Emmanuel Pentecostal Church – COVID-19 Safety Plan

Emmanuel Pentecostal Church has a large membership of over 200 congregants, below are the guidelines that we have put in place as our COVID-19 Safety plan:

Church Measures:

We are limiting the number of people in each Worship Center, by allowing no more then 50 people gathered in each area of worship in accordance with the Government of British Columbia. (BC CDC & WorksafeBC)

No one showing any signs of sickness will be permitted to enter the Church

We are streaming services online so that congregants can watch from home

We have reduced the number of seating in each worship Center by either taping off or moving pews, keeping a distance of 6 feet or more between congregants.

Doors will be opened during services to prevent people from touching the handle

Hand sanitizer will be available for congregants.

Doors will be designated for entrance and exiting.

Offering will be put in a designated offering box (hands free)

The pews, doors, instruments ,pulpit and common surfaces will be sanitized after Morning Service for preparation of the next service of a Sunday

Ushers/Greeters:

Will be responsible to make sure each Worship Center does not exceed 50

Will be responsible to make sure congregants maintain the safe distance (6 Feet)

Will be responsible for congregants entering and leaving the Church in an orderly and proper distanced manner

Ushers will be equipped with masks to wear when on duty

Ushers will not be in contact with congregants, they will speak to the congregants and make sure they make their way to their designated pew.

Ushers will ensure that the bathroom door, handles, and common surfaces will be sanitized after every use

While we encourage congregants to give by e-transfer ushers will ensure the debit machine is sanitized after every use, for those who need to use it.

We will have attendees fill out a form with names and phone numbers of those who are attending the service in each worship Center for contact tracing purposes.

Church Ministry team:

Will be responsible to make sure that Microphones will be sanitized after usage.

Will be responsible for maintaining a 6 foot distance from each other.

Copies of these guidelines will be posted on entrance and exit of building along with caution signs.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Effective August 16, 2020

Let’s use this time as a Church to pray, seek God’s face, and fight the good fight. Pastor is still available to answer your calls, so feel free to reach out if there is something you need.

For up to date information on the virus you can go to the government website https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home

Contacts as follows:

Pastor and Sister Reynolds – 604 588-1516

Brother Marcos Hernandez – 778 861-2475 or email: marcosh12@gmail.com

Brother Wade Scott – 604 759-2690 or email: escotts@live.ca

God bless.

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About Us

Pastor Reynolds truly is a man of God. He and his wife have been serving this congregation for over 40 years. Well known in the community, his consistent life and passion for souls causes his influence to extend far beyond the walls of the Church. Before following God’s call to New Westminster, Pastor and Sis Reynolds were missionaries overseeing a powerful revival church in Kingston, Jamaica.

Our ministry staff reaches into many cultures, including Spanish, Filipino, First Nations, Caribbean and Chinese.

This is a place where you are a stranger only once and the warmth of his saints makes you comfortable as soon as you walk through the door. Be welcomed by our Greeter and Usher staff. Take a padded seat in our beautifully appointed heritage building. Enjoy the music of our choir and be riveted by the anointed preaching of Pastor Reynolds or his staff. There is something for everyone both young and old, and no one is left out. When you come, you will find healing, deliverance, and a place where…

Jesus Really Can Set You Free!

COME AND JOIN US FOR OUR WEEKLY SERVICES

Our service times are:

Tuesday – Prayer and Bible Study 7:30PM

Sunday Morning Service- 11:00 AM

Sunday Evangelistic Service- 6:00PM

We are located at

321 Carnarvon Street

New Westminster

V3L 1B9

1 Block from the Columbia Sky train Station

Emmanuel Pentecostal Church

Our History

Description of Historic Place

New St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is a large red brick Victorian Gothic Revival church with a square corner tower and a partial lower level, on Carnarvon Street adjacent to its Carpenter Gothic predecessor, Old St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. It is located in the neighbourhood of Albert Crescent, near New Westminster’s historic downtown core.

Heritage Value

Built in 1888-89, the New St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is associated with the expansion of Old St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, which sits adjacent to this more recent building. The original St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church was the first Presbyterian church to be built in the Mainland Colony of British Columbia, and reflects the faith of the Royal Engineers who settled in the city after their disbandment in 1863. Both churches are significant for having survived the Great Fire of 1898, which devastated much of downtown New Westminster. The growing
congregation necessitated the construction of this larger new church in 1888-89, and in 1922 the original church was raised and remodelled for use as a church hall and Sunday school.

The New St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is of architectural significance as a fine representative of the Victorian Gothic Revival style. The interior is particularly noteworthy – a soaring space with Douglas Fir hammer beams
connected by tension bars, native cedar wood-lined ceiling and a stained-glass rose window that forms a backdrop for the organ. At the west end is a gallery with a carved wooden balustrade. The organ, manufactured by Warren and Son of Toronto, was installed in 1891, and was at the time one of the largest organs West of Winnipeg. Much of the interior wooden carving is original, executed in native alder to designs of the architect by the Royal City Planing Mills.

The church is valued as a significant surviving design by George William Grant (1852-1925), a prolific architect who designed much of the built environment in downtown New Westminster before and after the Great Fire. Grant undertook over one hundred commissions in New Westminster during the period 1888-1892 including landmarks such as the Provincial Exhibition Building at Queen’s Park (1889), and the New Westminster Court House (1890- 91).

Source: Heritage Planning Files, City of New Westminster

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the New St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church include its:

– location on Carnarvon Street, part of a grouping of late Victorian and Edwardian era commercial buildings in historic downtown New Westminster

– location adjacent to the earlier Old St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, now the Emmanuel Pentecostal Church Hall

– ecclesiastical form, scale and massing as expressed by its irregular, picturesque massing, side entry and prominent corner tower

– front gabled roof with side gabled projections, clad with cedar shingles

– masonry construction, including a battered rubble-stone granite base, and red brick cladding and walls, with a stretcher bond every six courses and corbelled courses at the top of the walls

– Victorian Gothic Revival features such as the parged Gothic arches over the pointed arch window openings, large inset Gothic pointed arches on the front and side facades, side elevation buttresses and a rose window

– fenestration, with openings of vertical proportions, including: multi-paned wooden-sash windows with opening
central panels, flashed with coloured glass; rose window in apse; groups of three windows in gable ends; and
circular windows at peak of gables
– interior features such as: cedar wood-lined ceiling; Douglas Fir hammer beams connected by tension bars;
stained-glass rose window; massive lamps; 1891 pipe organ; gallery with a carved wooden balustrade; wooden pews;
and carved interior woodwork
Location
Province/Territory
British Columbia
Street Address
321 Carnarvon Street