As Butler County heads into the weekend under Gov. Tom Wolf’s green designation, area faith leaders continue exercising caution.

According to members of the Butler Clergy Network — a group of area religious leaders from across a number of Judeo-Christian congregations countywide — the response spans a range of approaches, with all reportedly addressing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

“Each congregation (is) making the decision what is best for them,” said Cantor Michal Gray-Schaffer of Butler’s Congregation B’nai Abraham, the county’s only Jewish congregation. “We (faith leaders) feel just because we can doesn’t mean we should.”

A member of the clergy network, Gray-Schaffer said it was discussed at some length during their monthly meeting earlier this week.

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