Good Day Everyone and we hope you are enjoying the Beautiful Fall Weather we have been blessed with lately! The Governing Board of the Bergen Church felt it was time for a short update and short questionnaire to make sure we are fulfilling your needs. We would really appreciate you taking the time to respond to it for everyone’s benefit.

We have been meeting for a few weeks now and done our best to work through the Suggestions from the Chief Medical Officer – Plan to Protect – and our Insurance

1. Arrive no more than 15 minutes early.
2. Adhere to 6ft social distancing, and please refrain from shaking hands and hugging.
3. Hand sanitizer is available entering and exiting the church. Masks will be available for anyone wishing to use them. Note if you wish to sing we request you wear a mask for the protection of those around you. (This will also keep folks that are nervous or high risk a little more comfortable).
4. We have moved the seating rows farther apart and would appreciate if each family group would leave an empty seat between them. We would appreciate if you would fill seats from front to back.
5. Children are required to stay with their parents at all times.
6. There is Children’s Church time starting and announcements regarding where and when will be made in the service. Please have only one parent taking children and leave a space in hallway as you sign in.
7. The Toddler room and the Kitchen are all out of bound areas so please refrain from using or going to these areas for the time being.
8. The washrooms will be open, but the hallway will be monitored by ushers and only 2 people will be allowed in the washroom at a time. We ask that there be no visiting in the hallway. Please wash your hands and reuse sanitizer following bathroom use. It is suggested that children use the washroom just before leaving home to decrease the need for washroom use while at church.
9. When the service is finished we would appreciate if congregants would exit the church from rear to front in an orderly manner. We ask that once outside you respect the social distancing requirements.
10. There will be no coffee or snacks served after or during services at this time.

We are sorry for such stringent rules, but we are required to follow them as set out by Government regulations and our Plan to Protect® and Insurance requirements.

COVID-19 Guidance for Places of Worship Stage 2 June 22, 2020

COVID – Guidance for Day Camps Stage 2 August 31, 2020

The Governing Board would like to thank all of our past, present, and future congregants for your support through these uncharted times

Please take a few minutes to let us know how you and your family are doing during this time of disconnection and are there ways we as a Church family could assist or help out by filling out the following questionnaire?

1. Have you and your family been able to access the online Sermons from Bergen             Church? Yes or No

2. Are there any ways we could improve the Online Experience? _____________________                                                                                       _

We are looking for folks that would be interested in helping out or providing technical support to enable us to keep the online presence available. This could include operating the camera, uploading the sermon online, building the Sunday morning power point etc. if it is of interest to you or is your calling, please talk to one of the board members.

3. Have you and your family been able to attend the Church services in person with the current requirements we must follow with regards to Covid 19?      Yes or No

If Yes do you have any      comments_____________________________________________

If No, what do you need in place to be comfortable enough to consider attending services in person again? _____________________________________________________________

4. Does the current format of the Sunday Morning service meet you and your family’s needs? ___________________________________________________________________

5. What works well and or what needs to be considered for change? _________________________________________________________________

6. Have you been challenged by the speakers/sermons over the last year?                   (Always, most of the time, occasionally, seldom or never) _______________________

7.  Do you have any suggestions or things you would like to see in regards to speakers or sermons in the future? ____________________________________________________

8 .In light of Covid would you be interested in a small group online or in person and would you be willing to lead a group

9. How often do you check out:

Bergen online: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly or not at all                                                Facebook: Daily, Weekly, Yearly, Monthly or not at all                                                        Website: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly or not at all

10.  How do you feel the board has communicated with the Congregation over the last year?         Excellent, well done, satisfactory, needs improvement or poor

11.  What has the board done well?____________________                                      

12.  What things could we improve on? _________________________________________________________________

You can go online to our web site and complete this questionnaire and either email it to the office or drop it off at the church Sunday morning or at the office Tuesday and Friday’s from 10am-4pm.

We thank everyone in advance for taking the time to help us make our church the best we can and Glorify the Lord

On a final note we are extremely excited to introduce our new youth Pastor to those that haven’t heard yet Adam and his wife Meg and there 5 children have recently move to Sundre from Saskatchewan and Adam is working hard on various levels of youth ministry. They meet Friday evening and for further info on times locations etc. please visit our web site and go to the youth link.

If there are any needs, suggestions, comments or concerns that you what to chat about though out the year please feel free to contact one of the team members:

Pastor – Rob Holland  –  Ph: 403.672.0020

Youth Pastor  –  Adam Elliott  –  403-438-7729

 Governing Board

Board Chairman –  Jim Bowhay  403-994-0517

Trustee – Ray Cormack 403-638-8363

Treasurer – Chris & Valerie Newton   Chris-403-507-9086    Val-403-507-5205

Financial Secretary – Karl Steiner  403-637-2906

Board Clerk  –  Eunice McDougall  403-850-8886

Bergen Church Governing Board

 Continued Giving

   HOLD FAST in times of adversity 

A second chance, A study in Discipleship

This study was run at Bergen Church in the summer /fall of 2019 as a face to face class.

Now you can take  on line .

2 Timothy – In & Out ZOOM  Bible Study Class – Tuesday evenings

Starting September 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm MDT

Every second Tuesday night until December 15, 2020

Paul entrusted the Gospel to Timothy and others. Are you guarding the treasure of the Word that has been entrusted to you? By your life? By your words? Even in the midst of persecution?

In order to fully participate in this study you will need to have the 2 Timothy In & Out study workbook, cost is about $15  plus shipping and takes about 14 days to arrive. There is about 20 minutes of self study per day for this study.

For more information contact Mike  Fleming at:     bsleaddisp2@gmail.com