Sunday Services & Classes
Everyone attending on Sundays (students, children, adult classes, and worship services) must register. REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE EACH SUNDAY AT 7 AM (or when capacity for that class or service has been reached). We will still take walk-ups on a space-available basis.
For further information on our policies and procedures, check out our FAQs below!
The safety of our Wayside family is of highest importance and if you have been sick or in contact with someone sick, we respectfully require that you continue to worship with us online.
- worship services -
In consideration of others and in keeping with community mandates on masks, we are requiring you to wear a mask while entering or exiting our campus and when social distancing cannot be maintained.
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Yes! So that we can ensure proper social distancing we are requiring registration for each of our services and all of our Sunday classes. This allows us to make sure everyone has a seat and has completed the COVID-19 screening.
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Registration will close at 7 am on Sundays or once we have reached capacity for that service. We will take walk-ins on a space-available basis.
We will continue to offer a Livestream of both services through our website,YouTube, and Facebook.
- As much as we would like to give hugs and shake hands, due to our greater desire to maintain the health and safety of our Wayside family, we will not have these times of greeting until further notice.
- We will observe communion each month and will have individually, pre-packaged elements for those participating.
- We will not serve coffee or refreshments until further notice.
- We have added wall-mounted offering boxes as well as the available online giving options, so we will not be passing the offering plates during the service
- Our campuses are constantly being cleaned, and we will sanitize the seats and wipe down surfaces and doors between services each Sunday and after the services and other campus classes and gatherings.
- We will sanitize the restrooms throughout the morning.
- Hand sanitizers can be found in strategic locations throughout our campuses and can be used by everyone at any time.
- Please remember to frequently wash your hands, and if you or anyone in your family is not feeling well, please stay home.
Yes! Our Stone Oak Campus is open and has an 11 am Worship Service, in addition to Student & Children's Ministry classes.
Registration is required for the worship service and student/kid classes using the link above.
To ensure proper social distancing during the worship services we have an online registration for each service so we can limit numbers. This will also help prevent people from being frustrated with long lines or arriving at church after we have reached our room capacity. We will close registration for each service at 7 am each Sunday or once our capacity has been reached. This form will also include some initial screening questions that will help you determine if you should continue worshiping online.
- We will seat you as you arrive on alternating rows (filling in from the front to the back), and we will make sure seats are filled so that you do not have to step over or by someone already seated. Families with children will be seated on aisles.
- We will seat people six feet apart unless they came together in the same car.
- Entrance into the sanctuary will be limited to one direction. We will dismiss through a different path by rows so people will not cross and exits will not be crowded.
While we greatly desire to worship together with each of you, the safety of our entire Wayside family is of paramount importance. We also wish to respect the desires of each individual and family in choosing whether to join us in person or remain worshiping online.
If you or someone in your family has had a fever, cough, traveled, or been asked to quarantine by a medical or government official in the last 14 days, we appreciate your willingness to stay home and help protect others.
We will continue to offer a Livestream of both services through our website,YouTube,and Facebook.
- kids & students -
- Drop off begins 15 minutes prior to the service time.
- The parent and child’s temperatures will be scanned upon entering the building.
- Elementary children must wear a mask.
- Check in at the iPads to obtain a nametag with your child’s room number.
- We ask that one parent accompanies their child and the same parent re-enters for pick-up. For families that have preschool and elementary children, we encourage one parent to check in the preschool child and one parent to check in the elementary child.
- Children must be with their parent at all times.
- A staff member will check off the roster when the parent and child arrives at the classroom.
- Children should leave all personal items with the parent.
All classrooms, gathering areas, and hallways are cleaned and disinfected prior to entry with high-standard cleaning products and a Protexus Electrostatic Sprayer.
- Special attention will be given to high touch areas such as doorknobs, counters, tables, chairs, door ledges, and light switches.
- Restrooms will be sanitized before, during, and after each class.
- Rugs are removed from classrooms.
- The outdoor playground will not be used.
- Every classroom is supplied with gloves, hand sanitizer, and Clorox wipes.
- Staff and children will engage in healthy hand hygiene and wash hands frequently throughout the morning.
- Staff will wear a face shield.
- In keeping with Wayside's mask protocols, all elementary children must wear a mask when entering the room and anytime social distancing cannot be maintained.
- Gloves will be worn at specific times to provide extra safety.
- Social distancing will be encouraged wherever possible. The classrooms are set up to help maintain social distancing. Staff will encourage social distancing wherever possible.
- All toys will be individualized or sanitized after each use. Toys that cannot be easily sanitized have been removed.
- Supplies will be disinfected before class.
- Children will be provided with individual pencils or packages of crayons, if needed.
We realize not everyone is able to attend in person and we are excited to continue to offer great material each week on our Kids @ Home page. We will continue uploading teaching videos which will parallel what our Sunday kids receive on campus.
We are excited to have students back on Sunday mornings in their regular rooms (410 Middle School: Room 204 | 410 High School: Room 205 | Stone Oak Students: Student Center).
Registration is required and will close when capacity for each room has been reached. Students will be required to wear a mask throughout the group time. Students will check-in at their respective rooms.
If any student is not registered, we will take walk-ups in the Courtyard as long as space allows. See below for our Wednesday Reverb plans.
- Students must register to attend. Walk-ups will be accepted on a space-available basis.
- In keeping with Wayside's mask protocols, all students must wear a mask when entering the room and anytime social distancing cannot be maintained.
- Student's temperatures will be checked prior to entering the room.
- There will be designated entrance and exit doors to minimize cross-traffic situations.
Yes! We believe that our mid-week small groups are essential and will be providing both in-person and online options for students. For those attending in person, we will be meeting at the 410 Campus from 7 - 8 pm on Wednesdays. Make sure you receive our email updates to get the latest plans for these meetings.
We realize that not all students will be able to attend in person and will be making a recording of our Sunday morning meetings available online. We will also offer a Zoom option for Wednesday night Reverb so students can continue to engage in small groups.
- adults -
No, during this phase of our reopening, our classes will meet bi-weekly during the 9:15 AM hour only. These classes will only meet for one hour on their assigned Sunday. To see the schedule for our Sunday studies, CLICK HERE.
Yes! To ensure proper social distancing we are requiring registrations for all groups and registration will close at 7 am on Sundays or when capacity for that room has been reached.
No, while some of our adult classes have requested to resume in-person meetings, not all of our classes will be meeting. Be sure to check out our Sunday Studies page for the latest updates on classes.
- In keeping with Wayside's mask policy, everyone must wear a mask while entering and exiting a room and when social distancing cannot be maintained. Masks are optional once seated.
- There will be no food or drinks in the classes.
- Classes will only meet during the 9:15 am hour.
- Capacity limits will be enforced so we can maintain proper social distancing.
- Hand sanitizers can be found in strategic locations throughout our campuses and can be used by everyone at any time.
We are excited to offer both Men's and Women's Bible studies this fall for both online and in-person meetings. Classes will only meet in-person on campus on a bi-weekly basis.
You can find details on the Women's studies and Men's study on their event pages linked above. Registration is required for these studies.
Our Men's Ministry is also opening new groups for the Embark Discipleship and Purity Ministries which meet off campus.
Yes! both our College and Singles Ministries are excited to kick off the fall semester with Life Groups and large-group meetings. Registration is required so we can ensure proper social distancing, and anyone attending is required to follow Wayside's mask policy. You can find more details on available Life Groups, here.
Yes! In keeping with Wayside's mask policy, masks must be worn when entering or leaving a building or when social distancing cannot be maintained.
Our rooms will be arranged to allow for social distancing within groups, so once you are seated in your group you can choose to remove your mask.