Zoar Inclement Weather & Emergency Closing Guidelines

Zoar Lutheran Church Inclement Weather & Emergency Closing Guidelines
Your safety is our primary concern. Keep in mind that weather conditions may be more or less severe where you live, so use your best judgement when deciding to drive.

Purpose of Guidelines
The intent of this guideline is to ensure the safety of Zoar Lutheran Church’s guests, members, volunteers and staff and to provide effective communications regarding ministries and activities during severe or hazardous weather or other emergency situations such as power outages. Please use your best judgement when deciding whether to attend services or view online services at home.

Zoar Lutheran Church will inform the staff, congregation and groups about any closings as soon as possible. Any decision to close the church or to cancel services and activities because of inclement weather or other adverse conditions will be made by the Senior Pastor, Director of Church Operations and/or Church Council. The condition of streets, sidewalks, parking lots and plowing schedules will be taken into consideration.

Information Sources
Once the decision is made, the following will be updated:
• Website
• Facebook page
• Local news stations: WTOL 11 CBS, WNWO 24 NBC, WGTV 13 ABC

Severe Weather Schedule
• If there is a Level 3 Snow Emergency for Wood County, Zoar Lutheran Church will be closed, and all services and activities will be cancelled.
• In the case of inclement weather or other adverse conditions, we will make a decision about daytime services and activities by 7AM.
• We will reevaluate conditions in the late afternoon and communicate decisions by 4PM regarding evening services and activities.

If possible, the Pastor will present his message online. Go to the Facebook page to watch the livestream.