COVID-19 Updates

Updated on September 17, 2020

Weekend Services Update

Dallas Campus Gathering 9 AM & 11:15 AM
Watch Here at 9:00 & 11:15 AM

The Dallas campus gathers Sundays at 9:00 and 11:15 AM. Seating and overflow space will be arranged for social distancing. Please wear a mask and join us. Kid’s Ministry is not yet available. 

Social Distancing Guidelines:

Weekend Worship:

• Please maintain a safe social distance and wear a face covering (adults and kids 10 years and older) while in common areas on our campus with others outside your normal interactions and family/communal relationships.
• We ask that you wear a mask as you enter and exit the Auditorium and during times of singing and worship. You may remove your mask, if you’d like, when seated during times of teaching.
  
• In the Auditorium, seating will be available on every other row. Please allow at least three chairs between each family group or party.
• Overflow seating throughout the campus will be available. Please observe the seating guidelines described above.
• Kids Ministry is not yet available. We invite children and families to join us in the Auditorium or in overflow spaces across our campus. Children are a gift from the Lord (Psalm 127:3), and we are glad for families to join us together in the Auditorium or any overflow spaces. Because parents with young children may need to enter and exit the Auditorium more frequently, we ask that you avoid sitting in the rows closest to the stage (an usher can point that section out) so there is minimal movement in spaces where we film the service. The Town Center is a particularly good spot for families with young children.

Midweek Gatherings:

• Please maintain a safe social distance and wear a face covering while in common areas on our campus (or any off-campus event location) with others outside your normal interactions and family/communal relationships.
• We ask that you wear a mask as you enter and exit the gathering space and during any times of singing and worship. Masks may be removed when seated during times of teaching.
  
• All meeting spaces will be arranged to allow for social distancing. Each ministry space is unique, and seating will allow for social distancing between each family, group or individual party.
• As more people arrive, if you desire more space, we ask that you move rather than asking others to move or not be seated next to you.

As has always been the case, before leaving home, we ask you to self-screen to confirm no signs of illness, paying particular attention during this season to symptoms associated with COVID-19. We ask that you do not come to the Watermark campus if you are experiencing the following symptoms: persistent cough; shortness of breath or difficulty breathing; fever, chills, shaking, body aches; headache or sore throat; and/or loss of taste or smell.

What To Do If You Test Positive And Have Recently Attended a Watermark event

• If you test positive for COVID-19 within 14 days of attending a Watermark event, please notify the leader of your ministry. Additionally, as a courtesy to others, please make an effort to notify all individuals you have had close contact with while on the Watermark campus, in a host home, or at an event site. We ask that you not be part of in-person Watermark gatherings until you have been fever free (unmedicated) for 24 hours, symptoms have ceased, and at least one week has passed since the start of symptoms.

• If you discover that you have been in contact (less than six feet for more than 15 minutes) with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19, self-quarantine, and do not attend in-person Watermark gatherings for 14 days from the date of exposure.

Kids Curriculum

Every weekend, we will release the Watermark Kids Kit: weekly curriculum for both preschool and elementary-aged children. Get this week’s Kids Kit.

Please continue to check this page and The Current for information on when and how Kids Ministry will resume.

Dallas Midweek Ministries

• Please check your ministry event page and communication channels for how or if your ministry will meet on a week-to-week basis. We’re grateful that our Dallas facility can allow for certain midweek ministries of a smaller size to meet indoors and allow for social distancing.

Our Campuses

• The Dallas campus Coffee Shop is now open to the public.
• The Dallas campus tree fort remains closed.
• Watermark Plano Update
• Watermark Frisco Update

Staying Connected

The Current
The best way to stay connected with Watermark is to subscribe to The Current, our e-newsletter, which we send each week on Tuesdays and Fridays with important updates. Stay tuned to your inbox.

Caring for One Another Financially

We encourage all Watermark community groups – especially those with Members who may face financial difficulty as a result of industry closures – to familiarize themselves with how Watermark comes alongside Members in financial need. We’ve put together this resource to equip you not only as you love other Members, but also as you consider how you can best serve others with “helping that doesn’t hurt.” Read the blog.

If you are a Member of Watermark and have a desire to help us care for other Members experiencing financial hardship, you can give to the disaster relief fund.

For more information on the COVID-19 illness and the latest guidance from federal officials, visit the CDC’s website.