Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We thank you for your prayers and we commend your love and patience through these days. We have confidence in God that he will glorify his name and we are very grateful to the Lord for his grace and mercy to us. We pray that God will continue to keep us in his care. The elders will regularly review our practices at Lakeview. Should there be a case of Covid19 connected to Lakeview, depending on the circumstances, we would probably suspend services for a time and provide an online message. 

Regarding face coverings, singing and congregating: 

• We remind you that wearing of face coverings, when not able to maintain physical distancing, continues to be recommended.
• We recognize that singing is not recommended. We will continue to sing only the final hymn, giving people opportunity to step out of the building if uncomfortable with that choice.
• We encourage the congregation not to mingle in the building after the service; there is ample space to visit outside.
• We encourage you to maintain appropriate family-based physical distancing when seated in the pews.

Reminders about our current situation and practices: 

• We will continue to hold two identical worship services in the morning (9:30 am and 11:00 am). The 9:30 am service will be live streamed. 
• The evening service at 6:00 pm will not be a repeat of the morning service; you are welcome to attend a morning service and the evening service.
• Pews are arranged to follow distancing guidelines.
• Seating is limited to about 50 upstairs and 25 downstairs where there is a screen for remote viewing; seating will be first come, first served.
• There will be no organized nursery until further notice; toys have been removed from the nursery.
• The library upstairs will still be available for families; the nursery and one other room downstairs have speakers and are available for families.
• Offering plates will be on a table at the back to collect our offerings either as you enter or as you leave.  We thank the congregation for their generosity in continuing to support the work of the Lord here at Lakeview.
• Hymnbooks and Bibles have been removed from the sanctuary; scripture text and hymns will continue to be printed in the bulletin.
• We will continue to follow the recommended cleaning schedule between services; the lower level of the church will be cleaned per guidelines. 
• We are still considering how to observe the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

We rejoice in God our Savior for his rich mercy to us. May he grant us grace to witness for his glory.

“Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”  (Jude 24-25)

With much love in Jesus,         

Pastor Stephen Tracey, on behalf of the Session