Local church leader excited to bring back indoor services

“Personally, I think that’s fabulous news it’s something that we’ve been waiting for a long time.” said Fillier.

Pre-pandemic, the church typically saw around 100 people in attendance during services. Fillier says that covid has been hard for people in the community not being able to attend in-person services.

“One of the challenges with all of us is that we’re social creatures by nature, so when you start to say you can’t be social in person. You can’t gather together you can’t worship in person then that just makes everything a whole lot harder and handle, so being able to come together with up to 50 people will be huge for people. So I’m really pumped about the idea.” said Fillier.

Throughout the pandemic, Fillier says that he’s seen a huge growth for its online worship services, and he says that’s not going to stop anytime soon.

“What’s happened during the pandemic is that our online community has grown by leaps and bounds. Where as before we were on at 30 to 40 households, now we’re on 350, 400 devices.”

Prior to this announcement, Fillier says he was worried that the government wouldn’t clarify its stance on indoor services. In March, the government allowed a variance for indoor services of up to 50 people in recognition of several religious holidays happening.

Fillier says this update to the restart plan now shows more faith towards religious communities.

“For me personally, I think this is a much more reasonable approach. It says we can trust faith communities to abide by the restrictions, to follow the rules, to live with their safety plan.” said Fillier.

The reverend says the church is still planning for some outdoor services next month in honor of its 110th anniversary. He says he’ll continue working to accomodate everyone whether its in-person or online.

by Oli Herrera

Local church leader excited to bring back indoor services

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