Dear friends,
We are all well aware of the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The leadership team at Lord of Life has been paying close attention to what is going on, and we have information from medical experts and the county health workers and the State of Iowa. We have developed a congregational response plan with three stages. In the first stage, which we are currently in, we will continue all of our ministry programs. In addition, we will take the following steps:
In the second stage, if a case of the COVID-19 virus is confirmed within our community, our response will increase:
And in the third stage, if there is a confirmed case here at church we will:
Uncertainty creates anxiety. And while we want to be careful to not overreact to what is going on, we also want to be responsible in how we handle this very fluid situation. In the short term, I have two requests for you:
In peace and hope, Pastor Paul Jon Dienst, Council President PS – Now go wash your hands.
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Kathleen Sheehan
3/16/2020 09:34:08 am
I do hope you update your protocol to include best practices and be proactive. This is about preventing spread; your procedures are not proactive in that you are waiting for cases to be confirmed. Please be responsible.
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Anonymous
3/16/2020 10:57:09 am
Hello Kathleen, thank you for your thoughtful response. Please be assured that we are proactively approaching this issue.
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Kathleen Sheehan
3/16/2020 10:06:41 am
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/15/coronavirus-latest-news/
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