Living Hope is now gathering in person! Everyone is welcome!

July 18 and 25 COVID Guidelines 

We are excited to have entered a time with no restrictions on how many people can be in attendance! We recognize that this is a very quick change from the past 16 months and people are at different levels of comfort regarding COVID. For this reason we have come up with a few guidelines on what we feel it means to practice hospitality at Living Hope. These guidelines were made in light of what BC Health continues to recommend for indoor gatherings. We will continue to reassess the guidelines for August 1.

• We encourage you to wear masks when you are inside the church building, only removing them when you are seated.
• We recommend wearing masks while singing, but we do not require that you wear one.  
• As you come in an usher will assist you to your seat. We hope this can help in spacing ourselves out the best we can throughout the whole sanctuary.
• We will be providing childcare for all ages under kindergarten. Children are welcome to stay in the service as well. 
• We ask that you keep your greeting contact free – with a wave or a nod as we begin our gathering again. While you may be eager to greet each other with a handshake or an elbow bump, not everybody will be comfortable with those forms of contact and we want to eliminate some of these comfort barriers from people being able to be in attendance.
• After the service you will be encouraged to carry the fellowship outdoors rather than inside.
• As part of our fellowship time, we hope to start serving coffee in August again in a manner that follows COVID food service guidelines.

In the past we have referred to learning the COVID dance. Each time we come to a new step – there will be a learning curve before it becomes more natural. Rather than jumping back in we are going to gradually open things as we learn these new rhythms together. We value our in-person services and because of that, our hope is that we create a space that is safe enough for those who have been cautious about coming back. The pace may feel too fast for some or too slow for others. In our goal in moving forward, we want to make sure we guide ourselves towards September and the new church year well ensuring we are a congregation who continues to grow in hope together through Jesus.