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From Pastor Daniel 3.23.20 Video Update
Posted by Daniel Camp on Monday, March 23, 2020
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3.23.20 Email Update
Last night (March 22) Dallas County issued a shelter-in-place order for all individuals in the county due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, effective at 11:59 m tonight. Among the new restrictions were two which affect South Garland Baptist Church directly:
- “Religious and worship services may only be provided by video and teleconference. Religious institutions must limit in-person staff to ten (10) people or less when preparing for or conducting video or teleconference services, and all individuals must follow the Social Distancing Guidelines including the six foot social distancing.”
- “All businesses operating within Dallas County, except Essential Businesses as defined in below in Section 2, are required to cease all activities at facilities located within the County. For clarity, businesses may continue operations consisting exclusively of employees or contractors performing activities at their own residences (i.e. working from home). To the greatest extent possible, all Essential Businesses shall comply with the Social Distancing Guidelines attached, including maintaining six foot social distancing for both employees and the general public.”
Regarding the restriction on worship services, our plan for Sunday morning (March 29) remains the same: we will be broadcasting via Facebook Live at 10:45 am, just as we did yesterday, and the recorded video will be available later in the day both on Facebook and the church website. Our plan for Sunday’s service complies with the county’s order, so the order does not change anything in that regard.
However, the order does affect the day-to-day operations of the church. Given that the church is not considered an “Essential Business” as outlined by the county’s order, all church staff will be working from home through April 3 in order to comply with the order and safeguard the health of our neighbors.
Despite this change, the business of the church will carry on, albeit remotely. Prayer requests can be sent to Marcy by e-mail at marcy.mclendon@sgbaptist.org. You can continue giving online through Realm or by mailing a check to the church (the mail will continue to be checked daily). Staff will continue to serve the church and community online—primarily through the church’s Facebook group, which I encourage you to check for daily video Bible studies and announcements—as well as by phone. And most importantly, we will worship together on Sunday morning via Facebook Live. As I said in yesterday’s sermon, church is not cancelled—it is simply being remade.
Please continue to pray, to give, and to serve as best you can during this period when love for our neighbors means staying in our homes. I will continue to update you as things develop and change.
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"Why Do I Belong To SGBC?" Originally, the close proximity to our home. Driving back and forth across town, for the activities of four children, had become stressful. That "good feeling" did not come immediately. I felt the ladies in my class were sitting there with their feet on the floor, knees together, Bible in their lap, hands clasp together on their Bible ..... with NO problems!! There I was with three school age children and a baby on my hip!!! Life was the proverbial "family circus". As I got to know the people better, that original impression .... of course .... changed; plus, we enjoyed the preaching and style of the services.
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