COVID-19 UPDATE

Worship and ceremonies such as weddings and funerals are classified as critical. This means that they must do their best to follow public health recommendations but may make exceptions if they cannot conduct their essential activity within those restrictions. They still must require masks indoors and other prevention measures like 6 foot spacing between members of different households and appropriate sanitation. 

While this does give houses of worship some additional flexibility, given the alarming rise in cases and hospitalizations -- an estimated 1 in 40 Coloradans are currently contagious with COVID-19 -- we are still strongly recommending outdoor, online, or small group worship at this time. We encourage you to review CDPHE’s events guidance to give you an indication about what our public health experts are recommending as safe gathering levels, given the level of virus in your community. 

There is reason for hope as we look ahead, but we anticipate that December and January may be the most challenging months that we face of the entire pandemic. We thank you all for your partnership.

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Gov. Polis Webinar, Dec. 7, 2020