Our church has been approved for Phase 3
A few things to be aware of when you are attending services during the "Level Three" phase:
- First of all, if you feel sick, please stay home (we can reschedule you for a different Sunday);
- Please only come on Sundays you have pre-registered for;
- All attendees must wear a mask during their time in the church;
- The Metropolis has asked that we keep track of those in attendance. To do this, one of our parish council members will be marking those present. Please give your name if asked;
- Please follow the directions of the parish council members while in the church;
- Please maintain a 6-foot ddistance between those around you;
- Holy Communion will be distributed as normal - again, please follow the directions of the parish council as you come forward to receive;
- After church has ended, please follow the directions of the parish council in exiting the church - and we ask that you do not linger outside around the church.
Our church will continue to provide online live streaming of church services through Facebook Live on our Facebook page. We are currently facing some technical difficulties and cannot stream on YouTube Live. Fr. Panteleimon and the Parish Council are working to resolve this as soon as possible.
Plus, now you can "Light a Candle - Say a Prayer". Just visit https://onrealm.org/StsCnH/-/give/candles to make your donation online and send us an email (father.pgd@gmail.com and church@stsconstantinehelenwi.org) with the number and type of candles along with who/what you would like us to pray for and will do so at our next church service.
New Procedure for Church Attendance Signup!
In order to better track attendance and seating availability on a weekly basis, we are making changes to the signing up process for church attendance.
Everyone will have to sign up for each specific Sunday that they would like to attend church services. Registration events have been setup in Realm for the following few Sundays; you may have received the relevant automatic notifications already. If you have family members that do not have internet access, you can add them to your registration as guests. Otherwise, please let them know that they can call me (414.778.1555) during office hours and I will register them.
Moving forward, since life happens, if you have signed up for a service but cannot attend, please cancel your reservation so that someone else can attend. If you need help, please contact me.
If you have not joined Realm, our online community, yet, please send me an email requesting an invitation. In Realm, go to Events, choose the "Sunday Matins/Divine Lit..." for the Sunday you would like to register, and click on the "Register by date" to register.
As always, please contact me if I can be of assistance,
Nikki
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Community
Realm (onrealm.org) & it's app, Connect, is not for one-way communication, from our church leaders to you. It can (& should) be used for the communiation between the members of each Group. JOY is the first ministry that has adopted Realm as their communication tool. Ask them.
By the way, would anyone like to lead a Group? What if we created a Group where the members could help each other out during this pandemic? If someone is immunocompromised, for instance, or has young children, and can't go to the grocery store, they could ask if anyone else is going and if they are willing to pick up whatever they need (or, pick up their prescription, or a 10,000 piece puzzle for the kids...) and deliver to their house... Email the church (church@stsconstantinehelenwi.org) your ideas but keep in mind, that no Groups can be created/activated until someone steps up to lead them. (Hint: It's not hard... just accepting requests to join the Group and keeping the conversation going).
Want to test it out? You can join our Prayer Requests Group (In Groups, search in Community for Prayer Requests).
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