Worship and Ministry Survey: Returning to “In-person” Meetings for Worship at Friends Center
Friends Center has notified CPMM that they “…can open on Sundays once you want to return to regular worship with an in-person component.”  Friends Center has now installed AV equipment in our large meeting for worship room, so that holding a “hybrid” meeting for worship in which some are on a Zoom call and able to see and hear worshipers in the meeting room, and those worshiping in the meeting room can see and hear other worshipers who are participating via Zoom, should be possible.  

We do not know how well such a hybrid meeting for worship will work, particularly in our very large meeting room.  But Worship and Ministry does believe that we should NOT simply stop holding meetings for worship on Zoom when it becomes possible to return to in-person meetings for worship at Friends Center.  

Rather, we believe that we should continue holding Zoom meetings for worship for people who don’t feel safe worshiping together in person, for those who live at such a distance, or with a mobility impairment, that makes it impossible or difficult to come to the meeting house for meeting, and for those who simply prefer holding worship together via Zoom.

If the meeting agrees with this, then we have two choices:  
1. Hold two separate meetings for worship each week, not necessarily at the same time:  one in person, and one on Zoom
2. Hold a single “hybrid” meeting for worship on Sunday mornings, as described above.

With all this in mind, the Worship and Ministry Committee seeks to get a sense of how members and attenders of CPMM are feeling and thinking about some important questions at this time.  The results of this poll will help us in formulating a proposal of  how to move forward.  The question of when and how to resume in person worship will be brought to CPMM’s meeting for worship with attention to business for worshipful consideration and a sense of the meeting as a whole for decision.

We would like to encourage everyone to complete and return this poll by 5:00 PM Wednesday, June 9.  That will give us time to review and tabulate the responses in case the clerk decides to include some time on the agenda of our June 13th meeting for business for an initial discussion of this matter.  
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1. As an attender or member of Central Philadelphia Meeting, how comfortable would you be returning to meeting in-person, if meeting were held outdoors in the court yard?
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2. Assuming we move forward soon with holding in-person meetings for worship, how comfortable would you be joining such a meeting in the large Worship Room if everyone is wearing a mask and maintaining “social distancing” between individuals or family/couple groups?
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3. Would you be interested in experimenting with a hybrid Meeting for Worship that would allow Friends to worship together remotely and in-person at the same time?
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4. Would you like to try holding both a remote Meeting for Worship and an in-person Meeting for Worship each week that happened at separate times?
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5. If you are a person of color: During this time of increased hostility toward communities of color (we note particularly increased attacks on Asian-Americans and Pacific islanders), how comfortable would you feel attending meeting for worship in person at Friends Center?
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6. Has a lack of access to technology prevented you (or anyone you know) from worshiping with us in our Zoom meetings?
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7. As an attender or member of Central Philadelphia Meeting, how comfortable would you be after an in-person meeting for worship at Friends Center in joining others for our traditional post-meeting “coffee hour”?  
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8. Assuming we move forward soon with plans to hold in-person meetings for worship in our large meeting room, how comfortable would you be with CPMM asking everyone to wear a mask and observe social distancing before, during and after meeting for worship?
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9. How comfortable would you personally be in reporting your vaccination status to CPMM, and allowing the meeting to share your status with others?
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10. How comfortable would you be with CPMM asking all members and attenders at Meeting for Worship to share their vaccination status, and then allowing the meeting to share this information with others?
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11. Keeping in mind our concern for the safety of everyone in our meeting community, how comfortable would you be with a requirement that everyone who wishes to join in-person meetings for worship be vaccinated against Covid-19?
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