01-2022 COVID STATEMENT
A New Year often invites us to take some time to reflect and reminisce on the events and circumstances of the past year while encouraging us to look to a renewed hope for better days, weeks, and years to come. As Christians, we can be sure that our hope for all things is solely found in Jesus and the salvation we obtain through faith in His death, burial, and resurrection from the dead. This is truly Good News for all times!
As the COVID Task Force makes recommendations to the WSBC Board, we are concerned for our congregation’s (WSBC) spiritual health and growth into fully mature followers of Jesus Christ above all, and then our congregation's physical health. We continue to monitor the ever-changing COVID climate, as we have been doing since 2020. We all feel the effects of COVID fatigue, and we understand the frustration of many about some of the inconsistencies that exist concerning COVID mitigations -- including how and when we wear masks.
We continue to desire that, for each of us, the recommended COVID mitigations in place at WSBC should and must not overshadow our ability and intentionality to worship and love our God, Jesus Christ our Savior, and love one another. Wearing a mask during worship is not ideal, and in truth … we would prefer to not wear them.
For now, though, as the case numbers of COVID in our state and county are high, the WSBC COVID Task Force still recommends that we continue to wear masks when we gather in larger groups like our Sunday Worship Service. Those who wish to, have the option to fellowship together while lowering or removing their mask to eat and drink.
We are diligently monitoring the current COVID climate while praying and hoping with you for the day when we will be able to safely remove these mitigations as we did last summer. If you have any questions, please reach out to any of the members of the COVID Task Force. We welcome the conversation.
