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Guidelines for Worship In Sanctuary

We will be taking reservations for seats to worship due to our reduced capacity due to COVID-19.
You are welcome to arrive no earlier than 30 minutes before the start of the service.  So, the doors will open at 8:00 for the 8:30 service, and at 10:15 for the 10:45am service.  Time will be needed between the services to clean and prepare the sanctuary for each service.
  • Everyone will enter through the main entrance (portico-entrance).
  • Facemasks will be required before you enter the building.  Masks will be available at our “sanitation stations” for those who do not have one.
    • The sanitation stations will have: facemasks, hand-sanitizer, and wipes
  • Upon entering, your temperature will be taken, and a brief set of questions will be checked.
  • Your name will be checked off at the Welcome Desk before you enter the Sanctuary.
  • Ushers will help you to your seat.
    • The pews are cordoned off to practice physical distancing of at least 6 feet.
    • The ushers will seat people from the front to the back
    • You will be dismissed at the end of the service from the back to the front
  • Face Masks will remain on for the duration of the service (This is a change from previous publications; explanation below)
  • There will be NO:
    • Congregational singing
    • Unison prayers, liturgy, etc. (ex: Lord’s Prayer)
    • “Passing the peace”
    • Offering collected
    • Communion
  • Live music will be played by Charlotte and/or Dimitri
  • We will have a song leader or praise team to lead us in music (the song leaders will observe safe practices of physical distancing)
  • Pastor Don will preach
  • Prayers and reflection will be led by Pastor Don
  • The service will last 30-40 minutes because of the reduced content in the service, and the desire to shorten the time we are together.
  • Offering baskets will be located at the back of the sanctuary as you leave for your tithes/offerings.
  • Everyone will exit the sanctuary through the east exit (except those who may need to use the elevator)
  • You will be asked not to congregate indoors for conversation before or after the service.
  • If you want to have conversations with one another, please do so outdoors in the parking lot, observing physical distancing of at least 6 feet.
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504 E. Hwy 50
​O'Fallon, IL 62269
618-632-2354
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O'Fallon First United Methodist Church
  • Home
  • Welcome
    • Staff
    • Maps
  • Serve
    • Missions
    • Stephen Ministries
  • Connect
    • Watch Live
    • Drive-In Worship
    • What's Happening
    • Connection Newsletter
    • Calendars
  • Faith Formation
    • The Learning Tree >
      • Preschool
      • Parents Morning Out
      • Play Café
    • Children (Birth-5th Grade)
    • Students (6th-12th)
    • Children & Young Adult Handbells
    • Adult Sunday School
    • Men's Ministry
    • Right Now Media
  • CONTACT
    • Contact
    • Prayer Requests
    • Connect Card
  • Employment
  • Give