COVID precautions and Worship in the Spring and Summer of 2023

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We have been living into our current COVID policy for about 6 months now, and the vestry would like to check in with the congregation's ongoing preferences about worship and our COVID policy. You can find the current COVID policy here: https://www.saintclareschurch.org/covid If you prefer to give feedback in a more direct way, you are more than welcome to reach out to Rev. Anne or a member of the vestry.

Our current policy requires masks in Sunday worship when there are greater than 50 weekly cases per 100,000 people in Washtenaw County. (For reference, cases hovered just above this threshold for most of February; as of 3/21/23 they are a bit higher at 79 weekly cases per 100,000.) If and when cases dipped below 50, masks would be optional in worship. Which of the following statements describes your perspective best?

The current COVID policy is about right for me.

I would prefer that masks always be required in Sunday worship.

I do not personally feel that wearing a mask at worship is necessary for me any more, but I'm willing to continuing masking at worship if there are those who prefer it or who feel safer when masks are required.

I would prefer our mask policy to continue to change based on changes in the level of COVID in the community, but I feel our current policy is too restrictive.

I would prefer masks not ever be required in Sunday worship again

Other:

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How do you feel about the policies for eating together? (Under our current policy, at our current level of cases: eating is allowed but people are encouraged to put their masks back on after eating, and a separate mask-only space is always available.)

This works for me.

This is too restrictive for me.

I feel left out of community spaces because I feel uncomfortable with people being unmasked.

Other:

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If our masking policy became less restrictive (worship became mask-optional), would this change how often you felt comfortable coming to worship onsite?

Yes, I would no longer feel safe coming to worship onsite.

Yes, I would feel less comfortable and would probably attend less frequently.

No, a policy change would not change how comfortable I feel coming to worship onsite.

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If masks become optional, would you feel more comfortable attending services if you could sit in a section of the Sanctuary reserved for those wearing masks?

Yes, I would feel more comfortable attending services in person if I could sit in a "masks-only" section.

No, I would still not feel comfortable attending services in person.

I would feel comfortable attending services whether or not there were a "masks only" section.

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Do you wish for a vaccination requirement to continue at the 8:30 service?

Yes

No preference

Other:

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I prefer to worship

at 8:30 am

at 10:30 am

No time preference

Entirely online

Other:

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Is there anything else you would like us to know?

The vestry would like to speak more with people who are particularly concerned about COVID safety to ensure that we are hearing from the people most affected by any policy change. If you'd be willing to talk more with a member of the vestry, please enter your name and email address.

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