Faith Baptist Church

Hello Everyone,

Faith Baptist Church is back to in-person worship services as well as Sunday School classes, Team Faith Kids, and Upward Faith Youth activities. Everything was cancelled after learning a church member tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

Not having in-person church on September 13th was the safest course action to take due to a church member present on Sunday, September 6th who tested positive later that week for the COVID-19 virus.

I want to encourage you to do what you need to do for your own personal safety in regards of attending Sunday School, Worship or any Wednesday night activity. Wearing a mask to attend is optional. If you are feeling ill or have been around someone who has experienced the symptoms of the virus, please stay home.

Faith Baptist will continue to take precautionary measures like:

No meet or greet time, no shaking of hands or hugs, no passing of the offering plate during the Sunday morning service.

Social distancing is highly recommended.

Every other row will be left empty in the sanctuary. Keep at least two empty seats between parties in any row except as follows:

Two or more members of the same household can sit adjacent to one another, with two seats empty on either side. Two individuals who are not members of the same household but are attending together can sit adjacent to one another with two seats empty on either side.

In order to provide the safest environment to combat the spread of the COVID-19 corona virus the following procedures will be in place for our children attending Sunday School.

When arriving to bring your child or children to Sunday School please enter through the main entrance of the church and proceed to the hallway in which the restrooms are located. At the check-in table located by the door leading to the Faith Baptist Church Kid Zone, each child will have their temperature checked by a no-touch digital thermometer. All children will be asked to sanitize their hands as they arrive for their Sunday School class and will do this again when class is dismissed.

All these precautions are to provide a line of defense to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Please extend grace to members who reach different conclusions about safety. Remind them that your church is trying to make the best decisions to keep everyone safe.

In Christ,
Pastor Mike Midkiff

For your information: Wood County, as of September 18th, has 496 confirmed cases of COVID 19 with 15 deaths and 92 active cases, 389 recovered cases.