Then COVID-19 jerked the rug from under us.”Like many churches across the state, the Kotzebue Church of God has been shuttered since March. “We do have face coverings back there if you want one. And parishioners started showing up. Shuttered for months, Kotzebue churches slowly reopen to parishioners ""It is as much an effort to document baselines for future comparative studies as it is for understanding current levels and any areas for consumptive concerns," said Whiting, who also contributed to the study.Other contributors to the study included UAF researchers Andres Lopez and Matthew Wooller, and Alaska State Veterinarian Robert Gerlach.Get the latest science news with ScienceDaily's free email newsletters, updated daily and weekly. They thought about their calling being to the people under the roof of their church, but that’s not who our calling is. Celebrate and remember the lives we have lost in Kotzebue, Alaska. Kotzebue Church of God Pastor Andy Terry delivers his first Sunday sermon in months. ScienceDaily. “I genuinely feel like they had our best interest at heart,” Terry said. Reopening churches meant walking a fine line between allowing people to return to their normal activities and keeping them safe. Researchers worked with local subsistence fishermen, who donated a variety of Kotzebue Sound fish species from their catches in 2105, 2016 and 2018 for testing.Of the hundreds of samples tested, only four individual fish exceeded the "unrestricted consumption" levels set by state officials. I feel like our seating is adequate enough to provide some space, so that is totally up to you. They’ve been able to continue to support the church. Or view hourly updated newsfeeds in your RSS reader:Keep up to date with the latest news from ScienceDaily via social networks:Tell us what you think of ScienceDaily -- we welcome both positive and negative comments. (Wesley Early/KOTZ) Wesley is the news director for KOTZ in Kotzebue. “That’s going to impact the church. Its presence has contributed to questions about the safety of Kotzebue-area subsistence foods.The study was initiated by the Native Village of Kotzebue, which contacted Todd O'Hara, a UAF professor of veterinary toxicology and pharmacology. Terry says a similar number came in for their first Wednesday night service. So that makes a big difference.”Terry acknowledged another group of followers that his church gained in the pandemic. “You’ve got people here in Kotzebue who are working in the hotel industry or working in the restaurant business. It is not intended to provide medical or other professional advice.Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily, its staff, its contributors, or its partners.Financial support for ScienceDaily comes from advertisements and referral programs, where indicated. “I got here and we got to work.”He said he traded many of his clerical duties for more hands-on work, like plumbing. “Why would I fight that? Any church wishing to reopen to the public had to submit a plan to the city showing how they would operate and maintain social distancing guidelines.Walking into the Kotzebue Church of God for the first time in months, parishioners were in for some changes. All rights reserved. “If you’ve noticed, I’ve taken out a row of seats and spaced the seats out a little bit,” pastor Andy Terry told parishioners. "The nutritional benefits of consuming Alaska fish far outweigh the risk of mercury. The church had been without a pastor for about a year-and-a-half, leaving a lot of work unattended to. “One of the ladies that was here this morning would call me up and say ‘I’m leaving my house now, and I’m walking’ — this is back when it was 30 below outside — ‘I’m walking to the church now to bring my tithe.’ And we weren’t even having church then,” Terry said.However, COVID-19 has affected everyone in Kotzebue, and Terry says other churchgoers in town weren’t as lucky. © Alaska Public Media 2020. Like many pastors across the country, he began to move online. The average mercury levels in each species were well below that threshold.UAF researcher Andrew Cyr, who wrote about the study for the journal The study also compared mercury levels to those recorded in Kotzebue Sound fish 15 years ago. While nothing is mandatory, during his first Sunday service in months, Terry asked his audience to be respectful of how others choose to go to church.“I can’t wear one, because if I did I’d sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher, so I don’t have one,” Terry said.

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