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See Part 1 for my initial thoughts on reopening church. As of May 25th, 2020 - the California Department of Public Health has released initial guidance for providers of worship services. The guidelines are posted here. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Protocols are available here. Summary of Public Health Policy Expectations These are some of the most notable guidelines from the aforementioned released policies: * 25% building capacity or 100 people - whichever is lesser (Wh

Update: Sorting out my Thoughts on Reopening (Part 2) is now available. Dear Future Self: As you read this, we here in 2020 are living through what some have called a once-in-a-century pandemic event. We have been living in varying degrees of state-ordered lockdown for around two months. To date, an impossible to fathom 100,000 people have died because of COVID-19. Almost every possible norm in the regular rhythms of life have been upended for many, including, physical gatherings of our church