COVID-19: B.C. allows indoor religious gatherings of up to 50 people to resume About 40 people gathered for the Sunday service, the first the church has offered since B.C.
relaxed restrictions on indoor, in-person religious gatherings last week.B.C. banned such gatherings in November amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Under the relaxed rules, up to 50 people can gather for a religious service, though COVID-19 safety protocols need to be followed, masks are required, and singing or chanting remains prohibited.Pastor Jeff Schuliger said the church had been holding services by video conference, but that the experience wasn’t the same.“It gets old,” he said.COVID-19: B.C.