News from the Office

Hello everyone! Just some updates from the office: firstly, we are still in the process of shifting to our new website and newsletter format. We intended to be fully operational at this point with a published website and shiny, new newsletter, but alas. You know the story of David and Goliath? Well, the staff is David, and technical issues are our Goliath. So thank you for your patience!

You may have noticed some odd things happening with our online services, like how sometimes there is lag, or how one time the video disappeared altogether. We suspected the latency issues had to do with slow internet, so we contacted AT&T and installed something quicker. This did nothing. We are in the process of switching to a different service provider, which entails physically digging in the dirt to install better wiring. We believe we have isolated the source of the recent choppy livestream and the cameras going down two weeks ago; we have switched web broadcasting software which we hope will fix the problem. Our staff is doing everything we can to see all of these issues fixed. In the meantime, Pastor Ben would like to share the following chart which explains how our video streaming works.

Live services can’t return until the governor has issued Stage 3 Clearance for Butte County, and we do not know when this will be, however, we do have some idea of what services may look like (though please understand it is all subject to change.) Seating will be substantially spaced out and our ushers will help folks to their seats to ensure safe social distancing. We will not be providing coffee hour or other food/drinks to start with. We are entertaining the idea of hosting multiple services so that everyone at Faith gets a chance to safely be included in live worship. At the moment, these are all ideas, but that is where we stand. Hang in there. We will see each other in person soon, and in the meantime you can always call me at the office if you need to ask questions or just want to chat! Michael