The Covid Response Team met on 9/23/21 and developed the following interim guidelines for in-person gathering, which were amended and approved by the Board of Trustees on 9/26/21:
Sanctuary Services
- Live musical performance by a single wind instrument and/or unmasked singer on the chancel, well away from any congregants, will be permitted. Performance by the choir will be limited to video recordings.
- All congregants will wear masks and have their contact information recorded for contact tracing.
- There will be no food/coffee after the service.
Other Group Meetings
- Contact lists will be maintained for all group meetings.
- If a COVID case is traced to UUCB, we will follow CDC procedures.
- Vaccinated UUCB congregants may begin meeting in the building under the following conditions:
- The choir, wearing masks, may practice inside.
- Up to two meetings will be allowed in the church at one time: one in the Merrymeeting Bay room (limited to 10 people) and one in the sanctuary.
- Ministerial Search Committee meetings will be given priority.
- Seats will be spaced 6 feet apart (or family pods). All participants will be masked.
- Meetings must be scheduled in advance, either through the Church Administrator or the Interim Minister in her absence. There will be no ad hoc spontaneous meetings.
- Group leaders will generate contact lists, which will be stored by the church administrator.
- With the exception of a previously approved agreement providing space for Thursday afternoon Hebrew school, non-UUCB groups will not be allowed to use the building.