I'm an elder in our local church. Measures we have taken or which will go into effect as of this Sunday March 15 include
1. Changing to individual communion cups instead of having everybody's hands on the bread.
2. Sending enough individual communion cups home with each family unit, enough to last at least 4 weeks.
3. Five sermons/devotionals on Facebook for our group. One is appropriate for communion.
4. Future communions trays will be sterilized after each use. One person with nitrile gloves and face mask will load the trays.
With all due respect, that sounds more like a prep for surgery rather than preparing the Holy Eucharist!
I have to assume that you do not believe that the Holy Eucharist becomes the body and blood of Jesus Christ and do a "symbolic" communion. In that case, I understand your hospital sterilization procedure. I'm not arguing with you. That's your business.
However, what people seem to forget is that catching the coronavirus is
NOT a death sentence - even for healthy older people like me. For kids it's just a minor illness. No children that I am aware of have died from corona virus. Since kids have the youngest and healthiest immune systems it is not surprising that they are able to ward off the worst symptoms of the disease.
You should be more frightened of the regular flu which kills everyone - young kids, the elderly, etc. And, the flu shots are 50% effective at best and still haven't prevent nearly 25,000 deaths from the flu this year in the United States.
Today they are scaring you into closing the churches. If the Democrats take power they will be just closing them in the near future. Mark my words!