Welcome to St. John's Lutheran Church Online!
Come on in and browse around our new website and learn more about our church. Established in 1855, we celebrate our 165th Anniversary as a congregation in 2020. We would like to invite you to attend our Sunday worship. You can find us at 200 E. Bridge Street in Covington, Ohio.
Come on in and browse around our new website and learn more about our church. Established in 1855, we celebrate our 165th Anniversary as a congregation in 2020. We would like to invite you to attend our Sunday worship. You can find us at 200 E. Bridge Street in Covington, Ohio.
Please join us for worship each Sunday:
Worship Service: 10am
Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month
Sunday School will resume in the fall.
WELCOME BACK!
St. John's has reopened for "in person" worship. Please read our safety procedures for returning to church below.
You can also still watch services from our Facebook page. They are held live each Sunday morning at 10am. Click the St. John's link below and worship with us!
Facebook link:
facebook.com/St.JohnsCovington
Safeguard Procedures for Returning to Church
**This is a working document and items/procedures may change based on new information that becomes available. The church will update as new procedures are put in place.
As per the CDC guidelines if you are feeling ill please stay home. The church will continue to have worship via Facebook Live.
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A new feature on our page is an online giving/offering tab at the top. Click on the online giving tab and follow the link to set up your account.
Worship Service: 10am
Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month
Sunday School will resume in the fall.
WELCOME BACK!
St. John's has reopened for "in person" worship. Please read our safety procedures for returning to church below.
You can also still watch services from our Facebook page. They are held live each Sunday morning at 10am. Click the St. John's link below and worship with us!
Facebook link:
facebook.com/St.JohnsCovington
Safeguard Procedures for Returning to Church
**This is a working document and items/procedures may change based on new information that becomes available. The church will update as new procedures are put in place.
- Entering/Exiting the Church – It is recommended that members wear a mask while they are entering and exiting the church. Once you are seated in a pew you may take off the mask. The usher(s) will assist with exiting the church one pew at a time. Doors will be propped open and only the main doors will be unlocked. Please go directly to a pew to sit down. Only the main sanctuary will be open for the congregation. This will include the restrooms on the main level.
- Seating – Families or people that arrive in the same car are allowed to sit together in a pew. To comply with social distancing, we will sit in every other pew.
- Sharing of the Peace – We will refrain from shaking hands during this time. The sharing of the peace will be through smiles and waves with everyone staying in their pews.
- Children’s Sermon/Nursery – Pastor Jon feels comfortable to have a children’s sermon. Children will sit with social distancing on the floor before the steps leading up to the alter and face the altar and Pastor Jon will stay by the altar to conduct the sermon. There will not be any nursery until further notice.
- Masks – The pastor and the assisting minister will wear a mask when they are closer than 6 feet of each other. The church will have a few masks available for those that may need one.
- Acolyte – During this time there will be no acolytes.
- Bulletins/Hymnals – Bulletins will be placed in pews. The bulletins will have the hymns printed so the use for hymnals is not needed. Hymnals will be removed. All other papers and pencils will be removed from the pews.
- Prayer Requests – There will be NO prayer requests taken during the service. If you have a prayer request please email Stephanie at secretarystjohnscov@windstream.net or you may call the church office at 473-2170 before 11:00am on Thursday. You may also contact Pastor Jon at 937-492-3467 or schriberjonathan@gmail.com.
- Offering Plate – The collection plate will be in the middle of the aisle for members to drop off their offering.
- Communion - We will use wafers instead of communion bread. The altar guild will have the wine pre- poured in the communion cups leaving 2-3 empty spaces between each cup. Council will continue to work on communion procedures for best practice.
- Cleaning/Sanitization – The custodians will be cleaning and sanitizing all areas in the church. Hand sanitizer is available in all pews. To minimize movement around the church only the main sanctuary will be open this will include the restroom located on the main level.
As per the CDC guidelines if you are feeling ill please stay home. The church will continue to have worship via Facebook Live.
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A new feature on our page is an online giving/offering tab at the top. Click on the online giving tab and follow the link to set up your account.