Coronavirus impacting churches

Coronavirus impacting churches

Klamath christian center is just one of many churches making adjustments ahead of this weekend.

Scott says: "we're going to encourage people during the season to maybe meet in their homes instead of coming to church" klamath christian center usually has multiple sunday services and because of the coronavirus they expect to have less attendance than usual so they feel confident that they will be under the 250-person cap for their sunday morning's.

They, like many other churches, are encouraging people to join in the service via livestream.

For those that do come to service, there will be some notable changes.

Scott says: "we always provide a social time with snacks after the service.

We're going to illuminate that so that they don't have close contact" communion will not be offered scott says: "we are going to limit we haven't had communion since the coronavirus we have it offered it we normally do the first sunday of the month and we didnt this month because of coronavirus" and scott says they will encourage social distancing.

Scott says: "we're setting up more chairs in our sanctuary and we're going to encourage people to spread out so that way they have more space" one concern that comes with less attendance is the potential financial impact.

Scott says: "of course were concerned about the financial side of it just like all the businesses are this is a huge thing for our economy and we're concerned like everyone else" but scott says, there's still a lot to be optimistic about.

Scott says: "the church has never been about a building it's always about people and relationships and people gathering together in homes was the way the church got started" was the way the together in homes people gathering relationships and about people and building it's always been about a church has never scott says: "the about.

Be optimistic still a lot to says, there's but scott says, there's