Churches in Dalian City, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, resumed their face-to-face Sunday services after the end of the recent COVID-19 outbreak.
Following the resumptions of in-person services beginning May 29, these city churches will restart all kinds of onsite activities, such as Bible studies, prayer meetings, worship and praise services, choir rehearsals, and youth group events.
Churches in county-level cities or districts, such as Wafangdianshi Church and Pulandian District Church which were still in lockdown, have already submitted applications to the relevant departments to resume onsite gatherings.
After receiving the approval from the government, churches called believers in advance to clean up the main buildings, set up tables and chairs, and disinfect both indoors and outdoors areas, as some were used as COVID-19 testing sites. The work also included preparing masks and hand sanitizers, restarting the preaching ministry, and "broadcasting the news" to believers.
To facilitate the regular epidemic response, churchgoers are required to wear masks to sit at intervals as per the social distancing requirements, given that they are not suffering from the suspected symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, cough, and diarrhea. With the number of worshippers limited to no more than 300, believers are requested to bring admission passes (or ID cards), scan codes, and avoid peak times to worship. The church said believers who or whose families come back from other places to Dalian should complete a 14-day quarantine period before attending church services.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2022年5月29日礼拜日，暂停”两个多月的大连市的各教堂的教牧同工和弟兄姊妹迎来了此轮疫情之后的首个线下实地聚会。
这次大连市各教会的主日恢复实地聚会后，教会的其他团契、小组活动，如查经会、祷告会、赞美会、青年团契、诗班排练等也将根据疫情防控实际情况陆续恢复。
大连市所属的县级市和区如瓦房店市、普兰店区等教堂虽然未能在这个主日复堂，但教会已经向相关部门递交了恢复聚会的申请。
有的教会在接到恢复聚会的通知后，提前呼召信徒到教堂来打扫卫生、摆放桌椅（有的教堂被作为社区核酸检测点）、室内外消杀、落实信徒聚会防疫措施、预备口罩、洗手液等防疫物资，并将复堂后的讲道等事工具体落实，“广而告之”通知信徒。
各教堂严格按照防疫常态化要求执行，要求弟兄姊妹们能严格遵守相关规定，如：一、戴口罩入场，服从引导间隔就坐，发烧、咳嗽、腹泻等疑似新冠症状者请勿入堂；每场人数限制在300人以内（299人），一旦满员则关闭主堂，请肢体理解配合，并错峰聚会；二、进门扫入堂码，国务院行程码及“辽事通码”，带好教会发的聚会通行证（如果丢失或无证者要携带身份证实名登记）；三、从外地返回大连的或家人有从外地返回大连、未满14天的，不能参加聚会。
（福音时报特约撰稿人于辽宁报道）
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辽宁大连教会喜迎恢复主日实地聚会
Churches in Dalian City, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, resumed their face-to-face Sunday services after the end of the recent COVID-19 outbreak.
Following the resumptions of in-person services beginning May 29, these city churches will restart all kinds of onsite activities, such as Bible studies, prayer meetings, worship and praise services, choir rehearsals, and youth group events.
Churches in county-level cities or districts, such as Wafangdianshi Church and Pulandian District Church which were still in lockdown, have already submitted applications to the relevant departments to resume onsite gatherings.
After receiving the approval from the government, churches called believers in advance to clean up the main buildings, set up tables and chairs, and disinfect both indoors and outdoors areas, as some were used as COVID-19 testing sites. The work also included preparing masks and hand sanitizers, restarting the preaching ministry, and "broadcasting the news" to believers.
To facilitate the regular epidemic response, churchgoers are required to wear masks to sit at intervals as per the social distancing requirements, given that they are not suffering from the suspected symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, cough, and diarrhea. With the number of worshippers limited to no more than 300, believers are requested to bring admission passes (or ID cards), scan codes, and avoid peak times to worship. The church said believers who or whose families come back from other places to Dalian should complete a 14-day quarantine period before attending church services.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
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