Coronavirus Response

Dear Shoreline Family,
We want to share with our church family our Coronavirus Response Plans.  Of course, this is a fluid situation and can change at any point, but we want you to know our current response.  We are certainly not panicked, but we want to do what we can to exercise caution. We plan to continue to have Life Group and Worship Service on Sunday, but in light of the virus we are taking the following precautions:

• If you do not feel well or have a cough, please stay home and we will put the sermon on our website.
  
• We encourage everyone to verbally affirm your love and appreciation for others without direct contact (hugs, handshakes, bumps, etc.).
  
• We encourage everyone to spread out in our worship service and practice social distancing.  We have plenty of room in our Worship Center to do so.
  
• We have increased our cleaning regiment, especially for door handles, toys, common counter space, etc. 
  
• We will leave all doors we can propped open to avoid common contact.
  
• We will not pass out bulletins or other items.
  
• We will not pass offering plates, but have plates in the back where people can drop off their offering.  We also have online giving: https://shorelinebaptist.churchcenter.com/giving
  
• We will temporarily discontinue our community coffee and refreshment stations (feel free to bring your own coffee or refreshments).
  
• We will use gloves to pass out snacks in our children’s ministry.  As always, if you prefer to bring your children into the service with you we welcome you doing so.
  
• We are canceling our Wednesday Evening Bible Study, Awana, and Wednesday evening Youth Group through the rest of March.  We encourage families to do family devotions.
  
• We will be postponing our sports ministry for two weeks.
  
• We are postponing our March Connection Lunch, Bubble Mania, Agebuster events, and Secret Church, and we will keep you posted on future plans.
  
• We are putting a plan in place to minister to anyone potentially quarantined by dropping off food and supplies at their doorstep.  If you would like to give to that effort you can do so online by picking the “benevolence” option. If you would like to be a part of the response team, please let us know by phone or email.  If you have any needs, let us know by emailing, churchoffice@shorelinebaptist.org.  We want to help one another, and we want to help our people help other people as well.
  

This situation is a fluid situation based on new information, and we will keep you informed of any future changes.  The worship of God is our highest priority, which includes the preaching of the Word, corporate worship, and the fellowship of believers.  With that said, we do not want to become legalistic and if you feel that you need to stay home, we understand and completely support your decision.  If at some point we temporarily cancel our worship service, we will try to livestream the sermon for our church family to watch online. As always, we put the sermon online and it can be accessed on our website.  
As believers, we are not to live by fear, but rather to live by faith.  If you start to worry, I encourage you to pick up your Bible and spend time with the Lord in His Word and prayer.  Let’s pray for one another, our neighbors, and most of all for opportunities to share the good news of Jesus with others.  I love all of you and if you have any needs let us know.
Sincerely,
Pastor Matt