COVID Update: Omicron Edition

Below is a message from our COVID response team as continue to try to keep NSC as healthy as possible:

Friends,

As most of us are aware Covid infections and deaths have risen substantially since Thanksgiving and the Omicron variant has been found to be as many as 70 times more transmissible than previous strains.

In an effort to keep yourself and others safe we strongly urge everyone to wear a mask while attending Northstar services, even if you’re fully vaccinated and have received a booster.

As we continue to monitor the spread of Covid as well as information and guidelines released by the CDC and local health departments we may need to take additional steps to assure the safety of our community.

Thank you for your willingness to assist in this effort.

We know that responses to COVID vary. In the spirit of community, we also just ask for everyone to try to rise above the temptation to make disparaging remarks about others and their choices- and to try to keep contempt out of our conversations as much as possible. We are all people- we are all making the choices that we see fit to make based on each of our own certain ways of seeing.

The greatest test of our faith is if we can honor and respect each other when we DON'T feel like it. I seem to remember Jesus saying something like, "If you love those who love you, that's well and good, but it's easy. We're called to do the hard stuff."

Let's do the hard stuff. You can do it.