We will continue with online-only Sunday morning services until further notice; in-person services for 9/27 have been canceled. This is a response to persistently elevated local COVID-19 activity. We will continue to evaluate metrics published by the Tennessee Department of Health to return to safe, in-person services as soon as possible. We will now be performing this evaluation on a […]
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Two More Weeks of Online Services
We will continue with online-only Sunday morning services until further notice; in-person services for 9/13 and 9/20 have been canceled. This is a response to persistently elevated local COVID-19 activity. On a biweekly basis, we will continue to monitor metrics for Unicoi County published by the Tennessee Department of Health to return to safe, in-person services as soon as possible. […]
Read moreOnline only services continuing
We will continue with online-only Sunday morning services until further notice; in-person services for 8/30 and 9/6 have been canceled. This is a response to persistently elevated local COVID-19 activity. On a biweekly basis, we will continue to monitor metrics for Unicoi County published by the Tennessee Department of Health to return to safe, in-person services as soon as possible. […]
Read moreIn-person Gatherings Suspended
We have made the difficult decision to cancel in-person services beginning this Sunday, August 2nd and until further notice. We will revert to online worship services which may be accessed via Facebook, YouTube, or our website. This decision is in response to the rising COVID-19 activity in Unicoi County and throughout the region. This is not a reaction to any […]
Read more*UPDATE* First in person gathering delayed to June 21st
We have postponed our return to in-person services until Sunday, June 21st. We will NOT be meeting in-person this Sunday (June 7th) as planned, but invite you to continue in worship through our online services. While this is a difficult decision, we feel that a two-week delay is warranted in response to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Unicoi […]
Read moreWorship service to resume on June 7th at 10:45am
As we continue to respect the health risks of the COVID-19 epidemic, we also seek to physically gather again as the body of Christ. In alignment with the guidelines published by state and federal public health experts, we plan to resume in-person Sunday morning services on June 7, 2020. We recommend that particularly vulnerable members of our community continue to […]
Read moreWednesday Update (Posted 4/15/20 at 5:00pm EST)
Dear friends, FCC Erwin will forego in-person services and events through May 31, 2020. The decision to extend these cancellations is to assure the health and safety of our community, deferring to the abundance of caution required by this crisis. In this time of uncertainty, we will continue to heed the advice of public health experts in evaluating the timetable […]
Read moreWednesday Update (Posted 3/25/20 at 5:00pm est)
Dear Friends, In light of the recent recommendations by the Governor of Tennessee and corresponding decisions of local organizations like Unicoi County Schools to extend closures later into April, we have decided that it would be best for First Christian Church to continue not meeting at our building for programs and services for at least the next 4 weeks. This […]
Read moreWednesday Update (Posted 3/18/2020 at 5:00pm est)
Please read the following mid-week update from the Church Board of FCC Erwin: “Dear Friends, As we have continued to think and pray about the situation at hand, hear updated information and recommendations from health officials, and observe the responses of others, we have decided that it would be best to cancel our next two Sunday morning services on 3/22 […]
Read moreSunday Update (Posted 3/15/2020 at 9:30am est)
Dear Friends, Like a lot of church congregations throughout the state and throughout the nation, we’ve chosen to suspend meeting together for the immediate future, as a response to the spread of the Coronavirus. This was a difficult decision, but we believe the best one for the safety of those who attend our services and also for the safety of […]
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