A Church Full of Ordinary People...
Christ Church is a church where people believe God can and does change lives because he loves each of us very much. Through our worship, our serving and our friendship we try to share this hope with all who meet us.
Jesus called us to live his way in the midst of everyday life seven days a week. We have found that his way has changed our lives for the better. That gives us the confidence to get more involved in the community around us so that we can see the world around us change for the better too.
There is a warm welcome for everyone here....
Christ Church is a church where people believe God can and does change lives because he loves each of us very much. Through our worship, our serving and our friendship we try to share this hope with all who meet us.
Jesus called us to live his way in the midst of everyday life seven days a week. We have found that his way has changed our lives for the better. That gives us the confidence to get more involved in the community around us so that we can see the world around us change for the better too.
There is a warm welcome for everyone here....
Christ Church Covid and Lockdowns
Christ Church was able to reopen at the beginning of August and over these three months we've been able to draw together to worship despite the restrictions we had to work within. As you have seen from the news, the government is imposing another lockdown from November 5th and we will need to close our doors again for public worship at least until December 2nd.
The situation is currently fluid and over the next couple of days and we expect the Government and the Church of England to clarify the finer details about what we are allowed to do within the broader restrictions.
Under the current guidance we are not allowed to open for public worship or to conduct weddings and baptisms. We are still able to conduct funerals in church with restrictions on numbers, requirements for social distancing, hand sanitising, wearing face coverings and registering with NHS Track and Trace.
We will be continuing with our prerecorded services on Wednesdays and Sundays which you can find on the link below (and on our facebook page) and reinstating our zoom services.
Obviously the advent lead up to Christmas Day will look very different to "normal" and much of what we would do in church will be online. We will do our best to have in person services of some kind if the lockdown is lifted at the beginning of December but they will be subject to the restrictions we've been operating under for the last few months.
It is always hard to close the door of the church indefinitely and to be told to stay away from the things that give us comfort and hope and fellowship. But perhaps we need challenges like lockdowns to remind us and others that the church is spread throughout the community because we are. The church is in all our networks and neighbourhoods because we are. Our prayer is that we will allow God to be at work where we are and that we might join him in what he is doing.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLP2kAY2Mmncv9Eay4fBa1A/
Christ Church was able to reopen at the beginning of August and over these three months we've been able to draw together to worship despite the restrictions we had to work within. As you have seen from the news, the government is imposing another lockdown from November 5th and we will need to close our doors again for public worship at least until December 2nd.
The situation is currently fluid and over the next couple of days and we expect the Government and the Church of England to clarify the finer details about what we are allowed to do within the broader restrictions.
Under the current guidance we are not allowed to open for public worship or to conduct weddings and baptisms. We are still able to conduct funerals in church with restrictions on numbers, requirements for social distancing, hand sanitising, wearing face coverings and registering with NHS Track and Trace.
We will be continuing with our prerecorded services on Wednesdays and Sundays which you can find on the link below (and on our facebook page) and reinstating our zoom services.
Obviously the advent lead up to Christmas Day will look very different to "normal" and much of what we would do in church will be online. We will do our best to have in person services of some kind if the lockdown is lifted at the beginning of December but they will be subject to the restrictions we've been operating under for the last few months.
It is always hard to close the door of the church indefinitely and to be told to stay away from the things that give us comfort and hope and fellowship. But perhaps we need challenges like lockdowns to remind us and others that the church is spread throughout the community because we are. The church is in all our networks and neighbourhoods because we are. Our prayer is that we will allow God to be at work where we are and that we might join him in what he is doing.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLP2kAY2Mmncv9Eay4fBa1A/
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