Guidance through June regardless of CDC/State guidelines
Updated: May 18, 2021
Next Revision: July 2021
UUCC Internal Guidelines
“Internal” includes: Members, Friends, and Visitors to UUCC events
Food and beverages must be either served to individuals or brought for their own needs.
The Gathering Covenant will guide our behavior and decision-making
Gathering Covenant
In gathering together, we promise to:
- Assume good intentions and use this covenant and congregation policies to guide our actions.
- Give and accept reminders to the covenant gracefully.
- Gain consent before touching/hugging others.
- Wear masks in shared spaces until vaccines are available to all the children.
- Find ways to be inclusive of adults who cannot be vaccinated.
- Prioritize the safety of the whole community over our own sense of what is safe for ourselves.
- Respect the authority of the people making policies.
- Not gather in person if we are not feeling well, or are not vaccinated and have been exposed to Covid 19.
Outdoor gatherings (including Sunday Services)
- Social distancing of 6 feet and wearing masks (in a beloved community, masking and social distancing is not asking too much)
- Color-coded name tags (Green, most comfortable; Yellow, more careful; Red, most cautious) will be used at Services to indicate wearer’s current gathering comfort level (there will be signage with explanations)
Indoor Gatherings
- Members of Small Groups and Committees to discuss the Small Group Regathering Decision Guide before making room inquiries
- Safe room capacities, that take social distancing into account, will determine availability:
- 11-20 people, 3 rooms
- 10 people, 1-3 rooms
- 3-9 people, many rooms
- Shirley Nelson will assign rooms in consultation with members of Buildings & Grounds
- Technology options and recommendations for hybrid (combined in-person and remote) gatherings are being developed
External Group Expectations
The term “External Groups” includes both renters and recovery/support groups.
No one-time events (e.g., wedding, funeral) by External Groups lacking prior relationships with UUCC.
UUCC Requires that members of External Groups:
- Wear masks when in any public space in the building (hallways, restrooms, stairwells, and any space beyond the group’s assigned meeting space).
- Enter and exit via the doors specified for the room being used.
- Use the restrooms assigned to the room being used.
- Stay within the space assigned (don’t wander the building).
- Refrain from gathering in hallways, stairways, vestibule, and restrooms.
- Maintain social distancing as practicable within meeting rooms.
- Encourage members to wear masks in meeting spaces.
- Respect the workspaces and facilities used by the staff and volunteers.
- Assume the risk for their own activities.