GUIDELINES FROM THE RT. REV. DABNEY SMITH, BISHOP OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA      MAY 21, 2020
  1. May 31 – In person worship may be expanded to 25% of the Fire Department’s safe number certificate for the Sanctuary.  This is not a requirement. You may continue your current cautionary practices. The 25% continues the maintenance of 6 feet of physical distancing.
  2. Make very clear plans for facility cleaning and disinfecting before and after any and every function. Remove and store all hymnals, Books of Common Prayer, and other worship books and printed materials.
  3. Create carefully designed worship traffic patterns for gathering through the dismissal to help people avoid personal contact
  4. Masks are highly recommended.
  5. No hand shaking or hugs. Monastic reverent bows to one another are elegant gestures.
  6. Do not pass the collection plates. Provide specific places where offerings may be made without touching anything.  Encourage online giving.
  7. Morning Prayer is still a recommended “no touch” service.  Offer it with beauty. If offering Holy Communion, only the presiding priest should receive from the cup. Communicants will receive the blessed bread while standing. Hands must be washed and sanitized before the administration of communion.
  8. Be very careful about congregational singing. Use an extremely limited choral presentation from a very safe distance. No singing close to anyone else. You might choose to offer one verse of a hymn and invite humming or just listening.
  9. Pay attention to your buildings. The 25% guideline will not work if safe physical distancing will not work.
  10. You may always add more worship opportunities or provide out-of-doors opportunities.
Finally, be careful for the vulnerable. Some should be encouraged to remain at home. This may include some of the ordained. Look out and take care of each other. 

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Sunday 10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer

WELCOME TO THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF 
ST EDMUND THE MARTYR
ARCADIA, FLORDIA

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St. Edmund's Church is located at 327 W. Hickory Street in Arcadia, DeSoto County Florida. 

Phone:  863-494-0485
Email:    stedmundsarcadia@yahoo.com


We are a congregation in a rural area of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida.  Arcadia is a small city in a county filled with orange groves and cattle ranches.  During the winter months our area increases in population with seasonal visitors.  With a strong sense of hospitality, we welcome visitors, new residents, and spiritual-seekers.  In the name of Jesus Christ we worship Almighty God, increase our knowledge of the faith, grow in our relationship with the Lord, and reach out with Christian love to those in need. 

 

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Sunday Eucharist is at 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
Misa en español los domingos a las 7:00 PM

 

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We welcome all people, and (in the words of our Baptismal Covenant) "respect the dignity of every human being."

Damos la bienvenida a todas personas, y (en las palabras de nuestro Convenio Bautismal) "respeta la dignidad de cada humano que es."