However, if the state urges people to stay off of the roads on Sunday, or if you feel that travel is dangerous for you and your loved ones, then you should stay sheltered at home. The church will be open and ready to dispense the sacrament, as that's what we do. That doesn't mean you have to risk life and limb to get to church, though. We've already got lots of martyrs.
Anglican Churches are, by tradition, open on Sundays through hurricanes, blizzards, during the London Blitz, when the Imperial Army was invading Singapore, etc. In that light, and as the bearer of this noble tradition, I will unlock the doors of the parish for any orphans of the storm.
Update: It appears that there are many Episcopal parishes and other congregations in the state that are going to be closed tomorrow. Even our diocese is urging us to do so. My colleagues are remarkable lightweights. Either that or the trend in Protestant evangelism of the last generation has finally reached full flower. Namely, parishes find it more direct to simply tell people not to come to church on a Sunday morning.
We, of course, will be open at 8 and 10.
I see churches as rather like today's photo below of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Even in the midst of a hurricane, you know that someone will be standing guard at the tomb. Similarly, regardless of what may transpire, on a Sunday morning you know that the church will be open and ready.
