A relaxed service of carols, with the distribution of "star words" as we look to celebrate Epiphany.

Join us in person or live online with Facebook Live, or on our website at 8:30 PM: Online Worship

The Fourth Sunday of Advent - LOVE

In our 10:30 am worship hybrid service (in-person & online), we will light the Advent Candle signifying LOVE. Our service will include a life-sized nativity and a spontaneous social-distanced pageant.

All will be invited to participate!

The four candles of the Advent wreath represent the four weeks of Advent, and one candle is lit each Sunday. Join us as we prepare our hearts and minds for the anniversary of the Lord’s birth.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live,
or at noon on our website: Online Worship

Third Sunday of Advent - Joy candle

The four candles of the Advent wreath represent the four weeks of Advent, and one candle is lit each Sunday. Join us as we prepare our hearts and minds for the anniversary of the Lord’s birth.

Online Worship is still available: For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

Second Sunday of Advent - Peace candle

After a special pre-worship crafts & cocoa fellowship hour in Legacy Hall, we will move right into an all-ages, participatory worship service with scripture, Christmas carols and a candle-lit Advent communion.

Please RSVP to the church office by December 3 if you would like to reserve an 12 inch Advent Wreath for your household. Wreaths will be decorated as part of the Advent gathering on December 5.
A $5.00 donation for the wreath and candles is appreciated.

The four candles of the Advent wreath represent the four weeks of Advent, and one candle is lit each Sunday. Join us as we prepare our hearts and minds for the anniversary of the Lord’s birth.

Online Worship is still available: For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

We will gather together in Legacy Hall at 9:30 AM for hot cocoa, sweet treats, Advent Wreath making, and creating Christmas ornaments. At 10:30 AM, we will move right into an all-ages, participatory worship service with scripture, Christmas carols and a candle-lit Advent communion.

Please RSVP to the church office by December 3 if you would like to reserve an 12 inch Advent Wreath for your household. Wreaths will be decorated as part of the Advent gathering on December 5.
A $5.00 donation for the wreath and candles is appreciated.

First Sunday of Advent - Hope candle

The four candles of the Advent wreath represent the four weeks of Advent, and one candle is lit each Sunday. Join us as we prepare our hearts and minds for the anniversary of the Lord’s birth.

Online Worship is still available: For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

Oct. 31st is Stewardship Sunday, when we will prayerfully receive and dedicate all pledges to our 2022 mission, operating, and capital funds.

To thrive as a faith community and recommit ourselves to serving in the growing downtown of Easton, we must work together. As we put our trust in God, we will strengthen our connections, even in a new normal.

To fill out your pledge online now, click here.

Join us for worship on October 24 to celebrate Mission Sunday. Find out more about the mission projects we are supporting, and how you can participate. We are pleased to announce that the Blessing Box has sponsors for each remaining week in 2021! Sign ups will be available on the 24th for the first quarter of 2022, and also for Safe Harbor dinners in the New Year. Thank you for your support!

This past spring FPCE’s Mission Team learned that the Lehigh Valley Business Group, working with a local Eagle Scout, was offering to install Blessing Boxes throughout the Lehigh Valley. Several had already been constructed, free of charge, in Easton. These boxes are ‘mini’ food pantries where families or individuals struggling to have enough to eat can find non-perishable foods right in their neighborhood. Session approved its installation, and the Blessing Box was added to our garden. 

We will be dedicating our new Blessing Box on Sunday, September 19 at the end of the worship service. Peg Opthof has agreed to be the Blessing Box Coordinator for 2021 and a sign up sheet will be available on September 19 to sign up to stock the Blessing Box! 

Mason Kessler, Eagle Scout Candidate, made and installed our Blessing Box in the front garden. It would be wonderful if Scouts from our congregation would wear their uniform and be part of the dedication! Eagle Scouts that have aged out of scouting and Leaders are invited and encouraged to wear their uniform and help celebrate Mason’s accomplishment. 

Join us for a Hymn Sing on Sunday, September 12 before worship!
We'll gather in the sanctuary to sing our favorite hymns.

Join us at 10:30 for our Facebook Live video here.
Or watch the recording later on YouTube or our Online Worship page.

Having walked with Jesus during Holy Week, come experience the joy of the Resurrection as we proclaim the ancient Easter greeting:

“He is risen!” “He is risen indeed!”

Journey to Easter - a prayer station walk. The sanctuary will be open between 4:30 and 6:30pm for in-person worship. Live music, art and scripture will guide worshippers on the path which Jesus walked. Please contact the church office if you plan to attend.

Join us online at 10:30 AM with Facebook Live, or at 12:30 PM on our website: Online Worship

Join us online at 10:30 AM with Facebook Live, or at 12:30 PM on our website: Online Worship

Join us online at 10:30 AM with Facebook Live, or at 12:30 PM on our website: Online Worship

Join us online at 10:30 AM with Facebook Live, or at 12:30 PM on our website: Online Worship

Join us online at 10:30 AM with Facebook Live, or at 12:30 PM on our website: Online Worship

Join the service with Facebook Live, or on our website at 8:30 PM: Online Worship

NOTE: To attend in-person worship, you must call or email the office to reserve a spot each week.

Masks and social distancing are required to attend.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

FPCE In-Person COVID-19 Guidelines:

• If you have symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• If you know you have been exposed to COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• We ask all who come into our building to practice social distancing and to wear masks, as well as practice good sanitation and hygiene practices.

• Worship services are shared online and there is always the possibility that your likeness may be filmed and shared online as well. 

• We will not be offering nursery care at this time. Parents who opt to bring their children, should be prepared to help them stay seated in their pew for an hour.

Before you get to the church:

• You must call or email the church office to reserve a spot for worship each week.

• Seats will be reserved on a first come first served basis - from Monday at 9am through noon on Friday.

• We will only take reservations for the upcoming Sunday. Your reservation will be confirmed by our office administrator by the end of the day on Friday.

• Your registration serves as our attendance record and our means of contacting you if there is a need for follow-up.

• People will be seated in household groups. And so, if you live with someone in the same house you can sit together, otherwise we need to adhere to social distancing requirements.

• There will be no time of fellowship or gathering before or after worship.

• Bathroom use will be limited to rest rooms on the ground floor, only.

• Windows and outside doors will be open during the service. Please be prepared for resulting drafts and temperatures fluctuations.

As you enter the building:

• We ask that the congregation use the sanctuary door on Spring Garden Street to enter. Please maintain social distance at all times (in parking lot, as you wait to enter, etc.)

• We will do a temperature check at the door (before you enter the building).

• Seating will begin at 10 am. An usher will seat each party. Seating will close at 10:30am.

• The parking lot entrance to the buildings is reserved for worship leadership. If anyone needs use of the elevator, they should request this when they make a reservation. An usher will be at the parking lot door from 10am to 10:15am to facilitate staggered use of the elevator.

• When you are ushered to a pew, a bulletin will be at your seat.

• The pews will be marked to allow for social distancing.

• There will be no hymn books, cards, pencils, etc. in the pews.

  Your mask must be worn as you enter and exit the building, as you move about the building and as you sit in the pew.  Masks must cover your mouth and nose. 

Once you are seated in your pew:

• There will be no singing. The hymns will be played. While singing is not allowed, you can hum along.

• A soloist will sing each Sunday, but safety precautions will be followed. This includes keeping the singer 20 feet from the congregation.

• Masks must continue to be properly worn through worship.

• Please remain in your seat.

• Worship leaders will remain the front of the sanctuary. They will remove their mask when speaking into a microphone—but will be more than 6 feet from any other person.

• If you must use the restroom, please use the disinfectant wipes in the restroom to wipe all surfaces that you touched before leaving the restroom.

• We will not be observing the passing of the peace.

After worship and as you leave:

• Please wait for an Usher to release you from your pew.

• Take the bulletin with you (carry out what you carry in as well, please).

• Offerings may be left in the plate by the exit. You are also welcomed to continue the method of giving you are currently using (i.e. mail to church or give online).

NOTE: To attend in-person worship, you must call or email the office to reserve a spot each week.

Masks and social distancing are required to attend.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

FPCE In-Person COVID-19 Guidelines:

• If you have symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• If you know you have been exposed to COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• We ask all who come into our building to practice social distancing and to wear masks, as well as practice good sanitation and hygiene practices.

• Worship services are shared online and there is always the possibility that your likeness may be filmed and shared online as well. 

• We will not be offering nursery care at this time. Parents who opt to bring their children, should be prepared to help them stay seated in their pew for an hour.

Before you get to the church:

• You must call or email the church office to reserve a spot for worship each week.

• Seats will be reserved on a first come first served basis - from Monday at 9am through noon on Friday.

• We will only take reservations for the upcoming Sunday. Your reservation will be confirmed by our office administrator by the end of the day on Friday.

• Your registration serves as our attendance record and our means of contacting you if there is a need for follow-up.

• People will be seated in household groups. And so, if you live with someone in the same house you can sit together, otherwise we need to adhere to social distancing requirements.

• There will be no time of fellowship or gathering before or after worship.

• Bathroom use will be limited to rest rooms on the ground floor, only.

• Windows and outside doors will be open during the service. Please be prepared for resulting drafts and temperatures fluctuations.

As you enter the building:

• We ask that the congregation use the sanctuary door on Spring Garden Street to enter. Please maintain social distance at all times (in parking lot, as you wait to enter, etc.)

• We will do a temperature check at the door (before you enter the building).

• Seating will begin at 10 am. An usher will seat each party. Seating will close at 10:30am.

• The parking lot entrance to the buildings is reserved for worship leadership. If anyone needs use of the elevator, they should request this when they make a reservation. An usher will be at the parking lot door from 10am to 10:15am to facilitate staggered use of the elevator.

• When you are ushered to a pew, a bulletin will be at your seat.

• The pews will be marked to allow for social distancing.

• There will be no hymn books, cards, pencils, etc. in the pews.

  Your mask must be worn as you enter and exit the building, as you move about the building and as you sit in the pew.  Masks must cover your mouth and nose. 

Once you are seated in your pew:

• There will be no singing. The hymns will be played. While singing is not allowed, you can hum along.

• A soloist will sing each Sunday, but safety precautions will be followed. This includes keeping the singer 20 feet from the congregation.

• Masks must continue to be properly worn through worship.

• Please remain in your seat.

• Worship leaders will remain the front of the sanctuary. They will remove their mask when speaking into a microphone—but will be more than 6 feet from any other person.

• If you must use the restroom, please use the disinfectant wipes in the restroom to wipe all surfaces that you touched before leaving the restroom.

• We will not be observing the passing of the peace.

After worship and as you leave:

• Please wait for an Usher to release you from your pew.

• Take the bulletin with you (carry out what you carry in as well, please).

• Offerings may be left in the plate by the exit. You are also welcomed to continue the method of giving you are currently using (i.e. mail to church or give online).

NOTE: To attend in-person worship, you must call or email the office to reserve a spot each week.

Masks and social distancing are required to attend.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

FPCE In-Person COVID-19 Guidelines:

• If you have symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• If you know you have been exposed to COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• We ask all who come into our building to practice social distancing and to wear masks, as well as practice good sanitation and hygiene practices.

• Worship services are shared online and there is always the possibility that your likeness may be filmed and shared online as well. 

• We will not be offering nursery care at this time. Parents who opt to bring their children, should be prepared to help them stay seated in their pew for an hour.

Before you get to the church:

• You must call or email the church office to reserve a spot for worship each week.

• Seats will be reserved on a first come first served basis - from Monday at 9am through noon on Friday.

• We will only take reservations for the upcoming Sunday. Your reservation will be confirmed by our office administrator by the end of the day on Friday.

• Your registration serves as our attendance record and our means of contacting you if there is a need for follow-up.

• People will be seated in household groups. And so, if you live with someone in the same house you can sit together, otherwise we need to adhere to social distancing requirements.

• There will be no time of fellowship or gathering before or after worship.

• Bathroom use will be limited to rest rooms on the ground floor, only.

• Windows and outside doors will be open during the service. Please be prepared for resulting drafts and temperatures fluctuations.

As you enter the building:

• We ask that the congregation use the sanctuary door on Spring Garden Street to enter. Please maintain social distance at all times (in parking lot, as you wait to enter, etc.)

• We will do a temperature check at the door (before you enter the building).

• Seating will begin at 10 am. An usher will seat each party. Seating will close at 10:30am.

• The parking lot entrance to the buildings is reserved for worship leadership. If anyone needs use of the elevator, they should request this when they make a reservation. An usher will be at the parking lot door from 10am to 10:15am to facilitate staggered use of the elevator.

• When you are ushered to a pew, a bulletin will be at your seat.

• The pews will be marked to allow for social distancing.

• There will be no hymn books, cards, pencils, etc. in the pews.

  Your mask must be worn as you enter and exit the building, as you move about the building and as you sit in the pew.  Masks must cover your mouth and nose. 

Once you are seated in your pew:

• There will be no singing. The hymns will be played. While singing is not allowed, you can hum along.

• A soloist will sing each Sunday, but safety precautions will be followed. This includes keeping the singer 20 feet from the congregation.

• Masks must continue to be properly worn through worship.

• Please remain in your seat.

• Worship leaders will remain the front of the sanctuary. They will remove their mask when speaking into a microphone—but will be more than 6 feet from any other person.

• If you must use the restroom, please use the disinfectant wipes in the restroom to wipe all surfaces that you touched before leaving the restroom.

• We will not be observing the passing of the peace.

After worship and as you leave:

• Please wait for an Usher to release you from your pew.

• Take the bulletin with you (carry out what you carry in as well, please).

• Offerings may be left in the plate by the exit. You are also welcomed to continue the method of giving you are currently using (i.e. mail to church or give online).

NOTE: To attend in-person worship, you must call or email the office to reserve a spot each week.

Masks and social distancing are required to attend.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

FPCE In-Person COVID-19 Guidelines:

• If you have symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• If you know you have been exposed to COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• We ask all who come into our building to practice social distancing and to wear masks, as well as practice good sanitation and hygiene practices.

• Worship services are shared online and there is always the possibility that your likeness may be filmed and shared online as well. 

• We will not be offering nursery care at this time. Parents who opt to bring their children, should be prepared to help them stay seated in their pew for an hour.

Before you get to the church:

• You must call or email the church office to reserve a spot for worship each week.

• Seats will be reserved on a first come first served basis - from Monday at 9am through noon on Friday.

• We will only take reservations for the upcoming Sunday. Your reservation will be confirmed by our office administrator by the end of the day on Friday.

• Your registration serves as our attendance record and our means of contacting you if there is a need for follow-up.

• People will be seated in household groups. And so, if you live with someone in the same house you can sit together, otherwise we need to adhere to social distancing requirements.

• There will be no time of fellowship or gathering before or after worship.

• Bathroom use will be limited to rest rooms on the ground floor, only.

• Windows and outside doors will be open during the service. Please be prepared for resulting drafts and temperatures fluctuations.

As you enter the building:

• We ask that the congregation use the sanctuary door on Spring Garden Street to enter. Please maintain social distance at all times (in parking lot, as you wait to enter, etc.)

• We will do a temperature check at the door (before you enter the building).

• Seating will begin at 10 am. An usher will seat each party. Seating will close at 10:30am.

• The parking lot entrance to the buildings is reserved for worship leadership. If anyone needs use of the elevator, they should request this when they make a reservation. An usher will be at the parking lot door from 10am to 10:15am to facilitate staggered use of the elevator.

• When you are ushered to a pew, a bulletin will be at your seat.

• The pews will be marked to allow for social distancing.

• There will be no hymn books, cards, pencils, etc. in the pews.

  Your mask must be worn as you enter and exit the building, as you move about the building and as you sit in the pew.  Masks must cover your mouth and nose. 

Once you are seated in your pew:

• There will be no singing. The hymns will be played. While singing is not allowed, you can hum along.

• A soloist will sing each Sunday, but safety precautions will be followed. This includes keeping the singer 20 feet from the congregation.

• Masks must continue to be properly worn through worship.

• Please remain in your seat.

• Worship leaders will remain the front of the sanctuary. They will remove their mask when speaking into a microphone—but will be more than 6 feet from any other person.

• If you must use the restroom, please use the disinfectant wipes in the restroom to wipe all surfaces that you touched before leaving the restroom.

• We will not be observing the passing of the peace.

After worship and as you leave:

• Please wait for an Usher to release you from your pew.

• Take the bulletin with you (carry out what you carry in as well, please).

• Offerings may be left in the plate by the exit. You are also welcomed to continue the method of giving you are currently using (i.e. mail to church or give online).

NOTE: To attend in-person worship, you must call or email the office to reserve a spot each week.

Masks and social distancing are required to attend.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

FPCE In-Person COVID-19 Guidelines:

• If you have symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• If you know you have been exposed to COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• We ask all who come into our building to practice social distancing and to wear masks, as well as practice good sanitation and hygiene practices.

• Worship services are shared online and there is always the possibility that your likeness may be filmed and shared online as well. 

• We will not be offering nursery care at this time. Parents who opt to bring their children, should be prepared to help them stay seated in their pew for an hour.

Before you get to the church:

• You must call or email the church office to reserve a spot for worship each week.

• Seats will be reserved on a first come first served basis - from Monday at 9am through noon on Friday.

• We will only take reservations for the upcoming Sunday. Your reservation will be confirmed by our office administrator by the end of the day on Friday.

• Your registration serves as our attendance record and our means of contacting you if there is a need for follow-up.

• People will be seated in household groups. And so, if you live with someone in the same house you can sit together, otherwise we need to adhere to social distancing requirements.

• There will be no time of fellowship or gathering before or after worship.

• Bathroom use will be limited to rest rooms on the ground floor, only.

• Windows and outside doors will be open during the service. Please be prepared for resulting drafts and temperatures fluctuations.

As you enter the building:

• We ask that the congregation use the sanctuary door on Spring Garden Street to enter. Please maintain social distance at all times (in parking lot, as you wait to enter, etc.)

• We will do a temperature check at the door (before you enter the building).

• Seating will begin at 10 am. An usher will seat each party. Seating will close at 10:30am.

• The parking lot entrance to the buildings is reserved for worship leadership. If anyone needs use of the elevator, they should request this when they make a reservation. An usher will be at the parking lot door from 10am to 10:15am to facilitate staggered use of the elevator.

• When you are ushered to a pew, a bulletin will be at your seat.

• The pews will be marked to allow for social distancing.

• There will be no hymn books, cards, pencils, etc. in the pews.

  Your mask must be worn as you enter and exit the building, as you move about the building and as you sit in the pew.  Masks must cover your mouth and nose. 

Once you are seated in your pew:

• There will be no singing. The hymns will be played. While singing is not allowed, you can hum along.

• A soloist will sing each Sunday, but safety precautions will be followed. This includes keeping the singer 20 feet from the congregation.

• Masks must continue to be properly worn through worship.

• Please remain in your seat.

• Worship leaders will remain the front of the sanctuary. They will remove their mask when speaking into a microphone—but will be more than 6 feet from any other person.

• If you must use the restroom, please use the disinfectant wipes in the restroom to wipe all surfaces that you touched before leaving the restroom.

• We will not be observing the passing of the peace.

After worship and as you leave:

• Please wait for an Usher to release you from your pew.

• Take the bulletin with you (carry out what you carry in as well, please).

• Offerings may be left in the plate by the exit. You are also welcomed to continue the method of giving you are currently using (i.e. mail to church or give online).

NOTE: To attend in-person worship, you must call or email the office to reserve a spot each week.

Masks and social distancing are required to attend.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

FPCE In-Person COVID-19 Guidelines:

• If you have symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• If you know you have been exposed to COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• We ask all who come into our building to practice social distancing and to wear masks, as well as practice good sanitation and hygiene practices.

• Worship services are shared online and there is always the possibility that your likeness may be filmed and shared online as well. 

• We will not be offering nursery care at this time. Parents who opt to bring their children, should be prepared to help them stay seated in their pew for an hour.

Before you get to the church:

• You must call or email the church office to reserve a spot for worship each week.

• Seats will be reserved on a first come first served basis - from Monday at 9am through noon on Friday.

• We will only take reservations for the upcoming Sunday. Your reservation will be confirmed by our office administrator by the end of the day on Friday.

• Your registration serves as our attendance record and our means of contacting you if there is a need for follow-up.

• People will be seated in household groups. And so, if you live with someone in the same house you can sit together, otherwise we need to adhere to social distancing requirements.

• There will be no time of fellowship or gathering before or after worship.

• Bathroom use will be limited to rest rooms on the ground floor, only.

• Windows and outside doors will be open during the service. Please be prepared for resulting drafts and temperatures fluctuations.

As you enter the building:

• We ask that the congregation use the sanctuary door on Spring Garden Street to enter. Please maintain social distance at all times (in parking lot, as you wait to enter, etc.)

• We will do a temperature check at the door (before you enter the building).

• Seating will begin at 10 am. An usher will seat each party. Seating will close at 10:30am.

• The parking lot entrance to the buildings is reserved for worship leadership. If anyone needs use of the elevator, they should request this when they make a reservation. An usher will be at the parking lot door from 10am to 10:15am to facilitate staggered use of the elevator.

• When you are ushered to a pew, a bulletin will be at your seat.

• The pews will be marked to allow for social distancing.

• There will be no hymn books, cards, pencils, etc. in the pews.

  Your mask must be worn as you enter and exit the building, as you move about the building and as you sit in the pew.  Masks must cover your mouth and nose. 

Once you are seated in your pew:

• There will be no singing. The hymns will be played. While singing is not allowed, you can hum along.

• A soloist will sing each Sunday, but safety precautions will be followed. This includes keeping the singer 20 feet from the congregation.

• Masks must continue to be properly worn through worship.

• Please remain in your seat.

• Worship leaders will remain the front of the sanctuary. They will remove their mask when speaking into a microphone—but will be more than 6 feet from any other person.

• If you must use the restroom, please use the disinfectant wipes in the restroom to wipe all surfaces that you touched before leaving the restroom.

• We will not be observing the passing of the peace.

After worship and as you leave:

• Please wait for an Usher to release you from your pew.

• Take the bulletin with you (carry out what you carry in as well, please).

• Offerings may be left in the plate by the exit. You are also welcomed to continue the method of giving you are currently using (i.e. mail to church or give online).

NOTE: To attend in-person worship, you must call or email the office to reserve a spot each week.

Masks and social distancing are required to attend.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

FPCE In-Person COVID-19 Guidelines:

• If you have symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• If you know you have been exposed to COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• We ask all who come into our building to practice social distancing and to wear masks, as well as practice good sanitation and hygiene practices.

• Worship services are shared online and there is always the possibility that your likeness may be filmed and shared online as well. 

• We will not be offering nursery care at this time. Parents who opt to bring their children, should be prepared to help them stay seated in their pew for an hour.

Before you get to the church:

• You must call or email the church office to reserve a spot for worship each week.

• Seats will be reserved on a first come first served basis - from Monday at 9am through noon on Friday.

• We will only take reservations for the upcoming Sunday. Your reservation will be confirmed by our office administrator by the end of the day on Friday.

• Your registration serves as our attendance record and our means of contacting you if there is a need for follow-up.

• People will be seated in household groups. And so, if you live with someone in the same house you can sit together, otherwise we need to adhere to social distancing requirements.

• There will be no time of fellowship or gathering before or after worship.

• Bathroom use will be limited to rest rooms on the ground floor, only.

• Windows and outside doors will be open during the service. Please be prepared for resulting drafts and temperatures fluctuations.

As you enter the building:

• We ask that the congregation use the sanctuary door on Spring Garden Street to enter. Please maintain social distance at all times (in parking lot, as you wait to enter, etc.)

• We will do a temperature check at the door (before you enter the building).

• Seating will begin at 10 am. An usher will seat each party. Seating will close at 10:30am.

• The parking lot entrance to the buildings is reserved for worship leadership. If anyone needs use of the elevator, they should request this when they make a reservation. An usher will be at the parking lot door from 10am to 10:15am to facilitate staggered use of the elevator.

• When you are ushered to a pew, a bulletin will be at your seat.

• The pews will be marked to allow for social distancing.

• There will be no hymn books, cards, pencils, etc. in the pews.

  Your mask must be worn as you enter and exit the building, as you move about the building and as you sit in the pew.  Masks must cover your mouth and nose. 

Once you are seated in your pew:

• There will be no singing. The hymns will be played. While singing is not allowed, you can hum along.

• A soloist will sing each Sunday, but safety precautions will be followed. This includes keeping the singer 20 feet from the congregation.

• Masks must continue to be properly worn through worship.

• Please remain in your seat.

• Worship leaders will remain the front of the sanctuary. They will remove their mask when speaking into a microphone—but will be more than 6 feet from any other person.

• If you must use the restroom, please use the disinfectant wipes in the restroom to wipe all surfaces that you touched before leaving the restroom.

• We will not be observing the passing of the peace.

After worship and as you leave:

• Please wait for an Usher to release you from your pew.

• Take the bulletin with you (carry out what you carry in as well, please).

• Offerings may be left in the plate by the exit. You are also welcomed to continue the method of giving you are currently using (i.e. mail to church or give online).

NOTE: To attend in-person worship, you must call or email the office to reserve a spot each week.

Masks and social distancing are required to attend.

Online Worship is still available:
For those who feel safer at home, you may still join with the service with Facebook Live, or at noon on our website: Online Worship

FPCE In-Person COVID-19 Guidelines:

• If you have symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• If you know you have been exposed to COVID-19, you must not enter the church building.

• We ask all who come into our building to practice social distancing and to wear masks, as well as practice good sanitation and hygiene practices.

• Worship services are shared online and there is always the possibility that your likeness may be filmed and shared online as well. 

• We will not be offering nursery care at this time. Parents who opt to bring their children, should be prepared to help them stay seated in their pew for an hour.

Before you get to the church:

• You must call or email the church office to reserve a spot for worship each week.

• Seats will be reserved on a first come first served basis - from Monday at 9am through noon on Friday.

• We will only take reservations for the upcoming Sunday. Your reservation will be confirmed by our office administrator by the end of the day on Friday.

• Your registration serves as our attendance record and our means of contacting you if there is a need for follow-up.

• People will be seated in household groups. And so, if you live with someone in the same house you can sit together, otherwise we need to adhere to social distancing requirements.

• There will be no time of fellowship or gathering before or after worship.

• Bathroom use will be limited to rest rooms on the ground floor, only.

• Windows and outside doors will be open during the service. Please be prepared for resulting drafts and temperatures fluctuations.

As you enter the building:

• We ask that the congregation use the sanctuary door on Spring Garden Street to enter. Please maintain social distance at all times (in parking lot, as you wait to enter, etc.)

• We will do a temperature check at the door (before you enter the building).

• Seating will begin at 10 am. An usher will seat each party. Seating will close at 10:30am.

• The parking lot entrance to the buildings is reserved for worship leadership. If anyone needs use of the elevator, they should request this when they make a reservation. An usher will be at the parking lot door from 10am to 10:15am to facilitate staggered use of the elevator.

• When you are ushered to a pew, a bulletin will be at your seat.

• The pews will be marked to allow for social distancing.

• There will be no hymn books, cards, pencils, etc. in the pews.

  Your mask must be worn as you enter and exit the building, as you move about the building and as you sit in the pew.  Masks must cover your mouth and nose. 

Once you are seated in your pew:

• There will be no singing. The hymns will be played. While singing is not allowed, you can hum along.

• A soloist will sing each Sunday, but safety precautions will be followed. This includes keeping the singer 20 feet from the congregation.

• Masks must continue to be properly worn through worship.

• Please remain in your seat.

• Worship leaders will remain the front of the sanctuary. They will remove their mask when speaking into a microphone—but will be more than 6 feet from any other person.

• If you must use the restroom, please use the disinfectant wipes in the restroom to wipe all surfaces that you touched before leaving the restroom.

• We will not be observing the passing of the peace.

After worship and as you leave:

• Please wait for an Usher to release you from your pew.

• Take the bulletin with you (carry out what you carry in as well, please).

• Offerings may be left in the plate by the exit. You are also welcomed to continue the method of giving you are currently using (i.e. mail to church or give online).

As we practice social distancing, join us on our main page for a Facebook Live Worship Service, led by Pastor Stefanie Muntzel.

Do your part to care for yourself, loved ones, and your neighbors. Take each day as it comes.
Remember that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.

The video will also be posted to our church website by noon each Sunday: Online Worship

As we practice social distancing, join us on our main page for a Facebook Live Worship Service, led by Pastor Stefanie Muntzel.

Do your part to care for yourself, loved ones, and your neighbors. Take each day as it comes.
Remember that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.

The video will also be posted to our church website by noon each Sunday: Online Worship