Temple Postpones Services, Other Meetings and Events

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To join other local organizations in slowing the potential advance of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, the Buddhist Temple is postponing scheduled services and events for the immediate future. The goal here is to avoid spreading infection that could happen in group gatherings and allow social distancing.

Scope. All group activities will be postponed until further notice. Families which have scheduled funerals or memorial services will be contacted to discuss options.

Evolving Situation. Each day we learn more about appropriate responses to this threat. Please check our website as we assess the health environment. The Temple Board will formally reassess the situation by the end of March as it affects our schedule.

Partial List of Events Postponed

  • Sunday Services

  • Fourth Sunday Program

  • Buddhism 1-2-3

  • Bingo

  • Cultural Classes (Minnyo, Shigin, Koto, etc.)

  • Crafts Group

  • BTSD Committee Meetings

Spiritual and Pastoral Care Continues

During this period individuals should continue to turn to the Temple for issues like scheduling funerals, memorial services, or counselling. If you do not reach an individual, please leave a message on the answering machine.

More Information

Photo Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (NIAID-RML). This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV—the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. (See more photos at the NIAID Flickr page.)

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