Return to Church – letter from Bishop

We look forward to hopefully meeting again for church services on 5th July! You are most welcome to join us, it will be great to meet together again, but it will be strange at the same time. We want to keep everyone safe and so will be following guidelines to do so. There will not be any Sunday School, but children are very welcome and our services will be all-age services designed to help the children to engage.

Please note the following key health and safety information:

• Please stay away if you have any symptoms or have been in contact with anyone with Covid-19 in the last 14 days. You will still be able to watch the service on our livestream here.

• Please use hand gel on entry to the church.

• Please maintain social distance of 2m (this means leaving 2 empty pews between people).

• If you develop any symptoms during the service please put on a face mask (these will be at the end of every pew) and leave the building and go straight home and phone a GP.

Please consider setting up a standing order to help reduce the need for the wardens to handle cash, you can find out more information here. Some of the churches have decided not to take a collection initially, and others have opted for a retiring collection. If you are bringing money from the weeks that we have missed, please consider writing a cheque or putting all your cash in one envelope to reduce the handling for the wardens.

Please can you let those who are not online know about the importance of using the hand-gel, maintaining social distance and to stay away if they feel unwell.

The Bishop’s letter is below: