Last Tuesday evening when the Liturgy and Formation ministry was meeting online, we reviewed plans for re-opening for in-person worship on Sunday, October 4. Earlier that day, Mayor Kirk Caldwell had unveiled the city’s latest plan to open up Honolulu safely. Several of us at the meeting had studied the tiers of the new plan, and we were cautiously optimistic about the conservative approach being taken. As our bishop has given permission for Oahu churches to resume in-person worship, and as the new city plan allows for churches to gather with reduced capacity, the decision was made to begin in-person worship in October.