Clergy Webinar

December 8, 2020

Summary of Bishop Goff’s remarks:

1) The numbers of new cases are increasing dramatically. No locality is currently eligible for in-person indoor worship per the health markers. Some nearby dioceses have issued a blanket “no” to all indoor gathering for the next several weeks.

2) We are directing you to cease outdoor gatherings immediately.

3) With Christmas Eve and Christmas Day approaching, many in our Diocese are hoping for some way to gather. From a risk standpoint, it is the same whether it is Christmas Eve or December 21st. But because of the pressure you may be feeling to do something in-person for Christmas Eve, we are offering you the option to do outdoor services on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, following all the protocols we have already laid out for outdoor worship, such as distancing, masks, no congregational singing and no touching.