Rules and Procedures for use of buildings of St. Jamesโ Episcopal Church
Based on the Bishopโs โThe Plan for Returnโ from The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania (please see here), St. Jamesโ Episcopal Church has developed the following protocols for operations during the โYellow Phaseโ in Montgomery County.
These guidelines are required and must be adhered to.ย Any breech in said guidelines will result in the termination of use of the properties for individual/group use and all access (i.e., keys) will be relinquished.
Due to the pandemic, Covid-19, St. Jamesโ needs to maintain a safe, secure environment for everyone.ย The Director of Operations must be notified prior to any entrance into the building.ย This is for several reasons.ย First, given the new contact tracing requirement, a detailed list of each person who has entered a space needs to be complied with name, contact information, date, times, and rooms attended.ย Should we be asked to provide that information to the township if requested, there can not be any missing information.ย This includes simply entering the building and depositing mail into the mail slots, dropping off items for Altar Guild, watering plants, etc.ย For general entrance into the building such as work, volunteering as Altar Guild, cleaning, etc., this sign in will be in a log book in the parish foyer; for more private groups, such as AA and DAV, a separate list (Appendix B) will be recorded at each meeting and returned to the Director of Operations mail slot and will be kept in a confidential folder that will only be accessed in there is a health-related need to contact attendees.
This is also true for our Outreach Building, Glebe House, History Center, Garage and Shed.ย All properties of St. Jamesโ will need to have a running list of individuals at said locations.
No person is permitted entry into the building without proper face covering.ย Please be aware that this means both the mouth and nose area must be covered.ย In addition, we ask the following:
As we continue to offer more access to the buildings and events/activities, some of these protocols are subject to change as we find it necessary.
If you are unsure of any specific need, question, please contact Lisa Reinhardt, Director of Operations/Communications at 610-489-7564 or office@stjames-episcopal.org