Its a known fact that in our churches during the either church service or Mass celebration by the Catholics, there is usually a section reserved for exchanging of greetings mostly through handshake and hug, popularly referred to as " offer of peace " as used by the catholics, now I ask, given the recent outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus and its easy spread especially through contact( I.e Handshakes ) is it still safe to continue this practice in our churches? If yes what are they measures to put in place in order to protect members? If no, how can it be replaced or what other alternatives exist? Our church should be a place for protection not Destruction of members, A stitch in time they saves nine.

A vital observation, infact am just coming back from 9.30am mass and during the time of "" the sign of peace I was skeptical , only managed to shake 4persons directly before even as it seems unavoidable to shake over 20person that extended their hands to shake me. I just hope our church leader will not brush it off with excuse like" the holy spirit will protect his people".

May God help his people sha

Hehe..! Why should u be scared of common 'ebola' in the house of the Great Physician?

Ignorance is a sin, brothers you can't get Ebola from a healthy person (during the incubation period).
You can only contact the virus from a sick person ie when the symptoms is visible.

phatjoe50: Ignorance is a sin, brothers you can't get Ebola from a healthy person (during the incubation period).
You can only contact the virus from a sick person ie when the symptoms is visible.

my dear this is dependent on the type of contactooooo , no go there, if one have first contact withan infected person he/she is sure to get infected between even very sick person does go to church too and do participate in this ritual of exchange of peace, u can never tell only being proactive boss

igbokwesampson: my dear this is dependent on the type of contactooooo , no go there, if one have first contact withan infected person he/she is sure to get infected between even very sick person does go to church too and do participate in this ritual of exchange of peace, u can never tell only being proactive boss

Ehhhh!!! When you see a sick person stay away na, but no that you can't get it from an infected healthy person.

phatjoe50:
Ehhhh!!! When you see a sick person stay away na, but no that you can't get it from an infected healthy person.

Thanks Boss

l thought about it too. its unavoidable when they 'extend' their hands.. but God watches his people.