Meeting Guidelines During Coronavirus Pandemic

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
  • Mask wearing is now optional in the building (we recommend that, if you haven’t been vaccinated, are immunocompromised, or are in a higher-risk group, you should continue to wear a mask while in our building)
  • It is allowable to consume food/drink in the building
  • 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
  • Mask wearing is now optional in the building (we recommend that, if you haven’t been vaccinated, are immunocompromised, or are in a higher-risk group, you should continue to wear a mask while in our building)
  • It is allowable to consume food/drink in the building
  • 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 NumberMax
Capacity
with distancing
Current
Limitation*
Room 100 (Fellowship Hall)100
Room 101 (seated in chairs only)16
Room 101 (seated at the tables)8
Room 10312
Room 200 (Sanctuary)200
Room 20725
Room 208 (Chapel)20
Room 214 (Library)25
Room 30515
Room 30615
Room 30725
Room 30815
* as per the State of Illinois on 2021-07-28