Churches in the area are curtailing activities and services to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

All churches in the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America have been advised to suspend all worship, gatherings and meetings.

St. Mark’s Lutheran, Williamsport, has suspended all worship services, ministries and meetings through April 4; services at Messiah Lutheran, South Williamsport, are cancelled this week and Redeemer Lutheran, Williamsport, and St. Luke’s Lutheran, Williamsport, have cancelled services until further notice.

Under a directive from the Diocese of Scranton, Catholic churches in the area have suspended Masses and public gatherings in all diocesan parishes, worship sites, college campuses, chapels and health care facilities.

Churches will remain open daily for individual private prayer; churches’ pastors or parish life coordinators will determine what times churches are open. Scheduled sacramental celebrations such as weddings, baptisms and funerals will be permitted but attendance will be limited to immediate family members and will follow any guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The sacraments of the Anointing of the Sick and Reconciliation also will be available, when requested individually and in cases of serious need.

The Bishop of the Episcopal Church has called for the suspension of all in-person public worship for the denomination. Area churches affected by this are: Christ and Trinity Episcopal churches in Williamsport and Church of Our Savior, Montoursville.

The following churches have changed their schedules due to the Covid-19 pandemic:

• The Door Fellowship, Pine Street, will be broadcasting on Facebook Live at least for a couple of weeks.

• City Alliance, West Fourth Street, is suspending all gatherings indefinitely.

• First United Methodist Church is closed for three weeks. They will be streaming a service.

• Liberty Church will be closing their buildings for Sunday services, but will stream on Facebook Live at 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

• New Covenant United Church of Christ is closed for the next two weeks, but will present the 10:45 a.m. service on Facebook live this week.

• Crossroads Church will have one service at 9 a.m. this Sunday at the Jersey Shore Campus which will be livestreamed at the Muncy campus. It will then be rebroadcast at 11 a.m. online.

• Northway Community Church will be streaming their service on Facebook live for the next two weeks.

This is not a complete listing of all churches in the area, so it is best to check church websites for more detail.