Dear editor,
Medicine Hat Police Chief Mike Worden needn’t wait for AHS to direct him on the legality of the church service at Heights Baptist Church.
He can go right to the top legal authority, Jesus Christ. The answer for him is in the first two verses of Chapter 13 of the Book of Romans in the Bible’s New Testament. The verses explain the Christian’s requirement to submit to governing authorities.
“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.”
Police in Medicine Hat are expected to make a statement Tuesday regarding a local church potentially breaking capacity limits during Easter services, while Alberta Health Services says it is “working closely ” with local authorities about a potential breech of restrictions meant to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Senior officials with Heights Baptist Church announced last week they intended to hold a full-capacity service despite Alberta Health orders to limit gatherings in all buildings to 15 per cent of fire code rating.
The facility, located at 1250 Division Ave. S., appeared to host a large number of worshipers for Sunday morning services as Medicine Hat police maintained a distance of about a block away.
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Members of the Heights Baptist Church congregation leave services on Easter Sunday. The church had advertised that it planned to hold a full capacity service despite restrictions set by health officials attempting to slow the spread of COVID-19. NEWS PHOTO COLLIN GALLANT
A church in Medicine Hat that is challenging pandemic restrictions in court appears to have held a full service on Easter Sunday despite a capacity limit put in by health officials and new calls for vigilance against COVID-19.
Heights Baptist Church on Division Avenue was one of two churches in Medicine Hat that advertised on social media that they would host their entire congregations on Sunday.
Heights Baptist gets immersive with Chauvet
Friday, 15 January 2021
Christmas Eve at Heights Baptist
USA - This year, when The Heights Baptist added a 12-minute video to its socially distant Christmas Eve service, the Dallas church’s creative team had a critical goal in mind. “We didn’t want people to feel like they were watching a video,” opens technical director Zach Carnefix. “Our intent was to make them feel immersed, as if they were in the midst of the events the video was portraying.” To create this sense of engagement, the church accompanied its video with live music, pre-recorded voiceovers, and a dramatic lighting display that featured Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Wash fixtures supplied by B&L Sound and Lighting.
This time should be a celebration of all that we are thankful for from the past year, no matter what your spiritual beliefs are.Â
Except, this year has been anything but a celebration for most. We can try to learn all that we have been through but for many this year, it has been an emotional roller coaster. Frustration doesnât even begin to describe it.Â
With all of the uncertainty and anxiety Covid-19 and everything that goes with it, conspiracy theorists are having a field day. False vaccines. The Great Reset. A global economic re-order by the World Economic Forum. Someone call Tom Hanks and see if he will play one of the main characters in the next movie a la The Da Vinci Code.Â