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This joint statement comes from the Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Island along with the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and representatives of Episcopal, Unitarian, Baptist and United Church of Christ churches of Rhode Island.
ON REOPENING HOUSES OF WORSHIP May 27, 2020 We recognize that congregational worship has high risk of spreading COVID-19 and could jeopardize the safety and well-being of our congregants and our clergy members. All of our traditions prioritize the care of the most vulnerable as a cornerstone of our values. We are ever grateful for the right to freely worship and know that with it comes the responsibility to safeguard the greater good. We yearn to be worshiping together in our traditional worship space, but that time has not come. We therefore resolve to continue our essential work from the safety of remote worship in combination with a slow, incremental and cautious reopening for public worship. We recommend this caution out of concern for our own faith communities and the broader community given the CDC guidelines. We are proud of the creativity and commitment of our faith leaders who have not let social distancing be spiritually alienating. We commit to continue our worship in these innovative ways and go forward with our plans for a slower reopening in concert with the guidelines provided by our individual movements and faith traditions. We are grateful to Governor Raimondo and her staff for their judicious and meticulous use of medical science and data to drive their decision making processes while reopening Rhode Island. We are thankful for her trust in us as faith leaders and look forward to our continued partnership for the greater good of our state. In faith and hope, Rev. Marilyn B. Kendrix, Bridge Conference Minister, Southern New England Conference, UCC The Right Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island Rabbi Sarah Mack President, Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Island Rev. Elizabeth Lerner Maclay Minister, the First Unitarian Church of Providence Rev. Don Remick Bridge Conference Minister, Southern New England Conference, UCC Rev. Kent Siladi, Bridge Conference Minister, Southern New England Conference, UCC Rev. Chontell Washington Interim Executive Minister, Rhode Island State Council of Churches Rev. Dr. Tom Wiles Executive Minister, American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island |
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