Status RED indicates that most onsite operations of Paint Branch UU Church are suspended. Most activities remain online, but some in-person options are available with mitigation. Link to our matrix here
Last month, the COVID task force was gearing up to revise our guidelines to reflect the impact of vaccination, ventilation and potential therapeutics on the health risks of transmission. And then, the next variant of concern emerged, and we’ve had to put that analysis on hold for a few weeks. This situation is frustrating – we desperately want to gather together. However, this task force is charged with creating guidelines based on risk management for the wider community, and we cannot make decisions based on a desire to be together, or any individual sense of risk tolerance. We will relax the guidelines as soon as it makes sense (in that wider context) to do so, and we appreciate everyone’s patience with this deeply frustrating process.
If you are hosting a PBUUC event (ie auction dinner) please click here for guidelines.
If you are planning on attending a PBUUC event, please click here for guidelines.
The Board of Trustees has delegated the responsibility and authority to make and communicate decisions about congregational gathering to the COVID Task Force.
The members of the COVID Task Force are John Barr, Kathi Yu, Margaret McLellan, Chris McCann (Director of Faith Engagement) and Reverend Ann Kadlecek.
We use guidance from the Unitarian Universalist Association, the CDC and other relevant organizations. To guide our daily decisions, the task force has created a COVID activity matrix. The task force is continuing to meet regularly, and will update the status and revise this matrix as conditions warrant.
Our work is guided by the eight principles of Unitarian Universalism. As such, our guidelines are intentionally more conservative than other area organizations may be. We take very seriously our commitment to community care, particularly the care of the most vulnerable. We also consider the impact of our actions on the wider community.
Should you have questions, please contact a member of the task force.