Update on church opening during November lockdown

St Michael's Church • 4 November 2020

The latest rulings on our church services and activities

We have been so pleased to be able to open our church for some services and prayer over recent months; however, with the coronavirus restrictions imposed by the Government in a national lockdown, from 5th November we will need to stop our services for the time being - until we are allowed to resume them.

Until further notice, St Michael’s will remain open only for:

funerals
private prayer each week, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am – 11am.

Usual track and trace, COVID-19 precautions and social distancing still need to be observed during the above.

Importantly, do not enter the building if you have any of the following symptoms:

a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal.

We hope you will join us in praying with Bishop Rachel and the Diocese in a daily time of prayer at 6pm.

'For 28 days starting this Thursday people across the country will be committing to pray every evening at 6pm (you might choose a different time and schools will be encouraged to pray during the day). User-friendly resources are being produced and there will be a different theme for each day of the week.

Cathedrals will ring their bells at 6pm as a call to prayer and if you have the capacity to ring a church bell at 6pm then please do join in. Phone alarms can also be effective!

Children and adults alike might like to switch on a torch as prayer is offered – a reminder of the light shining in the darkness. Amid our lament and hope; longing and trust, we will proclaim that we are held in the unchanging love of God who hears our cries and walks with us through both our laughter and tears – God is with us.'

Read Bishop Rachel's full letter to churches here.

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