• Continue to prioritize our online services and invite people to watch with you. No doubt we are tired of screens, but it is a blessing that the Lord allowed these things to occur when we can still be connected in this manner.
• Participate in the various phases of our reopening plan
• Get involved in a Life Group or stay connected to your Life Group. We are encouraging groups to use Zoom (or equivalent) and outside, in person, meetings where social distancing practices can be observed.
• Remain faithful in giving financial contributions. Thank-you for your faithfulness to this point.
• Let us know your needs or prayer requests because we are here for you. Send Prayer Request
• Pray for our leadership team as we plot the course to reopening. It is our greatest desire to make God-honoring decisions out of love and concern for your health and well-being and in a way that carefully considers the recommendations of those who govern and were placed in a position of authority over us for such a time as this.

We will be following the CDC guidelines at this time and learning from our local school districts. We will work to make sure all areas are clean, safe and fun. When we get to August and once again offer all our ministries, we will need more volunteer workers than ever. We know the “NEW, NEW NORMAL” will require more help to provide a quality experience for all of our kids and families. Please consider serving now for then.

Absolutely. One for the greatest innovations to come from this COVID-19 season is our online platform. Weekly we are engaging people from down the street to around the world. In fact, we will be creating dedicated space on our campus to house our new Global Internet Campus. If you have been blessed through this ministry, you might consider serving in this important area.

Refer to our website regularly. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram. Be on the lookout for church-wide emails.

Not at all! We are dealing with a pandemic the likes to which we have never known. We will see what develops over the next few months. What we know today is that our local school districts are planning to return to normal in August. So, with the information we have today, we will plan accordingly.

No. Each group will decide what feels most appropriate for them at this time. Not every group will return to the building. And, for those groups who do return, not every member will join the group in person.

Yes. We have invested in speicalized equipment designed specifically for disinfecting surfaces and rooms to protect against COVID-19. This equipment will be used in all rooms after each use. 

Most of the Life Groups that will be meeting in the building plan to simultaneously allow folks to join their class via Zoom. Check with your Life Group leader for specific information about your group’s plans.

Yes. FBW staff will be present to assist with getting online, connecting to the TV’s, and other relevant technical issues. If you know of any specific cables or equipment you will need, please contact laura@fbw.church to coordinate that.

We are not requiring people to wear masks. (Religious gatherings are exempt from the governor’s mandate to wear masks.) However, we will have masks available and encourage people to wear them.

No. At this time, childcare is not available. We understand that this is an important consideration for some to be able to join in person, and we will be working toward opening the children’s areas in a future phase of reopening.

A full hour of activities, Bible story, and worship! This will go along with your Bible study at home materials that are posted on Facebook each Sunday morning.

A full hour of Kids Life Worship! We will sing, play games and dive into God’s Word. This will go along with Bible study at home that is posted on facebook Sunday morning.

• All parents will have one enter through the preschool side door.  Preschool will check in at the preschool guest check in, Kids Life will check in at the Kids guest check in.
• Hand sanitizing stations are available around our Kids area.
• All workers will be screened upon entering our Kids area.
• Our areas have been sanitized prior to each service.
• For Preschool only: RSVP to make sure classes are limited in number with paid care staff that have been screened. Parents will have paths to walk that will promote social distancing. Parents will exit through marked doors to the mall area.
• For Kids Life: the upstairs lobby is closed, so kids will go straight into our large group room and find a seat that provides social distancing. For pick up, parents will go to Kids guest check in with their tag, we will radio for your child, and they will come downstairs. Parents are not allowed upstairs.  All Kids Life parents will exit through the Kids Life door by the indoor playground.

Please email kimberly@fbw.church with any questions about your birth-4th grader!

No limit for worship gatherings has been put in place by state and local authorities, and we are not implementing any limit of our own. However, due to the varying degrees of comfort of people in returning to large gatherings, we expect our attendance to be lower than usual for at least some time. We are asking people who attend in-person gatherings to take advantage of the lower attendance by leaving a seat(s) and/or a row(s) between them and other families or groups who come to worship together.

All seating will be available and, while we encourage you to leave space between your family or group and others, we are allowing you to sit wherever you feel comfortable.

When we first return to in-person worship, all life groups will remain online until further notice.

Families are encouraged to worship together. We will not have any childcare available for the services when we first return.

Those considered “at risk” are encouraged to continue to worship with us online.

Restrooms will be available and cleaned regularly throughout the services. Hand sanitation stations will be available at all of our entrances.

While we encourage you to wear a mask as you feel comfortable, we are not requiring everyone to wear masks.

The café will be closed. However, bottled water will be made available. (So no, there will not be coffee…for now.)

We ask that any “fellowship time” happen outside the building so that our team has more time to clean after each service.

We encourage you to give generously online. There will also be “offering boxes” located at the exits of the worship center and in the mall.

We understand that some will be comfortable coming back sooner than others. And that’s okay. We encourage you to continue to worship with us online – we will be continuing our online worship experience indefinitely.