COVID-19 UPDATE

Masks are optional for in-person worship and other activities*
Both in-person worship and worship via livestream are available at 10:30am every Sunday.
For in-person, please click here.
Worship service livestreams can be found on our Facebook Page.
*(updated June 20, 2022)

Worship at Calvin Presbyterian Church during Covid-19

During this difficult time, Calvin Church is committed to providing for the worship of the Lord, and to loving our neighbors and our communities as we do so. 

Please see below for a history of how we have been doing this, most current update listed first.

In addition to providing for in-person worship, all of our Sunday Worship Services are live streamed each Sunday morning at 10:30am on our Facebook page.
​See links below for more information.

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What to Expect: In-Person Worship

Recent Worship Service Videos

Worship Livestream

Sermon Audio

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We celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper on the First Sunday of each month.

​Church Updates

• 2022
  • June 20, 2022 - Session votes to lift mask requirement during congregational singing.  Masks are now fully optional. 
    
  • February, 21 2022 - Session votes to make masks optional except during congregational singing (masks still required while singing).
• 2021
  • As of December 20, 2021, masks are required (regardless of vaccination status) per Rhode Island's 30 day mask mandate.
  • The Church Session's November 18 2021 letter to the congregation about the changes to the congregational singing policy.
  • Pastor Kevin's June 2021 article for the Calvin Press Newsletter about how's and why's of our re-opening strategy.
  • Pastor Kevin and the Church Session's May 18 2021 letter to the congregation about changes and reaffimations of our in-person policies in light of new CDC guidelines.
• 2020
  • Pastor Kevin's October 22 2020 letter about our updated winter worship schedule and Communion.
  • Outdoor Worship - Pastor Kevin's June 17 2020 letter about the outdoor worship services and how to RSVP.
  • Summer at Calvin Church - Pastor Kevin's June 10 2020 letter to the congregation about the summer worship plan.
  • Pastor Kevin's May 20 2020 letter about where we are in our discernment about "re-opening." 
  • Pastor Kevin's May 13 2020 letter about the state of our "re-opening" process.
  • Pastor Kevin's May 2020 Newsletter article about our updated decision to extend the suspension of all in-person church worship services and activities through May 17.
  • Pastor Kevin's  April 1 2020 letter about our updated decision to extend the extension of all in-person church worship services and activities through May 2.
  • Pastor Kevin's March 17 2020 letter about our updated decisions suspending our Sunday services at the church and church activities.
  • Pastor Kevin's March 13 2020 letter about our original decision to suspend Sunday services at the church.

Below are some helpful links for us all to stay informed about the COVID-19 pandemic:

• ​Up to date information from the Center for Disease Control 
• Up to date information from Rhode Island 
• Rhode Island's outline of reopening phases.
• Up to date information from Massachusetts 
• The Presbyterian Church (USA) 
• The Presbytery of Southern New England 

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Synod of the Northeast Webinar:
​Viruses, Variants, and Vaccines - Oh My!
(recorded on September 7, 2021)

MP3 Audio of Webinar

Video of Zoom Webinar