Issued 3/31/2020
As most of you should know by now, we are under a city-wide ordinance that that states: “That, to the maximum extent possible, citizens of the City of St. Joseph, Missouri, are strongly encouraged to shelter in place, by remaining in their respective residences, avoiding contact with people with whom they do not reside, and avoiding public places except when necessary to obtain food, supplies, and medical treatment.” In order to effectively PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, ALL campus activities are suspended at this time and the GV building will remain closed until further notice.
With that said, we are having ‘church’ a little differently, during these trying times. All services will be live-streamed on facebook. We will meet with the bare minimum amount of staff to live-stream our service, each week.
The exception to this statement will be Easter Sunday. While we will still live-stream the services on facebook, we will also offer a couple other viewing/listening options. We are planning to hold our first-ever ‘Parking Lot Service’! For anyone that would like to meet, together, yet still adhering to the ordinance to keep our ‘social distance’, we will gather together, in our vehicles, in the GVBC parking lot, and the entire service, 8:30 AM or 10:00 AM, will be aired, via an FM Transmitter, on 103.7 FM. This FM transmission is ONLY available within the confines of the GVBC parking lot. Everyone is welcome to attend the Parking Lot service. Parking Attendants will be on site to direct you in where to park and the exit process, between the 2 services. Please plan to STAY IN YOUR CAR. No one will be allowed to exit their car, and the GV building will NOT be open. We will also air the sermons ONLY (9:00-9:30 AM & 10:30-11:00 AM) on local radio station, Joetown 107.5 FM.
We will still offer Pastor Jason’s weekly “Connection Class Lesson” using the video he prepares for teachers, each Thursday. (please see the links at the bottom of the page) We encourage you to sit down, with your family, and watch the lesson together.
There are several GV’s on Facebook, you can find us by searching for “Green Valley GVBC St. Joe”. The recorded sermon will also be uploaded, to our GVBC YouTube channel. We encourage you all, to stay safe, keep your family safe, ‘shelter-in-place’, and tune in to the live stream Facebook feed.
Our greatest desire is to look out for, and care for, all of our people.
I’m sure by now, we are all aware of the current, on-going, situation, regarding the spread of the Coronavirus, around the world. We feel, at this time, that it is prudent to take appropriate ‘precautions’ to protect our people and our surrounding community. Our very first call, is to take care of each other and without inciting panic, we feel, at this time, in order to effectively PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, we need to make some changes to our normal, weekly activities.
Going forward, we are suspending all GV Campus activities (with the exception of Sunday Services), for the foreseeable future. ALL Connection Group Classes, (Youth & Adult), and ALL Children’s Connection Classes, on-campus Bible Studies, Wed Student Ministries, Prayer Meeting, (and any other campus activities, not mentioned) will be suspended, for the time being. We will offer Pastor Jason’s weekly “Connection Class Lesson” using the video he prepares for teachers on Thursdays. (please see the link below) We encourage you to sit down, with your family, and watch the lesson together.
For anyone who would still like to come to the live, on-campus services, at this time, we will still offer all 3 Sunday Services: 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 AM – Each service will be Live Streamed, via FB Live, (and viewable afterwards on Facebook, see the links below). There are several GV’s on Facebook, you can find us by searching for “Green Valley GVBC St. Joe”. The recorded sermon will also be uploaded, to our GVBC YouTube channel. If you do not feel safe, gathering together, in a large group setting, we understand and encourage you to stay safe, keep your family safe, and tune in to the live stream Facebook feed.
If you (or one of your loved ones), are sick, or have some flu-like symptoms, or are running a fever (even low grade), PLEASE STAY HOME – EXCEPT to get medical care. If you have any of these symptoms, we urge you to stay home, stay safe and seek medical assistance, if necessary.
Our greatest desire is to look out for and care for our people. These are ONLY PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES intended to keep our people, and our surrounding communities, safe and healthy. And, in the meantime – UNTIL NORMAL ACTIVITIES RESUME – we will be conducting a “DEEP-CLEANING” throughout our classrooms and facility.
LINK to Facebook GVBC Page: https://www.facebook.com/GVBCStJoe/
Jason’s ABC Connection Class LINK: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc_UW3CG4hP1TxBq0xqejgQ/videos
LINK YouTube Sermon Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoe8WB08C5PxVyxxT2iz2hA/featured (click on videos) OR https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoe8WB08C5PxVyxxT2iz2hA/videos
If you have trouble accessing any of these links,
please feel free to give us a call (M-F, 8-4:30 PM) for assistance, 816-279-3621.
