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Special Announcements: the coronavirus

March 13, 2020, updated on 03/16/2020

Dear church members, 

We as a church care about your health and safety. With the recent concern for the coronavirus, we ask that you pay special attention to your health. At this time, we will not be closing church for the next two Sabbath's. (03/14/2020 & 03/21/2020) but will provide live streaming of Sabbath School and the worship hour services.  We will send updates as to future church closing needs.

God Bless, 

Your church leadership 

April 9, 2020 

Morristown, TN Seventh-day Adventist Church Health Message
By Dr. Dan Castro (Veterans Administration) and Pastor Harley Roth
Morristown Church Service April 4, 2020 @ 11 AM - "Defy Death with Diet"
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03/14/2020 - 03/21/2020 Notice:

There will be no church services until further notice. Our Central Minnesota churches will have "Live Streaming" provide for both Sabbath School and Worship hour provided.

Live Streaming: Sabbath School: 10:00 AM to 11:10 AM and Worship Hour: 11:20 AM to 12:30 PM.

 

Click the following LINK for our livestreaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrainerdSDASoundbooth/live

 

Stay at home coronavirus important church links

Check this section often to see any other important additions. 

 

North America Division of Seventh-day Adventist church updates:

March 16, 2020

NAD Leadership Announces Transition to Virtual Office in Response to COVID-19

Due to the rapidly-changing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the administration of the North American Division (NAD) has elected to transition its corporate office in Columbia, Maryland, to a virtual operation. Starting at the end of business on March 17, 2020, and moving forward until March 30, 2020, all employees will be required to work from home, and all efforts are being made to ensure that day-to-day operations will continue without interruption. NAD administration will evaluate the situation on March 27, 2020, to decide if virtual operations need to be extended.

“We are confident God will be with His people during this time,” Daniel R. Jackson, NAD president, said to employees during the March 16 staff meeting announcing the transition to a virtual office.

Earlier, the administration announced the cancellation or postponement of all NAD-sponsored meetings and events, as well as travel for all NAD staff through June 24, 2020.

NAD leadership is urging all union and conference leaders in the division to carefully consider advisements given by their state and local governments regarding the safety of their communities.

Everyone plays an important role in helping to contain the spread of COVID-19. As Christians, we are called to treat all our neighbors with love and compassion. We must give prayerful thought to how we can be a compassionate blessing to those most impacted by this situation. “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother’” (Zechariah 7:9, NKJV).

Click here to read this statement on the NAD website; click here to read the previous statement from the NAD on COVID-19.

 

 

 

 

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North America Division of Seventh-day Adventist Update, click the following link Updated: 03/13/2020

https://mailchi.mp/nad/mar-13-2020-special-edition-nad-administration-provides-guidance-for-church-in-north-america-during-the-covid-19-pandemic?e=1d53e429fc

 

NAD Administration Provides Guidance for Church in North America During the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

The leadership of the North American Division of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (NAD), in consultation with the leaders of the nine union conferences in the NAD, is providing some guidance for the churches and schools in our territories regarding the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 

As Christians we have a responsibility to care for each other and ourselves. With the World Health Organization now declaring COVID-19 to be a pandemic, we should be seen as part of the solution rather than potentially becoming part of the problem.

In seeking to limit the potential impact of COVID-19, the NAD administration has voted that all staff should cease all travels immediately. Administration has prohibited work-related travel until June 24, 2020.

In addition, NAD administration has voted to cancel NAD-sponsored events and meetings scheduled to take place before June 24. The NAD Human Resource Services Conference and Union and Local Secretaries Council, scheduled for April 26-28, has been cancelled. The CALLED Pastors’ Family Convention, scheduled for June 20-24, 2020, has been rescheduled for the summer of 2022. Cancellation notices for several NAD events have already been issued, including the Pathfinder Bible Experience and Sonscreen Film Festival.

We, in support of our unions and local conferences, are asking our churches and schools to follow guidelines being established by their local and state governments regarding public meetings and size limits on gatherings. Many state governments are limiting the size of gatherings to 250 people or less. Some areas are even reducing that number to 100 people. 

In light of these restrictions, and to maintain a healthy environment for our local communities, we are supporting our unions and local conferences in suggesting that churches and schools strongly reconsider the need to meet over the next two weeks. If churches have live-streaming capabilities, those options should be utilized to provide virtual church services for their members.

[A short list of churches that provide online services can be found here.]

The goal of these temporary changes is to provide a buffer of protection to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Care should always be taken to follow the simple health care guidelines provided by the CDC* and medical experts. These include:

  1. Careful washing of your hands with soap and water; and using sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol when washing hands is not possible.
  2. Covering of your mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing. If you don’t have tissue paper available, then utilize your arm or sleeve to cover your mouth and nose.
  3. Maintain a safe distance from others; and avoid shaking hands, giving hugs, etc.
  4. Sanitize your living and work areas daily.
  5. Stay at home if you are sick.
  6. Seek medical treatment if you have any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19.

Even in these uncertain times we urge all our members to stay connected with family, friends, and church members through phone calls, texts, emails, social media, etc. We can encourage and support one another through these avenues of communication — and through prayer. We urge each member to also continue to support the mission of the church.

Some of our members may consider these guidelines extreme, but we take cautious guidance from Ellen G. White: “God will not work a miracle to keep those from sickness who have no care for themselves, but are continually violating the laws of health and make no efforts to prevent disease. When we do all we can on our part to have health, then may we expect that the blessed results will follow, and we can ask God in faith to bless our efforts for the preservation of health” (Councils on Health, p. 59).

*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Resources:

In addition to these resources, please check with your local churches, conferences, and/or unions for information on closings, cancellations and preventative measures.

Adventist Risk Management’s webpage link: https://adventistrisk.org/en-us/safety-resources/solutions-newsletter/2020/march/information-regarding-coronavirus-covid19-naden

General Conference Adventist Health Ministries article by Dr. Peter Landless: http://healthministries.com/articles/homepage/coronavirus-update

U.S. Department of State travel advisory page link: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

World Health Organization COVID-19 link: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

CDC COVID-19 Resources for Households link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/home/index.html