Grace UMC Changes: Updated Friday, September 24
Summary of Update:
A return to yellow involves more things than just a return to masking. The direction from the Conference is to continue to monitor the county numbers and make changes as needed. If the spread number is over 5% we should follow all of the yellow protocols. At this time(9/22), Crow Wing county is at 14.2%, Cass county is at 11.9%. If you are following along, the numbers change daily, but have not dropped below 10% in quite a while. As the numbers continue to rise and fall, please prayerfully consider how to keep yourself and those around you safe.
Masking is the easiest thing that we can do. Everyone is still expected to wear a mask within the building please. We are monitoring the county numbers closely and changes may happen rapidly. Please join me in prayer for our local school leaders, teachers, students and families as they deal with tough decisions.
Pastor Jen
Grace UMC Changes: Updated Friday, September 17
Summary of Update:
A return to yellow involves more things than just a return to masking. The direction from the Conference is to continue to monitor the county numbers and make changes as needed. If the spread number is over 5% we should follow all of the yellow protocols. At this time(9/16), Crow Wing county is at 11.6%, Cass county is at 13.2%. If you are following along, this is a significant decrease over last week! As the numbers continue to rise and fall daily, please prayerfully consider how to keep yourself and those around you safe.
Masking is the easiest thing that we can do. Everyone is still expected to wear a mask within the building please. We are monitoring the county numbers closely and changes may happen rapidly. Please join me in prayer for our local school leaders, teachers, students and families as they deal with tough decisions.
Pastor Jen
Grace UMC Changes: Updated Friday, September 10
Summary of Update:
A return to yellow involves more things than just a return to masking. The direction from the Conference is to continue to monitor the county numbers and make changes as needed. If the spread number is over 5% we should follow all of the yellow protocols. At this time(9/9), Crow Wing county is at 13.5%, Cass county is at 21.8%. If you are following along, this is another significant increase over last week unfortunately. Please prayerfully consider how to keep yourself and those around you safe.
Masking is the easiest thing that we can do. Everyone is expected to wear a mask within the building please. We are monitoring the county numbers closely and changes may happen rapidly. I am very concerned with the direction that the case numbers are currently headed. Please join me in prayer as we hold some rather large events at church in the next week.
Pastor Jen
Grace UMC Changes: Updated Friday, September 3
Summary of Update:
A return to yellow involves more things than just a return to masking. The direction from the Conference is to continue to monitor the county numbers and make changes as needed. If the spread number is over 5% we should follow all of the yellow protocols. At this time(9/2), Crow Wing county is at 11.6%, Cass county is at 20.7%. If you are following along, this is another significant increase over last week unfortunately. Please prayerfully consider how to keep yourself and those around you safe.
Masking is the easiest thing that we can do. It is my hope that if the numbers stay where they are that we will not need to return to distanced seating in the sanctuary and no singing by the congregation. We are monitoring the county numbers closely and changes may happen rapidly. The goal is always to create a safe space for worship for everyone.
Pastor Jen