January 2021

Live streaming of service on our new website (www.pypc.org) and Facebook – We are continuing the live-streaming of our Sunday church service on Facebook but we are also live-streaming on our new website, and then the service is posted on YouTube. To watch the live-streaming on our new website, on the Home page, scroll down to ‘Sunday Service’ – when you click on the left-most video, you will be directed to the service that is presented using YouTube. Or you can go to the Calendar page, where you can click on the Sunday of choice to again be directed to the service that is presented using YouTube – you can also click on past Sundays to view previous services (if you have a smart TV, there is an icon on YouTube to cast to your TV!!)

In-Person service: We are also offering in-person Sunday church service at our usual time of 10 AM. The service will be different in that:

• The service will be approximately 40 minutes as a safety precaution. While there is live-streaming with one camera, the pastor will perform the service from the communion table; once we have more cameras, the pastor will perform the service from the pulpit. There will be no layreaders.

• Because all windows and doors will be as open as possible to increase ventilation, please dress accordingly.

• There must be no more than 41 people in the sanctuary at one time.

• Everyone must wear a mask at all times, covering their nose and mouth with the exception of the Pastor during service, and with the exception of taking communion; this includes but is not limited to cloth-based face coverings and disposable masks - we will have masks available if you do not have one.

• Every ‘household’ must maintain a 6-foot distance from other households.

• Every person must hand sanitize before entering the building – we will have hand sanitizers at the building entrance.

• All pew cushions have been removed.

• An usher will meet attendees at the door to the sanctuary, record the name (also address and phone number if a visitor), take/record the person’s temperature and ask if they have symptoms (Y/N). If anyone has any symptoms following the service, Pastor Paul must be contacted.

• In the sanctuary, there are directional arrows to maintain traffic patterns – all household members must enter the sanctuary through the usual door, then be escorted up the center aisle by an usher with seating starting at the front pulpit pew; once the pulpit side is filled, all household members are escorted up the center aisle with seating starting at the front choir-side pew. Exit following service is out the pulpit front door for those seated on the pulpit side, starting with the first row; for those seated on the choir side, exit down the far-right aisle starting with the back row, out the foyer door and out the main front door.

• Ushers will place the appropriate number of bulletins in the seating area as he/she is escorting a household to a seating area.

• If you wish to share a prayer or joy and/or concern, please call the church office (leave a message if no one answers) or email Pastor Paul

• There will be no choir or singing of hymns.

• There will be no hand shaking or laying-on of hands across households during the benediction.

• There will be no passing of the collection plate or 2 cents a meal boxes – a plate and box will be available on both tables behind the last pew on either side, and on the table near the pulpit exit door.

• There will be no Sunday school or nursery

• All Bibles, hymnals and other papers are removed from the pews; you are welcome to bring your own Bible.

• Please exit the building immediately after service – if you want to stop and speak with others, please do so outside in the parking lot. There will be no fellowship/coffee hour in Crosier Hall until further notice.

Communion: For those live-streaming the service, you are welcome to have your own communion elements available; for those attending the in-person service, prepackaged bread and pre-poured juice is available in disposable containers (please dispose of them in the provided trash can as you exit the building).

Choir: Rehearsals on the first Wednesday of each month are canceled until further notice.