Churches in Lvshunkou District, Liaoning, resumed their in-person gatherings last Sunday after a two-week suspension, as there are no new local cases of COVID-19.
Since May 15, churches and gathering sites in Lvshunkou District of Dalian City had suspended all on-site gatherings, due to a rebound of the pandemic.
A senior pastor in this district said this resumption was not easy to come by. Although the suspension time was shorter than the previous few times, various congregations had constantly prayed and called upon God in anxious expectation, and churches had prepared pandemic prevention materials and manpower for the resumption.
Arriving at the church in advance on May 30, the pastoral staff in charge of pandemic prevention made preparations for the service, including disinfection, sterilization, registration and code scanning. For the convenience of believers living too far away to be able to gather, churches provided buses to pick them up. Following COVID-19 protocols, churchgoers entered the sanctuary, seated at intervals per the required social distancing.
"Churches were filled with people as expected, believers were willing to offer, and all was well," the pastor added.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
在暂停聚会半个月后，辽宁省旅顺口区的各教会于上周日恢复实地线下聚会。
受新冠肺炎疫情影响，自2021年5月15日以来，大连市旅顺口区的各教堂（活动点）暂停聚会。目前大连市新冠疫情已没有新的本土病例。
据旅顺口区一间教堂的主任牧师讲：此次聚会也是来之不易，虽然暂停时间较比前几次短，但是大家也是在焦急的盼望、等待中恒切祷告、呼求；并且教堂充分做好了复会的物质、防疫、人力的准备。
主日聚会的当天，负责防疫的教牧同工提前来到教堂，按部就班的做好聚会的消杀、登记、扫码的准备。为了方便远路的信徒来聚会，教堂为他们提供了大客车接送。信徒们按照要求履行防疫程序，接受测温、扫码等以后，进入圣殿，按照要求间隔坐好等待崇拜聚会。
牧师说：大家高兴啊！教堂按照要求都坐满了信徒，而且大家也热心奉献，一点问题也没有。
（本文作者为福音时报特约撰稿人。）
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辽宁大连市旅顺口区基督教会恢复聚会
Churches in Lvshunkou District, Liaoning, resumed their in-person gatherings last Sunday after a two-week suspension, as there are no new local cases of COVID-19.
Since May 15, churches and gathering sites in Lvshunkou District of Dalian City had suspended all on-site gatherings, due to a rebound of the pandemic.
A senior pastor in this district said this resumption was not easy to come by. Although the suspension time was shorter than the previous few times, various congregations had constantly prayed and called upon God in anxious expectation, and churches had prepared pandemic prevention materials and manpower for the resumption.
Arriving at the church in advance on May 30, the pastoral staff in charge of pandemic prevention made preparations for the service, including disinfection, sterilization, registration and code scanning. For the convenience of believers living too far away to be able to gather, churches provided buses to pick them up. Following COVID-19 protocols, churchgoers entered the sanctuary, seated at intervals per the required social distancing.
"Churches were filled with people as expected, believers were willing to offer, and all was well," the pastor added.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Liaoning Churches Reopen After Two-Week Suspension
