{"id":1845,"date":"2020-09-17T22:33:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T22:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnob.org\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2020-09-19T17:39:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T17:39:39","slug":"new-limits-on-gatherings-for-toronto-ottawa-and-peel-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnob.org\/?p=1845","title":{"rendered":"New Limits on Gatherings for Ontario (Updated Sept. 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/images.jpeg?resize=600%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1846\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/images.jpeg?resize=301%2C152&amp;ssl=1 301w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/images.jpeg?resize=285%2C143&amp;ssl=1 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Greetings friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have already heard that the province of Ontario has rolled back gathering limits to ten people for indoor social gatherings and 25 people for outdoor social gatherings. The entire article regarding these changes can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/premier-ontario-cases-covid-sept19-1.5731049\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/premier-ontario-cases-covid-sept19-1.5731049<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are writing to clarify that this does not apply to congregational worship. We have received an announcement from the Anglican Diocese of Toronto which clarifies this. It says: &#8220;It is important to note that the government announcement regarding unmonitored personal social gatherings does not apply to churches.\u00a0Worship services will continue to be at 30% capacity.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We realize this is all a moving target these&nbsp;days, so please know that we will endeavour to pass on what we learn ASAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessings, JP and Tori<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings friends, You may have already heard that the province of Ontario has rolled back gathering limits to ten people for indoor social gatherings and 25 people for outdoor social gatherings. The entire article regarding these changes can be found here: https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/premier-ontario-cases-covid-sept19-1.5731049 We are writing to clarify that this does not apply to congregational worship. 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