We would like to emphasize to our members and visitors that they are strongly urged to wear a mask for the safety of others, especially for the safety of those that we have coming that are in the more vulnerable category. Please see all the other guidelines below: Bro. Billy and the deacons have developed a phased plan to re-open our church beginning Sunday, May 24, 2020. The first phase will be re-opening our worship service only. There will be two Morning Worship Services: 10:00-10:45 AM and 11:15- 12:00 noon. This is being done in order to more easily adhere to the "social distancing" guidelines necessary to keep our congregation safe from the exposure and spread of the coronavirus. This will allow us 30 minutes to sanitize the church between services. The planned process for each of the worship services are as follows: • There will be someone to greet and seat you when you enter the church in order to ensure appropriate “social distancing”. Some pews will be blocked off to help maintain sufficient distance between members. • Please observe social distancing when entering and leaving the church. • Please do not shake hands or offer hugs. • Masks are strongly encouraged. This is for your safety and the safety of others. We have ordered MHBC-imprinted masks to share upon your arrival. We are making these available at no charge. However, if you would like, you may reimburse the church for the cost of your mask at $5.00 each. Simply mark your check with “MHBC masks” and place in the offering plate or mail. Or you can go to the Generosity app and choose the “Imprinted Mask” account to make a donation. • The sanctuary level and restrooms in front of the elevator will be the only space accessible Sunday. The lower basement, elevator, balcony, classrooms, nursery, and Fellowship Hall will be closed. • The church and sanctuary have been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized. The smaller footprint that we have open will help us in our efforts to sanitize between services—and for future services. • Hymnals and guest cards have been removed from the pews to eliminate handling, and there will be no offering plates passed during the service. Your offering may be dropped into offering plates made available as you exit the service. • There will be no Sunday School. • We will have security personnel at the restroom doors to ensure entry and exit of one user at a time. The restrooms will be sanitized between uses. The elimination of the Sunday School hour should minimize the need for the use of restrooms. • The church service will be videoed. The video cannot be live-streamed from our church due to limited bandwidth and the high resolution of 4K. Therefore, the video will be uploaded to Vimeo, the MHBC Facebook page, and our MHBC website on Monday or Tuesday. • Regarding the MHBC imprinted masks: The masks are a two layer polyester that are lightweight, and easy to breathe through. They can be worn, not only during our worship services, but also for trips to the places such as the grocery, Walmart, and Lowes. They will be a great “conversation starter” to promote our church and invite others to come join us at MHBC! What a great way to show someone where you go to church! If you are a member and can’t attend this Sunday’s service, simply let one of the deacons know of your request to have a mask, and we will get one to you. September 13, 2020: Click on the video below to listen to the most recent message, “Stronger Together: Inspiring The Best In One Another”, from Bro. Billy. You may also “follow” our video site on Vimeo.com for past and future messages from Bro. Billy, and ask others to follow our site. GOOD NEWS! Do you know that our MHBC video ministry is currently being shared and viewed in other states and countries? We have stats from Vimeo that show where our video messages are being viewed. Our video messages have been viewed in over 20 states outside of Kentucky and they are also viewed in at least 12 countries outside of the United States! PRAISE GOD! Campbellsville University’s WLCU TV station will air each Sunday’s video message from Bro. Billy on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 PM and on Wednesdays at 6:00 PM. The video message will be edited down to fit their 30- minute time slot. Due to editing time, we have to work a Sunday behind. Remember, not everyone has Internet access. This will give our members that can receive this local channel, access to our MHBC video message if they have not had Internet access up to this point, as well as those that have been sheltered in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It will also be a great opportunity to give our church exposure to a wider range of non-members than ever before. This new TV opportunity from WLCU TV, coupled with our radio coverage from the Bardstown’s WOKH Radio Station 102.7, is an exciting outreach tool that is one positive that has come from this COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the unique time that we are in, and the lack of communication with us not having regular church services, the deacons are procuring a “One Call” service to keep our church family informed on important news in our church. The service is what the local schools use, and we believe it is needed and will be beneficial in keeping our church family informed. A phone message, up to two minutes, can be immediately sent to all our members with phone numbers, and all will get the message at one time. We used to have a phone chain and that has not been used with advent of social media and the passing of some members in the phone chain. Also, we have members that are not on social media that aren’t in the loop at times. Even with social media, there is some news that really needs to stay within the church family and not put on public display. This service would allow us to do that and keep our members informed. Hopefully, we can get this in place soon. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The following motions were presented and adopted at the September business meeting: 1. A motion to replace the black and white copier in the church secretary’s office with a color copier which will increase the lease agreement from $40.94/month to $73.90/month. 2. A motion to start a “One Call” system to help with church-wide communication. 3. A motion to pour concrete in a wet area that could not be black-topped with an increased overall cost of $1,100 beyond our original estimated cost of $20,200 to black-top the parking lot. 4. A motion to amend the Constitution and Bylaws document with the following four amendments. Each of the motions will have to be tabled until October 7, 2020 when the vote will require a majority in order to approve each of the proposed amendments. a. Amend the church secretary position to two separate positions: clerical secretary and financial secretary (as developed by the Personnel Committee last December). b. Amend and clarify the procedure for expenditures greater than $10,000. c. Amend the Cemetery Committee description as a result of the changes in the laws pertaining to perpetual care funds. d. Amend the document with the creation of a “Financial Committee” as a result of the recommendation of the church financial secretary. Our thoughts & prayers are with the family of Dr. James R. Angel upon his death on Sept. 17, 2020 at the age of 69 years old. Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in charge of details. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Hollis Hancock upon his death on September 7, 2020 at the age of 88. Campbell-Fisher Funeral Home in charge of details. He was the step-father of Nevin Price and grandfather of Jessica Benningfield. The Campbellsville University TC station, WLCU TV/FM, had our televised worship message interrupted this last Sunday during the beginning of the message, and viewers were not able to view the remaining MHBC broadcast. This was the video of the ordination service of Adam Bland. The University has agreed to re-air the video message this Thursday evening, September 3, at 6:30 PM EDT. Please pass this on to those that you know that are following our MHBC worship service on Comcast. Planning has begun for our capital campaign for 2021with the theme “Embrace Tomorrow” based on Jeremiah 20:11. The Monthly Deacons meeting will be on September 2, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. September 20, 2020 is “Back to Church Sunday“ with our theme being “Stronger Together”. The sermon will be from Ecclesiastes 4:9-12. We will have a focused time of prayer for our schools along with frontline responders. The Safety and Security Team meeting will be on September 24, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. to plan for coverage for future services. All members are urged to attend. On Sunday, September 27, 2020, we will start a new sermon series titled “Rooted: Grow Deep and Live Strong”. The next 4 weeks we will dive into the bible to gain perspective on what is required in healthy, growing and productive Christian living in a challenging time. We will use our agricultural background to learn about planting, growing, pruning and harvesting. Sept. 27 everyone will be given seeds to plant and children will be given a special gift. You don’t want to miss this emphasis the next 4 week! IT’S A GIRL!!! Please join us for a baby shower for Brandon & Nicole Sallee on Sunday, October 4 at 2:00PM at The Russell Barn located at 4980 Saint Joe Road. The proud parents are registered at Target and Walmart. The Monthly Business Meeting will be on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend as important decisions are made for our church family and facility. Four amendments to the Constitution and By-laws document that were presented at the September meeting, and tabled as required, will be voted on.