Dear Hope East Queens,
Starting on Sunday, June 6, 2021, our Leadership Team has decided on the following changes to be made regarding our Sunday services:
1) There will be no more online registration required for the adult service. Instead, we will set a service capacity limit at 65 people for each service. Removing the online registration will allow us to open our doors as a means of evangelism towards the many each week who pass by our service on Bell Blvd. and create a more welcoming environment for them.
2) We will, however, have a sign-in sheet when you first enter in for contact tracing purposes.
3) What won't change yet: Any attendees of any service above the age of two will still be required to wear masks and take temperature checks at the door. Chairs will still be spaced out 6 feet apart and 15 feet away from the worship team.
4) Our in person Kids Ministry (K-5) will still have an online registration so that our children's director Yohan and our volunteers are able to adequately prepare. Parents may sign their children up at this link: Children's Service
5) Parents are still free to attend the adult worship with infants and toddlers (there will be a room in the back they can step away to if necessary). However, we will also set up as an option a dedicated infant/toddler room with toys and a live-streaming of our service upstairs (elevator access is available). Only one adult is allowed in the room with the infant(s)/toddler(s) and the room will be capped at 8 people total. You may register to use the infant/toddler room with this link: Infant/Toddler Room
A Pastoral Message
We understand that many of you are feeling anxious and we hope to do our best to facilitate a space of worship that alleviates some of your concerns. On the other hand, we also understand that many of you may be frustrated because there are now conditions and restrictions that did not exist before. However, I truly believe that the Lord has greater things in store for us, and I would ask that we all patiently wait for his timing to see what the future holds. One thing I have learned this past year and half about our church is that we have an incredibly resilient congregation (evidenced by all of you who have not stopped praying since this pandemic began). You encourage me to confidently know that we will make it through these times as church one way or another. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. – Matthew 7:25
In Christ,
David