Welcome to PBCC!
Greetings, beloved PBCC family,
Many people have reached out to me this week to see what Powell Butte Church plans to do in the most recent order from Governor Kate Brown. The two-week “pause” outlined in the Governor’s orders begins this Wednesday, November 18, and continues through December 3. This two-week stretch includes two weekends during which PBCC still plans on providing both online and in-person services. (Praise Jesus!) HOWEVER, these next two weekends will require heightened sensitivity to the potential spread of the CoVid-19 virus, and therefore compliance with the Governor’s orders regarding churches.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
1) This new order means that we will be limiting the number of participants in each our services. The governor’s orders allow no more than 25 persons (total) for indoor church services. For the next two weeks our online reservation system will reflect that limit. We cannot allow more than 25 people in each service for the weekend of November 21-22, and November 28-29. This will include ALL services, including our Cowboy Church service on Saturday night.
2) In order to allow a greater number of people the opportunity to attend an in-person service, we will add an additional Sunday morning service in our Historic Chapel. This means that our weekend service schedule through the rest of the month of November is as follows:
Saturday, November 21
7pm - Cowboy Church – Historic Chapel
Sunday, November 22
8:30am – Worship Center
9:30am – Historic Chapel
10:30am – Worship Center
11:30am – Historic Chapel
Saturday, November 28
7pm – Cowboy Church – Historic Chapel
Sunday, November 29
8:30am – Worship Center
9:30am – Historic Chapel
10:30am – Worship Center
11:30am – Historic Chapel
3) While we have strongly encouraged our congregation to comply with the guidelines regarding masks up until now, for the next two weeks we will require that masks be worn for ALL who will participate in our in-person services. We will continue to provide hand-sanitizer for all attendees, and will continue our social distancing seating arrangement.
4) It is now absolutely necessary for ALL participants in our in-person services to MAKE A RESERVATION. We will be greeting all participants at the doors of our facilities and will cross-check the reservation list. In the event that no reservations were made due to someone not knowing about the reservation guideline, guests might still be able to participate, provided that there is still seating available.
5) We will not have an in-person Kingdom Kids program for either Sunday, November 22, or Sunday, November 29. Our Children's Ministry Director, Jenny Hinkle, will have a lesson for the kids to watch on our YouTube channel for those two weeks. If families, with their children it to church for those two Sundays, the children need to be counted in our 25-person allowance.
Both youth group and AWANA (after our club and award ceremony tonight) will be taking a two-week hiatus beginning Wednesday, November 18, as well.
RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE MADE ONLINE. Please visit www.powellbuttechurch.com, and scroll down the front page to the section labeled “RESERVATIONS.” If you click on that button, you will be redirected to our Eventbrite site where you can choose the service day and time you wish to attend. IF RESERVATIONS CANNOT BE MADE BECAUSE A SERVICE IS FULL, you will be put on a waiting list and notified if seats become available. For those who are having difficulties making reservations, please contact Pastor Trey at trey.pbcc@gmail.com for help.
We understand any frustration and potential inconvenience these stricter regulations may cause. We are fervently praying that after the two-week “pause” we will be able to go back to more relaxed guidelines for meeting. While Crook County is one of the lesser-hit counties in the state, and we have blessed to not have a great number of people hit with the virus, there have been a few people in our church family who have contracted the virus (they are all doing much better!), which just brings the pandemic a little closer to home, unfortunately. While these two weeks may cause a bit of a nuisance, I would ask that you practice grace and patience while we do our best to comply with the guidelines.
2020 has been quite the year! Let’s continue to lean into our Father who has us sheltered in HIS great love and power. He knows what’s going on and knows how this all ends. I will put my trust in Him and pray that you will too.
I love you all and love serving as your pastor – especially in times like these!
God bless you all,
Pastor Trey
Trey Hinkle
Lead Pastor
Powell Butte Christian Church
Trey Hinkle - Lead Pastor
Scott Knutz – Board Chairman
Troy York – Chairman of the Elders
Worship Service in person Reservation
Why Reservations
You may wonder why any church would ever require reservations for people to come to church. It certainly doesn’t serve the cause of Christ to turn people away at the door of a church because a lack of “reservations.” And we agree - which is why we have chosen to comply with the state’s guidelines for opening of churches during Phase 2 in this regard. We don’t want to re-open in a way that compromises Phase 2 in Crook County. That’s not a great witness to the love and faith of a Christian community.
Based on our square footage of the Worship Center, we know how many people can legally and safely attend each of our services. By utilizing a reservation system, we can know ahead of time if and when we are approaching the maximum limit for each service, and consequently we will be able to connect with certain people who plan to attend to see if they would be willing to - for that particular week - give up their seat so that others (perhaps visitors who do not know about the reservation need) can participate in the service.
If we all work together, staying flexible as conveniently as we can, we can make sure PBCC never has to turn anyone away for joining us for worship on any given Sunday.
We thank you for your gracious understanding and partnership during this unprecedented time for our community and our church. God is still in control and we will continue to worship Him and look to Him for guidance.
Trey
Trey Hinkle
Lead Pastor
Powell Butte Christian Church
Select the Reservation button (picture). This button will take you to a web site called "Event Brite". At this site you will be able to select the date(s) you would like and the number of sets you would like for your family.
Reservation not needed for the outside 9:30 service.
Reservation
Notes
Additional Information
1) We are now offering KINGDOM KIDS (K-5th grade) during the 10:30 service.
2) Also still strongly encourage you to get together with others to have Sunday morning "watch parties" in smaller groups.
3) To sign up for the Live Nativity go to the top of the web page and select "More" and under More Select "Nativity Sign-up". or clink on the link below.
