During Lockdown 3.0….

As we enter into Lockdown 3.0 and with much discussion with our Worship team, Church Wardens and parishioners, we have taken the difficult decision to close our church buildings to public worship on Sundays for the duration of January 2021.  The new strain of Covid-19 is more virulent and the vaccination programme is still in it’s early stages. Therefore, moving our services online and via telephone for the duration of January will help to reduce the risk of our communities catching and spreading this more virulent strain and protect the most vulnerable in our parishes.

As before, we will have online Zoom Sunday Worship services as well as pre-recorded services which will be available on the website and Facebook. We will have daily prayers via Zoom offering Morning Prayer, Midday Prayer and Evening Prayer, so whether you are a lark or a night owl you can join us in prayer.

As we have learnt the situation is everchanging. However we will also be putting together a weekly “Isolation Times” newsletter which will help you to keep up to date with services and news across the benefice. The Isolation Times can be sent out via post to those who are not on email, please contact parishofficerwv@gmail.com if you know someone who may benefit from this.

If you have found that you suddenly have a bit more time on your hands to ponder life’s big questions, why not join us for our Alpha Course from 7pm to 8pm on Wednesday 13th January via Zoom. You can read all about it here. Everyone is welcome and it’s a friendly and open place for us to meet safely online, debate and discuss the big questions in life as well as Christianity.