Safety committee recommended changes

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Safety committee recommended changes at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church:
As presented at our Congregational Meeting on Sunday, November 11, over the last year, the safety committee has met and worked with local experts in law enforcement to come up with a plan to help make our church safer. We will be implementing the following changes starting Sunday, November
We have had radios donated to the church and our ushers are going to start the following
changes during our worship services.
 
1.These doors will be locked 5 minutes after the church service starts.
     a. The door next to the columbarium and the door at the top of the handicap ramp.
     b.The door that lead to pairs and spares classroom
     c.The door next to the library
     d.The doors in the fellowship hall (front entrance, side entrance and the kitchen door)

2.These doors will be unlocked 10 minutes before the end of the service.

3. Our nursery keeper will have a radio and several radios will be placed in the Sunday school classroom, so that any
suspicious activity can be communicated to the usher team.

The main entrance to the church (the front steps) will remain unlocked during the entire service as it always has been.
We are exploring options for some type of camera or video doorbell for the top of the handicap ramp, so that if anyone does need it after the door is locked, we can send someone to let them in.

We also want to assure people that all these doors can be opened from the inside at any time. (No one will ever be locked in.)
Also if anyone has a key to the church that has worked in the past, it will continue to work on all doors. We just ask that if you find a door locked, please keep it locked after you enter the church.

We also want to ask for everyone’s patience in this as we make adjustments. It is unfortunate that we live in a time that changes like this are necessary, but we feel they are appropriate.

If you have any problems, or suggestions on how to make things work better, please contact a member of the Safety committee: Warren Lutz, Terry Cribbe, Bryan Hill, Dave Harrow, Brenda McGowan, Paul Wagner or Pastor Fischer.