates increase and push us back into the RED LIGHT PHASE, we will notify the congregation of the cancellation of in-person gatherings on our homepage, via email, and on Facebook.
If test positivity rates increase and push us back into the RED LIGHT PHASE, we will notify the congregation of the cancellation of in-person gatherings on our homepage, via email, and on Facebook.
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