The Queensland Government continues to announce the easing of restrictions. The Synod resources are updated and republished as qucikly as possibly after public health directions change. Thank you for your patience.
Cleaning
- COVID-19 fact sheet – Cleaning (26 April 2022)
- Summary COVID-19 routine cleaning requirements (26 October 2021)
Additional safety measures for activities
- Additional safety measures for congregational activities (14 April 2022)
- Additional safety measures for operating markets, car boot sales and street stalls (14 April 2022)
- COVID-19 additional safety measures for Mens Shed activities (14 April 2022)
- COVID-19 additional safety measures for Indoor Bowls (14 April 2022)
Youth and children’s activities
- COVID-19 additional safety measures for Playgroups, Mainly Music and toddler activities (14 April 2022)
- COVID-19 additional safety measures for children's, youth and brigade activities (14 April 2022)
Food services
- Safety management plan for operating food relief services (30 June 2021)
- Safety management plan for operating church cafe or refreshment services (14 December 2020)
Op shop and book shops
Hall hire
- Safety management plan for operating church hall or meeting room hire (14 April 2022)
- Hirer’s safety plan template (14 April 2022)
Resuming meetings in homes
Vulnerable people
- Assessing work for volunteers deemed vulnerable persons to COVID-19 (24 November 2020)
- Vulnerable groups – government guidelines (24 November 2020)
- Form – Vulnerable worker risk assessment (13 August 2020)
- Risk assessment for ministry agents during COVID-19
Maintaining operational continuity
- Procedure – Working from Home (WHS)
- Checklist – Working from home checklist
- Safety management plan for church/presbytery office (14 December 2020)
Employment related
- Frequently asked questions: The church congregation as an employer (18 June 2021)
- Synod workers and controlled entities (staff and ministry agents) exposed to or with COVID-19 (1 February 2022)
Commercial
- COVID Line of Credit application form
- Line of Credit process – fact sheet
- Statement of monthly cash flow
- Commercial Tenancies Code – fact sheet
Going digital
- Cleaning a microphone
- Seven hints for speaking to camera
- Guidelines for safe online ministry
- Copyright fact sheet
- Church social media 101 fact sheet
- Facebook for the church fact sheet
- Facebook live fact sheet
- Facebook discussion hosted by the Presbytery of the Downs (video | audio)
- Social media policy
Posters and signs
- Poster – COVIDSafe - Thank you for wearing your face mask inside
- Poster – COVIDSafe - Face masks must be worn inside
- Poster – COVIDSafe - Face masks must be worn in this facility
- Poster – COVIDSafe - Face masks must be worn in this building
- Poster – Masks on poster (colour)
- Poster – Masks on poster (black and white)
- Poster – Room occupancy (allowed number of people)
- Poster – Visitor entry (do not enter if you have symptoms, travelled or had contact) (16 February 2022)
- Poster – Maintain 1.5m apart (love thy neighbour from a distance)
- Sign – Temporary Changes due to COVID-19 – Cafe Personal Information
- Sign – Temporary Changes due to COVID-19 - Change Rooms Closed
- Sign – Temporary Changes – One Way Travel
- Sign – Temporary Changes due to COVID-19 – 2 persons
- Sign – Temporary Changes due to COVID-19 – 3 persons
- Sign – Temporary Changes due to COVID-19 – 4 persons
- Sign – Temporary Changes due to COVID-19 – 5 persons
Food services
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