LATEST UPDATE: 5/28/2020
Dear Family and Friends,
We have missed seeing your faces, hearing your voice, and being able to connect in person. We are grateful and excited to announce that we will be able to open our doors again to gather in-person starting this Sunday.
Our leadership team at Jesus Center wants to address those who are not yet comfortable with coming to our campuses.
First of all, we love and value you; you are a special part of this family. Second, we understand that everyone’s situations and conditions are unique. Please do not feel pressured to join us in person. We will continue to livestream all our services (Sundays at 9 AM + 11 AM, Saturdays at 5 PM) and really hope you can join us from your home (JC HOMES is going to be a big thing in the next 7 years), perhaps even with your family or those close to you.
We will continue to offer virtual classes as well, so you can learn, grow, and fellowship with us without driving to our campuses. Our ministry team continues to be available to pray with you online. Hey, you are so loved by us at Jesus Center. We know that at the right time, we will be able to see each other again.
Now if you are someone who is itching to return to in-person gatherings, our leadership team has been meeting almost daily, and is committed to the safety of our congregation.
We will be adopting state and county guidelines of requiring masks, taking temperatures, maintaining social distance, and limiting attendance. We will not ask people to pre-register, yet it will be first-come, first-served. We encourage you to come 10–15 minutes early to allow time for the check-in process.
It won’t be exactly the same as before. Yet, being in the presence of one another and experiencing the manifest presence of God in worship is something many of us have dearly missed. Our services are often charged with the Spirit’s presence and cool things happen when we gather to seek God together. Over the years, I have had many people tell me that’s how they knew Jesus Center was their church — the undeniable sense of God’s presence among us.
Here is what to expect from this Sunday:
TORRANCE CAMPUS:
At this stage, we can accommodate only 70 people in the sanctuary per service, and we will create some extra overflow seating outside. We advise that you come 10–15 minutes early. When we get up to 70 people, we will direct you to the overflow areas, which will be outdoors. We will have two Sunday Services at our Torrance Campus at 9 and 11 AM. We are also continuing to collect items for food-insecure families of the South Bay, so you can put them in the big yellow bin outside the Revival Center. You can drop off your tithes and offerings in the giving boxes in the back of the sanctuary. Prayer ministry will be available by Zoom, through phone appointments you can make with our team, and the prayer request cards on each seat. Hands-on prayer ministry will not be offered initially as we reopen.
SAN PEDRO CAMPUS:
Our San Pedro campus will re-open on Saturday, June 6, and we will have a worship service outdoors every Saturday evening at 5 PM. The service will take place on the grass area, so we ask that you bring your own lawn chair or picnic blanket. You may sit with your family, and masks and social distancing are required. The service will conclude a little past 6 PM, and you may stay and have fun doing activities as long as they meet the social distancing recommendations. Outreaches to the city will follow the Saturday evening service.
JC KIDS:
Our family ministries (children's and youth) will open up in late June for regathering. The JC Kids team is preparing an exciting relaunch in late June on both campuses. At this current phase of reopening, no childcare will be provided. However, we have Zoom classes for preschool at 11 AM on Saturdays and now 11:30 AM on Sundays (link on jesuscenter.com/kids). If you bring your children to an in-person service, they must sit with you. We will soon share our plan for the kids and youth ministries in the next few weeks. We could also use some new people on the team, so please let Sandra know if you are interested in serving our amazing youth and kids.
Final thoughts:
We were getting some good momentum before this COVID pandemic hit, especially with all that we were doing "beyond the walls." Our second and third services were really starting to grow as well. Nevertheless, we took to the lockdown to really develop our media team and our online ministry. Also, many of our Life Groups are still going strong. As we get back to gathering on Pentecost Sunday, I trust that we will pick up where we left off and gain even greater traction as the Spirit empowers us!
See you Sunday either in person or online!
Pastor Daniel
Dear Family and Friends,
We have missed seeing your faces, hearing your voice, and being able to connect in person. We are grateful and excited to announce that we will be able to open our doors again to gather in-person starting this Sunday.
Our leadership team at Jesus Center wants to address those who are not yet comfortable with coming to our campuses.
First of all, we love and value you; you are a special part of this family. Second, we understand that everyone’s situations and conditions are unique. Please do not feel pressured to join us in person. We will continue to livestream all our services (Sundays at 9 AM + 11 AM, Saturdays at 5 PM) and really hope you can join us from your home (JC HOMES is going to be a big thing in the next 7 years), perhaps even with your family or those close to you.
We will continue to offer virtual classes as well, so you can learn, grow, and fellowship with us without driving to our campuses. Our ministry team continues to be available to pray with you online. Hey, you are so loved by us at Jesus Center. We know that at the right time, we will be able to see each other again.
Now if you are someone who is itching to return to in-person gatherings, our leadership team has been meeting almost daily, and is committed to the safety of our congregation.
We will be adopting state and county guidelines of requiring masks, taking temperatures, maintaining social distance, and limiting attendance. We will not ask people to pre-register, yet it will be first-come, first-served. We encourage you to come 10–15 minutes early to allow time for the check-in process.
It won’t be exactly the same as before. Yet, being in the presence of one another and experiencing the manifest presence of God in worship is something many of us have dearly missed. Our services are often charged with the Spirit’s presence and cool things happen when we gather to seek God together. Over the years, I have had many people tell me that’s how they knew Jesus Center was their church — the undeniable sense of God’s presence among us.
Here is what to expect from this Sunday:
TORRANCE CAMPUS:
At this stage, we can accommodate only 70 people in the sanctuary per service, and we will create some extra overflow seating outside. We advise that you come 10–15 minutes early. When we get up to 70 people, we will direct you to the overflow areas, which will be outdoors. We will have two Sunday Services at our Torrance Campus at 9 and 11 AM. We are also continuing to collect items for food-insecure families of the South Bay, so you can put them in the big yellow bin outside the Revival Center. You can drop off your tithes and offerings in the giving boxes in the back of the sanctuary. Prayer ministry will be available by Zoom, through phone appointments you can make with our team, and the prayer request cards on each seat. Hands-on prayer ministry will not be offered initially as we reopen.
SAN PEDRO CAMPUS:
Our San Pedro campus will re-open on Saturday, June 6, and we will have a worship service outdoors every Saturday evening at 5 PM. The service will take place on the grass area, so we ask that you bring your own lawn chair or picnic blanket. You may sit with your family, and masks and social distancing are required. The service will conclude a little past 6 PM, and you may stay and have fun doing activities as long as they meet the social distancing recommendations. Outreaches to the city will follow the Saturday evening service.
JC KIDS:
Our family ministries (children's and youth) will open up in late June for regathering. The JC Kids team is preparing an exciting relaunch in late June on both campuses. At this current phase of reopening, no childcare will be provided. However, we have Zoom classes for preschool at 11 AM on Saturdays and now 11:30 AM on Sundays (link on jesuscenter.com/kids). If you bring your children to an in-person service, they must sit with you. We will soon share our plan for the kids and youth ministries in the next few weeks. We could also use some new people on the team, so please let Sandra know if you are interested in serving our amazing youth and kids.
Final thoughts:
We were getting some good momentum before this COVID pandemic hit, especially with all that we were doing "beyond the walls." Our second and third services were really starting to grow as well. Nevertheless, we took to the lockdown to really develop our media team and our online ministry. Also, many of our Life Groups are still going strong. As we get back to gathering on Pentecost Sunday, I trust that we will pick up where we left off and gain even greater traction as the Spirit empowers us!
See you Sunday either in person or online!
Pastor Daniel
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