COVID

OPERATION POLICIES & PROCEDURES: ONLY BELIEVE
  1. Only Believe Ministries has opened the facility to do our best to create a safe environment for the entire congregation. You will see signage when you enter the church of recommended CDC guidelines for social distancing, mask-wearing, and no contact greetings.

  2. Please be mindful that the CDC recommends no shaking hands and no contact greetings.

  3. If you do not have a face mask and you need one, we have masks, sanitizer, gloves, and tissues available at the Welcome Center. Please feel free to use these items often.

  4. For your safety and the safety of everyone in the building, please be mindful of 6 ft social distancing between you and others while you are waiting in line at the restroom, The Shop, Café, or other areas.

  5. We will do our best to keep doors propped open going into the Sanctuary and also the outside doors when weather permits.

  6. When you first come to church we are recommending going right into the main sanctuary to get your seat. The ushers and staff will be positioned in certain areas to assist you and help ensure proper social distancing is recognized so everyone feels comfortable.

  7. While families from the same household can sit together, we would kindly encourage spacing out of other groups.

  8. Church Offices will be open Monday-Thursday each week. We ask that you kindly consider calling staff, emailing staff, and using social media to dialogue versus physically coming into the offices.

  9. If you are considered in a High-Risk Category, which means if you are 65 years old or older, have COPD, Respiratory Disease, Heart Disease, Diabetes, cancer, or immune deficiencies, please take all the necessary preparations if you decide to come to Church. If you feel like you prefer to stay home, we encourage you to watch the service online. Please know we respect your decision and don’t want you feeling awkward or condemned if you can’t come for this short period of time – your safety comes first!

  10. Online giving methods like text to give or online giving will be encouraged to help social distancing.

  11. For a period of time, to help stay within social distancing guidelines, we will be asking anybody with prayer requests to send them into us electronically and we will be praying over them corporately as a Staff. If you have an urgent need, please kindly let us know.

  12. The platform, all microphones, keyboards, IPAD’s, instruments, pulpit, and all other items that anyone touches will need to be sanitized after each use.

  13. For the foreseeable future, we will not be having any fellowship dinners.

  14. We will be accepting food and clothing drop off in the bins by our entry doors.

  15. All volunteers including Greeters, Doorman, Security, Altar Workers, Ushers, Parking Attendants, and all other volunteers will be updated on the church’s policies and procedures so they in turn can share with any congregants or guests important information as they come to church.

  16. Please be mindful wherever you have your meetings, to be at least 6 ft apart.