Old North has a detailed plan for in-person services, when the time comes.  They have figured out a chart of

which pews to close off to keep people distanced.  There will be one Sunday service at the compromise time of 10 AM.  The services will be morning prayer only, no congregational singing, no touching anybody.  Masks. To keep the numbers under control, parishioners must register in advance before attending, and at first no passersby will be welcomed into the service.  That last bit seems most extreme to me, although I understand the idea of number limits.  But it makes me wonder philosophically what the purpose of service ringing might be under those circumstances, even if there is a safe way to do it  (this is *me* wondering, not anybody from the parish).  We don't call people to the service at Old North anyway, since we ring afterward, but we do say something like "Hi, this is a church, not a museum.  And it's Sunday."

    Services will still be available online, and I think they'll keep doing their zoom coffee hour.

Laura Dickerson

From: "Ed Futcher" <edfutcher@gmail.com>
To: "Bcr" <boston-change-ringers@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 12:55:36 PM
Subject: FW: June 12, 2020 Update from the Church of the Advent

An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/boston-change-ringers/attachments/20200612/eee17754/attachment.htm>
_______________________________________________
Boston-change-ringers mailing list
Boston-change-ringers@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu
https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/boston-change-ringers