Oak Ridges Church takes the health of the people who form our community and attend our gatherings very seriously. During this time of heightened concern related to COVID-19 virus, we are taking steps to ensure the safety of all who participate in the life of our church, as well as the greater community. We recognize the possibility for the virus to spread rapidly and widely.
The Ontario government has permitted places of worship to host in-person worship gatherings during the Control-Red Zone for up to 30% of the meeting space capacity. Our church leadership team has chosen to open for in-person Sunday worship with firm protocols in place. We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 statistics for York Region and consider reopening other church programs when the assurance of our parishioners and participant's safety is much greater.
Worship gatherings will also continue online. To connect to our online live stream service each Sunday, please follow the links above this notice.
Other programs of the church will remain suspended for the time being except for ESL ( Conversational English as a Second Language ) which continues to offer online sessions.
It is our desire to express the compassion of Christ in all we do. Therefore, we are working to live out that value as it relates to the spread or COVID-19. We encourage you during this time, if you have flu-like symptoms, or have travelled abroad, to consider others by placing yourself into self isolation for no less than 14 days. If you are concerned that you may have the COVID-19 virus, please pursue next step information at the York Region Health webpage ( york.ca/covid19 ) or telephone Health Connection at 1-800-361-5653, or Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000.
We continue to pray for those who have the virus and are suffering from its symptoms, in Canada, and around the world. This is certainly a time for increased vigilance, but it is also a time to declare our trust in the Lord who helps us in times of trouble.
If you have questions or suggestions we encourage you to contact Pastor Keith Montgomery by telephone or email.
