On Sundays at 11:00 a.m., we will hold a live, outdoor service on our front lawn from the steps of the Meetinghouse – while following public safety guidelines and using the utmost caution. If you would like to attend, you must call or email the church office at 860-434-8686 or fccol@fccol.org to reserve your space:
- Tell us your name, the number of people in your party, and indicate whether you all belong to the same household (and thus can be grouped together).
- Leave us your phone number or email address so we can contact you to confirm your reservation.
It’s important that you contact us each week and let us know that you plan to attend so we can keep an accurate record of who’s coming.
Here are the details of how the service works:
- We trace squares on the lawn, spaced 12 feet apart from each other. Individuals or families who make a reservation will receive a square to sit in during the service.
- Each square is limited to the members of a single household; and people must remain inside their square at all times in order to maintain social distancing. You are welcome to bring lawn chairs to sit on and a blanket to wrap up in if it’s unusually cool out.
- The number of squares is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- If there are no open squares available, people are welcome to stand along the sidewalk – spaced 6 feet apart from others.
- Everyone must observe social distancing. While it may be tempting to hug or embrace those you haven’t seen for a while, that’s a temptation best resisted.
- Masks are required. The church will have extra masks and hand sanitizer on hand for those who may need them.
- The church’s bathroom facilities will not be open.
- While the service is open to all, we urge everyone to exercise all appropriate caution and reasonable judgment about whether they personally should attend.
- The service will be taped and made available online for those who cannot or should not be with us in person. By late Sunday night or early Monday morning, a video of the worship service will be posted on our website, our Facebook page and our YouTube page – and, as usual, you’ll find a written version of the sermon and the Order of Worship for the service in our Virtual Meetinghouse.
- In case of inclement weather, we will communicate 24 hours in advance about how the service will occur – that is, live and outdoors as planned, or online only.
