› In-person Outdoor Sunday Services
› In-person Outdoor Sunday Services
Sundays, June 13 & 20 @ 10:15 am
in the SPC church parking lot*
t is a joy to share our plans for outdoor Sunday worship services, now being offered in addition to our usual virtual services, which continue to be available on YouTube. Except in inclement weather (see blue box), outdoor worship will take place Sundays, June 13 & 20 at 10:15 am in the parking lot behind the church building. Please park along the west side of the lot (near the Memorial Garden) or in the gravel lot across Harvard Avenue. Accessible spaces are available near the church office.
Seating: BYO or Reservation
We invite you to bring a folding chair if able. To reserve a church chair, please use the simple online reservation form each week: Sunday Worship Chair Reservation Form
Children’s Notes
Children are welcome, as always! Activity bags for children (age 4-12) will be available near the entrance on the nursery school side of the building. We are also creating an outdoor “prayground” – a space dedicated to children and a few responsible adults where young children may hear the scripture stories of the day and engage in related play during the sermon.
Are you eager to work with a few others in a small, safe, in person setting? We are actively welcoming volunteers for the following:
- Audio System (contact: Alex Evangelista, alex.evangelista@swarthmorepres.org)
- Children’s Prayground (contact: Matt Biskup, matt.biskup@swarthmorepres.org)
- Greeters (contact: Dave Rowley, dcrowley1@verizon.net)
- Setup and/or Cleanup (contact: Dorrie McGrath, admin@swarthmorepres.org)
- Ushers (contact: Gary Williams, gswilliams1845@gmail.com)
Schedules are flexible and good fellowship guaranteed! Interested? Please be in touch with the contact person for any ministry where you feel called to serve.
*IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER
In the event of rain or high wind, the outdoor worship service will be cancelled, and you are encouraged to worship online. Cancellation announcements will be recorded by noon on Saturday as a message on the Church Office voicemail, and also shared via email. Questions? Please contact Dorrie McGrath at admin@swarthmorepres.org.
COVID SAFETY REMAINS CRITICAL
We will continue to wear masks, to observe 6’ distancing, and to have hand sanitizer available. There will be simple sign-in sheets at each entrance so that we maintain a record of who was here in case the need for a COVID advisory should arise. If you are experiencing any symptoms of COVID, or have concerns about being part of a large gathering, please stay safely at home, and join us for worship online.
› Lord’s Day Worship Returns to the Sanctuary
› Lord’s Day Worship in the Sanctuary
Sundays / 8:15 am & 10:15 am
in the Sanctuary (10:15 am service livestreamed via Youtube)
Fellowship Hour: 9:00 – 10:15 am
in the Courtyard & Fellowship Hall
Bus Service: The SPC bus will be running, bringing fully vaccinated residents of the White Horse Village to SPC in time to participate in fellowship and then to attend the 10:15 am service.
Join us this Sunday!
To ensure socially-distanced seating in the Sanctuary, we will offer two Lord’s Day worship services. All who attend are encouraged to enter via a Narthex door, the Office door, or the Fellowship Lobby door. Our ushers are working hard to learn how best to respect the comfort levels of those still very careful about distancing while enabling persons from shared households to be seated together.
When you arrive at the church:
- Masks are required in all indoor spaces.
- We ask that you sign in at one of the greeter stations before entering the Sanctuary.
- Please enter via a Narthex door, the Office door, or the Fellowship Lobby door.
- Hand sanitizer is available at all Sanctuary entrances and many other places.
- Most seating will be every other pew, allowing the 6’ distancing recommended by our COVID team.
- Hymns and scripture readings can be found in the service bulletin.
- For safety purposes, (fully vaccinated) song leaders will be singing hymns as the rest of us listen or hum along.
- We are now livestreaming! Worship will be available in real time beginning at 10:15 am. and available to watch on the SPC Youtube channel directly afterwards.
10:15 am worship service
Children will be invited to engage with the gospel message of the day at our 10:15 am service. Both the 8:15 am and 10:15 am services will offer activity bags for young children, with worksheets on the lesson of the day (available in the large transept and at the rear of the Nave). We welcome all ages worshiping together.
in the Courtyard & Fellowship Hall
Parish Life is delighted to be back on duty, offering cold beverages and light snacks in the Courtyard. We ask you to please limit eating and drinking to outdoor spaces. Fellowship Hall will be open (and air conditioned) with comfortable seating and will again be a place for dropping off contributions to various outreach efforts and learning about upcoming events.
All are encouraged to enter via a Narthex door, the Office door, or the Fellowship Lobby door. The Fellowship Lobby door now has an automatic opener, so that anyone in a wheelchair may readily access the ramp entrance to the small transept or Fellowship Hall. In addition, several pews have been moved to create good spaces in each transept for those in a wheelchair to sit comfortably next to those in a pew.
