COVID-19 Risk Phase Response Plan | Fall 2020

NOTE: The plan outlined below is based upon the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s color-coded risk phases as outlined in the state’s COVID-19 Alert System. FBC will initiate operational adjustments in response to Grady County’s risk level as defined by OSDH’s weekly report.

GREEN

• Weekly services will take place as scheduled.

• Masks are welcomed.

• Camps, retreats, and other off-campus activities are allowed.

• Childcare will be provided for church activities.

• Outside groups are welcome to use the church facility.

• Events featuring food service will proceed as scheduled.

• The church office and the staff will operate according to regular hours.

• Weekday visitors to the church campus will be granted access to the building by the office receptionist. 

YELLOW

• Weekly services will take place as scheduled under increased hygiene measures, physical distancing, and symptom monitoring.

• Masks are encouraged.

• Camps, retreats, and other off-campus activities are allowed, but participants will be screened prior to participation.

• Childcare will be provided for church activities.

• Outside groups are allowed to use the church facility provided they practice reasonable measures to mitigate exposure.

• Events featuring food service may proceed, but steps will be taken to mitigate exposure.

• The church office and the staff will keep their regular hours with adjustments made for high-risk individuals.

• Weekday visitors to the church campus will be screened by the receptionist prior to being granted access to the building.

ORANGE

• Weekly services will take place as scheduled, with adjustments made to ensure increased hygiene measures, physical distancing, and symptom monitoring.

• Masks are required but may be removed once you are seated provided that you maintain at least 6 feet of distance from those outside your circle of quarantine.

• Camps, retreats, and other off-campus activities are allowed, but participants will be screened prior to participation, and other procedures to mitigate exposure may be instituted.

• Childcare will be limited to ministry events with greater priority.

• Outside groups are allowed to use the church facility on a limited basis. Priority will be given to previously scheduled events, and only those new events which advance the church’s mission will be added to the calendar.

• Events featuring food service will be handled on an event-by-event basis. Steps will be taken to mitigate exposure.

• The church office and the staff will keep their regular hours, with increased adjustments made for high-risk individuals.

• Weekday visitors to the church campus will be screened by the office receptionist, and access to the building will be limited.  

RED

• Weekly services will be limited.  Priority will be given to Sunday morning corporate worship. Strict standards of hygiene, physical distancing, and symptom measurement will be observed.

• Masks are required inside the church building.

• Camps, retreats, and other off-campus activities will not happen.

• Childcare will not be provided.

• Outside groups will be asked to reschedule their events when the county’s risk level returns to lower levels.

• Food service will be halted for all events.

• The church office will be open on a limited basis, and the staff will make adjustments which support the mission and the ministry of the church.

• Weekday visitors to the church campus will be screened by the staff, and access to the building will be limited.