Meeting Guidelines During Coronavirus Pandemic

Any church group or committee wishing to hold a meeting in the building should follow these guidelines:

• Contact the church office with the date of the meeting
• See here for room capacity (limits apply to unvaccinated people only)
• Fully vaccinated attendees are no longer required to wear a face covering in accordance with new CDC guidelines. Fully vaccinated is 14 after your second shot or 14 days after your single shot vaccination
• Attendees that are not yet fully vaccinated are still very strongly encouraged to wear a face covering for their own protection against COVID-19
• Attendees should sanitize hands before entering the meeting room
• Anyone not feeling well should not attend
• If anyone in your group tests positive for COVID-19 then those exposed to that individual must wait seven days after receiving a negative test result (test must occur on day five or later) or 10 days without a test
• Benton St door will be unlocked for 10 minutes before and after the meeting start time; this keeps our building safer and helps the custodians in their sterilization of any rooms used
• Outside doors CANNOT be left propped open for any length of time or for any reason

Any outside group wishing to hold a meeting in the building should follow these guidelines:

• Contact the church office with the date of the meeting
• Sign a space-sharing agreement
• Furnish a Certificate of Liability naming Community UMC and the Northern Illinois Conference as additional insured
• See here for room capacity (limits apply to unvaccinated people only)
• Fully vaccinated attendees are no longer required to wear a face covering in accordance with new CDC guidelines. Fully vaccinated is 14 after your second shot or 14 days after your single shot vaccination
• Attendees that are not yet fully vaccinated are still very strongly encouraged to wear a face covering for their own protection against COVID-19
• Attendees should sanitize hands before entering the meeting room
• Anyone not feeling well should not attend
• If anyone in your group tests positive for COVID-19 then those exposed to that individual must wait seven days after receiving a negative test result (test must occur on day five or later) or 10 days without a test
• Benton St door will be unlocked for 10 minutes before and after the meeting start time; this keeps our building safer and helps the custodians in their sterilization of any rooms used
• Outside doors CANNOT be left propped open for any length of time or for any reason

Room Capacity

Room Number	Max Capacity with distancing	Current Limitation*
Room 100 (Fellowship Hall)	75
Room 101 (seated in chairs only)	16
Room 101 (seated at the tables)	8
Room 103	12
Room 200 (Sanctuary)	200
Room 207	30
Room 208 (Chapel)	24
Room 305	16
Room 306	16
Room 307	30
Room 308	16