Parkview Baptist Church

A Message from Your Pastor

Parkview Family,

We will resume morning worship services this Sunday, May 17th, at 10:30 am. Per the Governor's and Fire Marshall's guidelines we can resume with a maximum of 170 attendance in the sanctuary. Some basic guidelines.

Phase 1

1. We will be roping off pews to allow appropriate distancing.
2. We are asking people to refrain from handshakes and hugs at this time.
3. At all times we will need to maintain social distancing of at least 6 feet.
4. Any person desiring to wear facial coverings are welcomed and even encouraged.
5. If anyone feels sick, they must stay at home.
6. Children's sermon will resume at a later date.
7. Building will be sanitized after each service and hand sanitizers will be stationed at strategic points.
8. The church office will resume hours and will use buzzer system for access to building.
   --We have some foot traffic that tends to be questionable at times.
   --This was a common practice not long ago and will resume.
9. Offering Plates will be placed at strategic locations in sanctuary.
10. The Facebook Live/YouTube live broadcast will continue realizing that many of our more vulnerable will choose to worship with us from home.
11. The Sanctuary Choir will resume at a later date.

Phase 2 (Possibly June 7)

1. Sunday School/Sunday Morning Bible Study will resume (at the individual class's discretion) along with children's sermon and children's church.
2. Wednesday Night Services will resume, whether to have the meals is to be determined.
3. Wednesday Night Bible Study will be held in the sanctuary as to allow proper distancing.
   The other Bible Studies will have to determine their location and meeting guidelines.
   Children and youth will resume.
4. Outside groups and organizations such as AA, Volleyball and others will have to wait until a later date to be determined.
5. We will resume our working and plans for VBS for a perhaps modified "One Day VBS" on Saturday July 25th. Further details will be forthcoming.

Thanks for your patience and wisdom during these times. Thank you for staying in contact with one another and please continue doing so as part of the Body of Christ.

As we continue to process the information and strategies needed to return, please be in prayer for us as there is basically no precedence for negotiating and traveling this path. This has been a day to day process and I am proud of our church for standing with us.

Hospital visits by ministerial staff and deacons will be on hold for a while due to the hospitals limiting access to visitors. I encourage each one of you to reach out via phone, text, email, etc. to each other especially those who may be ill or struggling.

Pray for me as we continue to pray for each other.

Your Pastor and Friend,
Charles V. Dupree Jr

Church office is closed due to the stay at home mandate.