Bella Vista Baptist Church carries on during pandemic
Bella Vista Baptist Church is continuing a 9 a.m. parking lot service in the east parking lot. The 11 a.m. service has resumed inside its worship center while practicing social distancing. It prefers one contact the church to sign up for a reserved space inside the worship center if it is your choice to attend the live service. This allows for the set up of the worship center with the correct number of seats and allows for the six feet social distancing. You must wear a mask on your way into the building and out of the building. With the governor's new/updated guidance, while seated in the building you can remove your mask. The service is also posted online each Sunday afternoon.
Adult Sunday School Teachers have been video-recording the lesson for each Sunday. These are then posted to their website and Facebook page.
Because Vacation Bible School had to be canceled this year, due to the virus, the Bella Vista Baptist Church children's ministry director, Julie Hettel, and preschool ministries director, Ashley Abernathy, have been putting together pizza boxes containing Vacation Bible School In a Box and delivering it to the porches of all the children in the church. They report it as a big hit.
The women's ministries of the church have been meeting in the lower east parking lot of the church on Wednesday mornings. The women bring lawn chairs, practice social distancing, share a passage of scripture and fellowship. This also has been very successful.
The men's ministries of the church have been meeting outside for Bible study, under the awning by the fellowship hall on Tuesday morning's at 6:30 a.m.
They will be relaunching IMPACT Student Ministry outdoors each Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. To sign up or learn more, people can visit www.bvbaptist.com/students.
Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista
All in-person church services and activities are canceled until September. The Session will revisit this decision at the July and August meetings. The weekly worship service is being recorded and posted to their website, www.pcbv.org, under the "Worship" tab. Each service will also be shared on the Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista Facebook page on Sunday mornings.
Unitarian Universalists of Benton County
To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Sunday services at UUBC are canceled until further notice. Those who wish may attend worship services of The Unitarian Universalist Church of Fayetteville via Zoom with a link found on uufayetteville.org.
Bella Vista Community Church
Sunday worship services have been resumed inside the church. One at 9 a.m. (traditional) and another at 11 a.m. (contemporary). Social distancing practices are in place. Visit bvcc.net for more information about the services, video sermons and daily devotionals to stay connected from home.
Highland Christian Church
View Sunday's service on the website at highlandchristianchurchbv.org or at YouTube and search Highland Christian Church, Bella Vista.
Bella Vista Lutheran Church
Live worship services have resumed. Social distancing is practiced at both services. Sunday school and adult Bible classes are operating again at 9:45 a.m.
Beginning on Friday, July 10, the Shepherd's Food Pantry will be operating at full capacity in the original pantry area of the building. The hours of the food pantry are Friday, 10 a.m. until noon. Packers and food handlers will continue to wear masks. Please do not visit if you are not feeling well.
Unity Church of the Ozarks
All Unity Church of the Ozarks services and activities are postponed until further notice. Sunday services can be viewed live 10:30 a.m. Sunday on Facebook at Unity Church of the Ozarks or anytime thereafter. A daily 7 p.m. meditation at Unity's Facebook page is given by Larry Owensby. For more information, call 479-721-2752 or [email protected].
Village Bible Church
The live worship service is at 10:15 a.m. Sundays. Seating arrangements have been readjusted for social distancing. The service is live-streamed on Facebook; streamed to Vimeo.com/user 42482704; at www.villagebibleefc.org; and audio of the live service can be heard on 90.3 FM in the south church parking lot.
The Oasis Food Pantry is open each Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon for drive-through pickup. For more information, contact the church at 479-876-5764.
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