Why Co-op 2.0?

While we are eager to meet together again in-person for Sunday Gatherings, the safety and well-being of our church family and surrounding communities are our highest priority. As such, we are following the safety guidelines set by our local officials for religious gatherings, which not only limits the number of people that can participate in gatherings, but requires a lengthy list of other safety protocols. For full details on our Governor's guidance on Phase 2 and Phase 3 Faith-based and Religious Organization Requirements, click here.

Given the significant restrictions we would need to follow and the amount of care, caution, and resources that it would require of volunteers and staff to enforce these guidelines, our Leadership Team has decided that it is not prudent to attempt to have in-person Sunday Gatherings at this time until further notice.

That being said, we also understand the importance of community and a deep desire and need for human connection. As such, to help us move forward as a church in this season of much uncertainty, rather than asking “when we can get back to normal?”, we want to instead ask a different question, “what do we want our new normal to be, in light of the new normal of our cultural context?” In other words, with the world in a very different place than it was six months ago, how can we see this moment as a catalyst to become more authentically who we want to be (our vision) and how can we still effectively fulfill our mission as Common Good Church?

After much prayer and discernment, we believe the opportunity God is inviting us into as we slowly emerge from COVID-19, is to merge Co-ops, the Sunday Gathering, and Fourth Sunday Serve together, creating what we’re calling, Co-op 2.0!

Starting in September, Co-op 2.0 will become our primary means of gathering and scattering as a church this Fall, and we couldn’t be more excited to lean into the heartbeat of what makes Common Good what it is. Co-op 2.0 allows us to go back to our roots of how our church started six years ago, before we had any sort of Sunday Gathering. It will enable us to continue to live out our mission and vision as a church that connects deeply with God, experiences community with others, and works for the common good of our neighborhoods and cities.