03/12/2020
Dear church family,
We wanted to give you an update on our ministry plans for TCC regarding the concern with Covid-19. After prayer and much consideration, Thursday morning and evening ministry meetings, along with Men's Breakfast will be postponed until further notice.
All Sunday services will be conducted as normal. Our leadership and teachers will be screened for symptoms according to the Health Order (see below).
Our reason for these decisions are to ensure that we can maintain the priority of the corporate gathering on the Lord's Day for worship, while minimizing exposure and risk that comes with our additional ministries and shared meals during the week.
Having said this, we need to ensure we do the following.
According to Governor Inslee's Health Order released today (via Dr. Jeff Duchin Local Health Officer), we need to emphasize that if anyone is sick (including children, all volunteers and classroom teachers) please stay home. Please consider this as a ministry to each other, especially our youngest and elderly of our congregation.
If anyone is considered a higher risk, we encourage you to stay home, even if you are not sick.
For Sunday service, if you need to stay home, the live stream is available to you. The stream normally starts around 10:45. Click on the link below to visit our Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlAURGp1-ImJY0RV4-_wGA
Continue to pray for our state and its leadership for wisdom in decision-making. But more important than the recent health concerns is our desire to take these moments as opportunities to preach the Gospel to those around us. The Lord brings challenges for a purpose; to sanctify His church (Rom 5:3-5) and to soften the hearts of the unbelieving to a much more pressing danger of being without the Lord Jesus Christ (Heb 4:12, John 8:24). God is good, all the time!
We look forward to gathering with you to worship the King who is on His throne!
TCC Board of Elders
office: 425 432 0634
www.taylorcreekchurch.org
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Therefore, as Local Health Officer I ORDER as follows:
1. All events of 250 people or more , are prohibited.
2. Events with fewer than 250 attendees are prohibited unless event organizers take the following steps to minimize risk:
• Older adults and individuals with underlying medical conditions that are at increased risk of serious COVID-19 are encouraged not to attend (including employees);
• Social distancing recommendations must be met (I.e., limit contact of people within 6 feet from each other for 10 minutes or longer);
• Employees must be screened for coronavirus symptoms each day and excluded if symptomatic; and
• Proper hand hygeine and sanitation must be readily available to all attendees and employees.
• Environmental cleaning guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are followed (e.g., clean and disinfect high touch surfaces daily or more frequently)
For the purposes of this Order, an “event” is a gathering for business, social, or recreational activities including, but not limited to, community, civic, public, leisure, or sporting events; parades; concerts; festivals; conventions; fundraisers; and similar activities.
Signed and ordered this day of March 11, 2020, in Seattle, Washington, by
Dr. Jeff Duchin Local Health Officer
Public Health – Seattle & King County
