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Our Christmas Services

As always, we have a packed schedule of services over the Christmas period and you are guaranteed a warm welcome at all of them! Details of dates and times are shown in the picture below. It’s worth adding also that refreshments will be served after the Candlelit Carol Service on the 21st.

Christmas Fayre

On Saturday 29th November we will be holding our Christmas Fayre – with festive food, drink, music and all the usual stalls. We hope you can join us and it would be lovely to see you.

Hidden Marvels

Many churches have decorations that embellish the buildings and perhaps encourage the visitor to contemplate some of the Christian story through those decorations. Our church is no exception and in the latest piece to be added to our Eye Witness section you can read an account of some of the beautiful little works that often go ignored or are forgotten about in our chapel. You can read all about them here.

Windows

In 2024 we replaced almost all of the windows in our church buildings. They’ve been a brilliant addition, making the church brighter, lighter and warmer. Our Edwardian stained glass – over a hundred years old – has been replaced and the new version looks fantastic, positively glowing. Anyway, the company that installed the windows – Irlam Glass – has produced a short video showing the incredible work they do so you can watch it here. We hope you enjoy it.

Harvest Festival Pictures

On Sunday 5th October we held our Harvest Festival celebrations as a way of remembering God’s goodness and provision towards us, honouring the beauty and wonder of His creation. Here are some photos of the church, splendidly decorated by members of our congregation, we hope you enjoy them.

Bible Study – ready for debate?

On Tuesday 7th October we will be starting our new round of Bible Studies. Rather than looking at one section of the Bible over a series of weeks, this time around we are examining a number of standalone topics. The session will be every Tuesday evening at 7:30-9:00 and refreshments will also be served. Paul Wheeler from the Stockton Heath Christian Christian Fellowship will be leading us through the following subjects:

• 7th October – Creation vs Evolution
• 14th October – The Second Coming of Jesus
• 21st October – The Role of Women in the Church
• 28th October – How relevant is the Old Testament to Christians today?
• 4th November – The Christian response to homosexuality
• 11th November – How important is waster Baptism?

Harvest Festival Services

On Sunday 5th October we will celebrate our Harvest Festival with two services. In the morning at 10:45 Philip Gleave will lead us in worship and in the evening at 6:00, James Tobiasen will be in the pulpit. Refreshments will be served after the evening service. We invite all to join us for these wonderful celebrations and we would be very grateful for any gifts of food and produce – especially tinned and long-life food and drink which we will pass on to the Warrington Foodbank.

The church will be open on Saturday 4th from around 10:30am so that people can bring in harvest gifts or help to decorate the church (or both) in preparation for the Sunday services.

MacMillan Coffee Morning

On Thursday 18th September we will be holding our annual fund-raising event in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. It will run from 11:00am until 1:00pm and there will be tea, coffee, a huge array of refreshments, cakes to buy and a bring & buy stall. All monies raised will be donated directly to Macmillan so please come along and support this fantastic charity.

If you’d like to make a donation but can’t make it on the day, you can do that by following the link here.

PCSO Surgery

Our local Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) will be holding an occasional surgery at our church. The idea is to allow any member of the public who needs support from the police to come and discuss their concerns directly with the officer – and of course this will be in private and in complete confidence. There is no set pattern of dates when this will happen but when the PCSO does hold a surgery, it will always be on a Thursday at the same time as our Coffee Morning (i.e. 10:00am-12:00noon). But rather than us explaining it to you, here are the words of the man himself, PCSO Neil Potter.

Hello everyone. I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is PCSO 23561 Neil Potter and I am the PCSO for Poulton North. I have started holding the odd surgery at the church where people can come and chat about any issues they may need help with. Unfortunately, due to the nature of my role, it is difficult to give dates with anything less than a week’s notice so I would like to ask those that can if they would kindly follow ‘Warrington North Police’ on Facebook where you can get regular updates on what I am up to and also dates, times and locations for my weekly surgery.  I look forward to meeting you. 

Bible Study Course

On Tuesday 13th May we will be starting our new course of Bible Study, this time on the book of Romans. This amazing New Testament book gets right to the heart of the Christian message and we are really looking forward to exploring it in depth over the next couple of months. It is a ten week course but there is no need to attend each and every session, people can pop in and out as they wish but of course there will be great benefit in seeing the full picture from start to finish. The course is supplied by The Bible Society and full details can be found here. If you’d like to join us you are welcome to come along any Tuesday evening at 7:30.

Victory Coffee Morning

On VE Day – Thursday 8th May – we had our usual coffee morning and lunch but it had a distinctly wartime flavour, with all the old ration-book favourites like spam, beef paste and blancmange, as well as some delicious and very fresh cakes. Not only did we have food & drink on offer but a grand old sing-song courtesy of Alan Percival was enjoyed by everybody. Here are some photos of the day.

VE Day Celebration

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) we will be having a special coffee morning this week with a specially selected menu of food from yesteryear, reminiscences to make us smile and of course, plenty of flags! Come along and share your memories… or learn about the great day from those who were there at the time. Thursday 8th May from 10 o’clock onwards in our Sunday School room at the church.

Our Easter services

Easter week is here again, a little later than usual. Easter is the most central celebration of the Christian calendar, and the most important event in the Christian faith. Our Easter services this year will start on Palm Sunday, 13th April, when we will have an evening service (starting at 6:00am) which will be lead by Stuart Hunter. On Good Friday morning – 18th April – we will have a special commemorative service – this service will start at 10:45am and will include the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Then on Easter Day – Sunday 20th April – we will have two services. In the morning (starting at 10:45am) the speaker will be Lester Atherton and in the evening Roy Delooze will lead us in worship from 6:00pm. Refreshments will be served after the services on Easter Sunday evening.

A Springtime Surprise

This weekend we had a bit of a tidy up. The grounds were cleared of weeds, shrubs were pruned and paintwork was spruced up. Indoors a storage cupboard was sorted and amongst the contents were some documents of some considerable age that help to shed some light on our church’s history. They are an unexpected treasure trove – in some cases with links to families that are still associated with our church today. Those documents will be properly conserved and will be shared on this website at some time in the future. But for now, here’s a photo, taken just this evening, of a glorious floral display on our alter for this evening’s service. A reminder of the simple, God-given beauties all around us.

Crafty like a Sunday morning

We have a brilliant kids’ craft session on one Sunday each month and those are open to all pre-school and Primary aged children (0-11). We might be painting, sewing, baking, building… you name it, we’ll try it. It’s a great way to learn about the Bible and is hugely enjoyed by the children of our church. The Bible Craft sessions start at 10:45 on the following Sundays: 9th February, 9th March, 6th April, 4th May, 1st June, 29th June and 13th July.

Warm Space and a warm welcome

Each Thursday from 10:00am we open our doors for a free coffee morning followed by a free lunch. It is open to absolutely anyone and with the weather so cold and the days so short at this time of year, a warm welcome goes a long way. We’d love to see you so if you’d like a bit of company, please come along.

Coffee And Carols

On Thursday 19th December our coffee morning regulars were treated to a fantastic carol concert courtesy of the pupils and staff of the Deanery High School from Wigan. With solos, choir pieces and communal singing, as well as contributions from some of our church members, the service, lead by Lester Atherton was a fantastic celebration. Once the service was over the attendees went for a Christmas lunch together as well. A day to remember!

Christmas Services

As we approach the festive season we will have a range of fantastic services for you to attend. The first is on Thursday 19th December when our regular coffee morning (from 10:00 onwards) will include a short carol service – so please come along to share a brew, a mince pie and a sing-song.

On Sunday 22nd December we will have our two main carol services. The Family Carol Service will be in the morning at 10:45am, including a short Nativity from the children, and this service will be lead by Chris Mayes.

In the evening of the 22nd we will have our famous Candlelit Carol Service. This will start at 6:00pm and James Tobiasen will be in the pulpit. Refreshments will be served after the service and of course, all are welcome, young, old and everyone in between, to celebrate the birth of our Saviour.

The final event to tell you about is the Christmas Praise service on Christmas morning itself. This is an open service where anyone can contribute. It starts at 10:00.

Christmas Fayre

On Saturday 30th November we will be holding our Christmas Fayre. It will be open from 2:00pm until 4:00pm. There will be seasonal refreshments as well as stalls selling cakes, decorations, Christmas crafts and much more. So please come along and support this great event, treat yourself to a mince pie & a cuppa and help to generate some much needed church funds. We look forward to seeing you there.

More Eye-witness accounts: Sunday School Memories

In our ongoing series of articles written by members and friends of our church, we have a new contribution – this time sharing memories of attendance at the Sunday School during the 1960s and 70s. What do you remember? Follow the link here to read more.

Harvest – photographs

On Sunday 6th October we celebrated our Harvest festival with two services and the church looked absolutely wonderful. Enormous thanks to everyone who gave donations towards the display or who helped decorate the church in some way. The fresh produce was distributed amongst the congregation and the tinned, packeted and long-life goods were donated to the Warrington Foodbank. Here’s a selection of some of the amazing gifts and creativity.

Latest Newsletter

Our Autumn 2024 Church Newsletter is now available and can be found, available to download in PDF format here . Remarkably we have now been issuing a Newsletter for 25 years so a bit of a milestone in our church history.

Harvest Services 2024

On Sunday 6th October we will hold our Harvest Festival services. There will be both a morning and evening service. The earlier service will be at 10:45am and the guest speaker will be Philip Gleave. In the evening the service, starting at 6:00pm, will be lead by James Tobiasen. Refreshments will be served after the evening service. Please come and join us as we celebrate God’s goodness towards us.

A reminder also that in parallel with our morning service on this day, we will have our Bible Crafts session for school-aged children where all kinds of creative activities will be going on.

MacMillan Coffee Morning

On Thursday 26th September we will hold our annual coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care. We will be open from 11:00am until 1:00pm. There will be tea, coffee and light refreshments as well as a cake stall and a bring & buy stall. Come and join us to raise funds for this brilliant charity.

Regular visitors to our coffee morning should note that for this one week only the start time is different – we will not be open at 10 as we usually are – and there will be no ‘soup and a roll’ lunch. All proceeds will be given to MacMillan.

Sunday Services

Our schedule of Sunday services for the remainder of this year is now more or less complete and can be found here. As well as the speakers who will lead each service, there are also indicators of when we will have a communion service, when we will serve refreshments after the service and the dates of our Bible Craft session are also included. Please check them all and update your diary – especially for those special services around Harvest & Christmas time.

Bible Craft Day

We are very excited to announce that from June 2024 we will have a monthly Bible Crafts session as part of our Sunday morning church. This exciting new activity club is available to all children aged 3-11 and will run once each month. All details are provided in the flyer below but if more details are needed, please contact us on risleyimc@yahoo.co.uk .

Padgate Walking Day Update

With many thanks to the efforts of a number of people – but especially Father Dave Heywood of St.Oswalds and Councillor Sue Emery – it now looks like Padgate Walking Day will go ahead after all. Detailed plans are yet to be confirmed but we await more information and will provide updates as soon as they become available.

Padgate Walking Day Announcement

Padgate & Woolston Walking Day is organised by Churches Together in East Warrington.
At the end of April, we became aware of several problems concerning this year’s Walking
Day. Consequently, an emergency meeting was convened on 22 May 2024 to discuss
these matters. Representatives from all the churches and schools that take part in
Walking Day, together with some local councillors, were invited to attend.
At the meeting, the following issues were raised:

1) Management and Organisation
The preparation for Walking Day begins in January each year. This includes putting
together a management plan, risk assessment, insurance and guidance for participating
parties. Each year, despite appeals for help, too much is left to too few. Although we have
managed until now, this year the problem has become acute, especially when trying to
meet the threshold for safety for a public event.
2) Volunteer Marshals
We need far more marshals (at least 40 this year), but every year when we appeal through
our churches and schools, few come forward and they are often church members in their
seventies and older. This means we are looking for people to help on the day to make up
numbers. This is no longer practical or safe. Marshals need to be named, briefed, and
organised in good time before the event. Furthermore, it was noted that volunteer
marshals have no authority and are increasingly met with abusive behaviour.
3) Safeguarding
Some primary schools raised issues that are deeply concerning about the safety of
children. These include the number of people that gather outside St Oswald’s and ‘fall’
into the procession, the behaviour of some when asked to remain on the pavement, car
owners challenging volunteer marshals and removing cones at road closures, vehicles
putting children at risk at Padgate Community Centre and other assembly points,
‘abusive’ behaviour from patrons of a local pub, and so on. With four weeks to go – two
of which are half-term – we simply cannot sort these issues out with confidence.
4) Finance
The costs of Walking Day have for the most part been met by the local churches.
However, these costs are increasing each year, and the churches can no longer fund the
rising costs on their own.

The meeting lasted two-and-a-half hours as we explored and tried to find a practical
resolution to each problem. However, with four weeks to go, we were unable to reach a
consensus that we could stage Walking Day safely this year. Therefore, it was decided – reluctantly, but in the best interests of the children of our schools as well as the volunteer marshals – that we should not go ahead with Walking Day this year.

It was also decided that we should set up a Management Team in September to attempt
to resolves these issues and plan for Padgate & Woolston Walking Day in 2025.

Our Bible Study resumes this week

Last year we started on a course of Bible study based on the course Grow Your Life With Christ and now we are past our Winter break we will resume on Tuesday 16th April at 7:30pm. The remaining parts of the course will cover the following topics: Prayer, Obedience and Evangelism. We will spend two weeks on each of them so the course should run for six weks. It’d be great if you can join us – we look forward to seeing you.

Sunday School Prizegiving

On Sunday 31st March we had our annual prizegiving for the children of our Boomerang club (i.e. our Sunday School). This annual event recognises the regular attendance of the children at the church and this year we had five children receiving books, and in the photograph below you can see them all – left to right is Iris Kershaw, Paige Stafford, Yovela Poon, Noah Poon and Cole Kershaw. The Boomerang club meets whenever there is a Sunday morning service and the children get involved in call kinds of activities – games, crafts, painting, baking, stories, music… you name it!

Easter Week – 24th to 31st March

Easter comes early this year so please don’t leave it too late to join us in celebrating this, the most central event of the Christian calendar, and the most important event of the Christian faith. Our Easter services this year will start on Palm Sunday, 24th March, when we will have a morning service (starting at 10:45am) which will be lead by Ray Peers. On Good Friday morning – 29th March we will have a special commemorative service – this service will start at 10:45am and will include the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. And then on Easter Day – Sunday 31st – we will have two services. In the morning (starting at 10:45am) the speaker will be Lester Atherton and in the evening Stuart Hunter will lead us in worship from 6:00pm. Refreshments will be served after the services on Palm Sunday morning and Easter Sunday evening.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – January 18th to 25th 2024

Each year there is a week of prayer for Christian unity. This year the focus for the week is on the text ‘You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself’ with a particular focus on the parable of the Good Samaritan. Our own church will be hosting an evening of prayer in which many of the churches from east Warrington will participate. That will be on Wednesday 24th January and the meeting will start at 7:00pm. We would love to welcome you in on that evening as we share in fellowship with our other local churches. More detail can be found here

Christmas Newsletter

Our latest, Festive, newsletter is available. It can be downloaded here.

Nativity

For our Family Carol Service on Sunday 17th December we had a special treat. Our Sunday School has been bringing the story of the birth of Jesus to life over the last few weeks and on Sunday they shared the results with us. Here it is – we hope you enjoy it.

And just in case anybody is concerned, we have full parental consent to share this.

Christmas Services

Full details of all of our Christmas services are now available on our What’s On page here. Throughout the Christmas and New Year period our church will be open for worship with, amongst other events, our famous Candlelit Carol Service taking place at 6:00pm on Sunday 17th December when refreshments will be served after the service. Please see the graphic below for the full schedule:

Coffee Morning and Lunch – Update

Anyone who attends the weekly coffee morning or lunch, please note that the last opening of 2023 will be on Thursday 14th December when we will celebrate Christmas with a special Christmas-themed session. We will re-open on Thursday 4th January.

Christmas Fayre – more details

A few weeks ago we added some information about our Christmas Fayre – well, here is the official notice. Please come and join us!

Newsletter

Our latest Newsletter is now available and provides a range of updates, news and articles for your enjoyment. You can read or download a copy here.

Christmas Fayre

On the afternoon of Saturday 25th November we will hold a Christmas Fayre. There will be a bake sale, stalls, refreshments and more. We will add further details nearer the time but please put a note in your diary!

Harvest Festival Services

On Sunday 1st October, we will have our annual Harvest thanksgiving services. There will be both a morning servcie (at 10:45) and an evening service (at 6:00pm). There will be refreshmensts erviced afyer the evening service. The speakers for the day are, in the morning, Roy Delooze and in the evening, James Tobiasen. Please join to celebrate God’s goodness to his people.

MacMillan Coffee Morning

Our annual Macmillan fund-raiser will be on Thursday 28th September from 11:00-13:00. For anyone who is a regular attendee at our weekly cofffee morning or lunch club, please note that for this one week only, the opening and closing times will be changed. There will be various things on offer – as well as the tea and coffee there will be a bake sale and bring & buy. All donations and proceeds from sales will go to MacmIllan Cancer Support so please join us, along with thousands more all around the country, for this brilliant event

Padgate Walking Day Memories

We already have details (shown further down this news feed) of our evening where we will share photos from the last one hundred years or so of our church’s involvement with Padgate Walking Day. But here, in case you need any more details or would like to share this with anyone, is the full publicity poster for the event.

Social Evening – And You’re Invited… TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!

On Saturday 23rd September at 7:00pm we will have an evening of history, nostalgia and food! We have recently digitised a treasure trove of photographs from around sixty years of our church’s involvement in Padgate Walking Day. Some of those photographs have never been seen in public before so… will you see yourself on some of them? There’s only one way to find out… We will be showing them as a big-screen presentation with an accompanying talk. We will also serve a light supper which will be included in the ticket price. Tickets (£5 each) are available from the church or on request via our email address risleyimchurch@yahoo.co.uk.

Padgate Walking Day

On Saturday 24th June 2023, we will be taking part in the annual Walking Day – a celebratory procession of Christian witness through the streets of our local area. This joyous event is shared with many of the churches, from all denominations, in the Padgate, Woolston and Fearnhead area. The procession will start around 2:00pm on Station Road and continue along Padgate Lane and back again.

Below you can see a photograph from the Walking Day in 1975. Do you recognise anyone?

New Bible Study

Starting on Tuesday 18th April, we will be starting a new series of Bible Studies. These are based on the course Discipleship Explored which uses the Bible, video recordings and discussions to encourage people to learn more about their Christian faith. If you would like to join us on this exciting course of discovery, you would be more than welcome. Come along each Tuesday evening at 7:30pm. If you’d like to learn more, then details of the course can be found here.

Latest Newsletter April 2023

Our latest Newsletter with all details of upcoming services, events, news and plenty of other bits and pieces for your enjoyment has been published now and can be found here. It can be read online, downloaded (in PDF format) or we can send a copy by email if you would prefer.

Easter Services 2023

During Easter week we will have a number of services celebrating this most special time in the Christian calendar. From Palm Sunday through to Easter Day we would love you to be with us as we remember Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, his arrest, trial, death and glorious resurrection. Come and share in both the solemnity and the joy of these special days. The speakers at the various services will be – Palm Sunday (2nd April) Roger Stone, Good Friday (7th April) Chris Mayes, on Easter Day (9th April) we will have two services with Ray Peers at the morning service and James Tobiasen at the evening service. We will be serving refreshments at the close of the morning service on Palm Sunday and after the evening service on Easter Sunday.

Coffee Morning, Lunch & Warm Space 2023

Each Thursday morning from 10:00am our church is open for a coffee morning. Tea, coffee & biscuits will be served until 12 noon. If you would like to visit you will be more than welcome – there is no pressure to do anything but relax and have a chat. From mid-January 2023 we will also provide a lunch (usually soup & a roll, followed by a slice of cake). The lunch will be served from 12:00 until 1:30. All of the food and drink provided are completely free of charge – although donations are welcomed.

Christmas Carol Services 2022

On Sunday 18th December we will have two carol services. In the morning at 10:45 we will have a family carol service and then in the evening at 6:00pm we will have our candlelit carol service. We will also serve refreshments after the evening service. The speaker at both services will be our church president, Chris Mayes.

On Christmas morning at 10:00am there will be a Christmas praise service which will be lead by Lester Atherton.

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Christmas Fayre 2022

On the afternoon of Saturday 26th November we will be holding a Christmas Fair with a range of stalls and attractions. There will be cakes, gifts, cards and more for sale plus seasonal refreshments. The Fair will run from 2:00-4:00 in the afternoon. Please add a reminder to your diary and invite your friends and family. We’d love to see you…

Harvest 2022

Our Harvest thanksgiving services took place on Sunday the 2nd October. The church was beautifully decorated with an amazing array of produce and goods. The fresh stuff was passed on to members of the congregation and all tinned, packet or dry goods are being donated to the Warrington Food Bank. Here are a few photos from the display…

MacMillan Coffee Morning 2022

On Thursday 29th September our regular coffee morning will be a fund-raiser in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. There will be a bake sale, a bring & buy stall as well as all the usual tea, coffee and snack options. It will start at 10:00am and will continue ’til 12 noon. Please join us in supporting this fantastic cause.

If you can’t attend the MacMillan Coffee Morning but would still like to make a donation, here is a link to MacMillan’s own giving page.

UPDATE – proceeds from the coffee morning and subsequent additional donations have ensured that we have been able to raise an astonishing total of over £400 for MacMillan Cancer Support. Donations are still rolling in so we will not know the final total for a week or two but this has been a great effort. A huge thank you to everybody involved.

Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2022

On Sunday 2nd October we will hold our annual Harvest services. There will be two services – morning at 10:45 and evening at 6:00. There will be refreshments served after the evening service. The church will be decorated and there will be a full display of harvest gifts. If you would like to donate to the harvest then the church will be open on Saturday 1st October from 10:30. All tinned and dry goods received will be passed on to Warrington Foodbank.

Coffee Morning 2022

Our FREE coffee morning takes place every week on Thursday morning from 10:00am-12:00noon. All are welcome and there is no pressure to do anything but have a sit down, relax and enjoy a brew, a biscuit & a chat. The number of attendees is growing so it’s a great place to come and meet new friends.

Occasionally we have special coffee mornings – for example one week in August we had a beach party theme with ice creams and mocktails as well as the usual refreshments. Below you can see a couple of photos taken at our ‘tropical beach’ day and another couple taken during the jubilee week.

On the 29th September we will have a fund-raising MacMillan coffee morning event. This will include a bake sale, a bring & buy table and other fund-raising activities in support of MacMillan Cancer Care.

Our Latest Updates for 2022

Our church remains opens open, and continues to actively serve our local community. Following the various lock-downs of recent times we have now re-introduced more of our regular events. Our published schedule of Sunday services is now fully active and we are delighted that our Sunday School has re-opened, our prayer meeting takes place every Wednesday and our regular FREE coffee morning is running each week. Full details of all of our planned activities can be found in the What’s On page of this site. Our latest Newsletter is also available to download from the Newsletter page here and we are planning to issue a new Newsletter during the late summer/early autumn.

Sunday School – The Boomerang Club 2022

Our Sunday School – which we call Boomerang – is now fully open again and runs every week that we have a Sunday morning service. Boomerang is open to all pre-school and primary aged children and features crafts, games, music, Bible stories and – sometimes – snacks! And to put your mind at rest, all of the supervisors are DBS checked. For the full schedule of Sunday morning services please check our What’s On page.

Christmas Services 2021

In December of last year we held our traditional Candle-lit Carol Service. and Christmas Morning Praise services. These are ever popular and with carols sung and Christmas readings, all in the amazingly atmospheric candle-lit chapel, complete with Christmas tree, window decorations and holly and ivy in abundance, we really celebrated the birth of our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. After the candle-lit service we had refreshments which were enjoyed by all of the congregation.

Harvest Festival 2021

On October 3rd we held our Harvest Thanksgiving service and our church looked resplendent with the produce that was brought in. The main harvest display was really splendid and we had a record number of tinned, packaged and dried goods donated which were all passed on to Warrington Foodbank.

In addition each window in the church was decorated with a harvest theme. Photos of all of the displays and windows are shown in our Gallery number 3,

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Our Covid guidelines and precautions 2021

In order to protect all visitors to our church we have been following government and public health guidelines wherever possible and we continue to do so. But from the end of March 2022 we are lifting some of our own controls. We will no longer require social distancing, the one-way system will be removed, and the mandatory wearing of masks and contact tracing will no longer be necessary. However we will be very happy to welcome anyone who would prefer to wear a mask and we will continue to provide hand sanitiser and masks in the entrance areas for anyone who might want them. We are also restoring the hymn books and pew Bibles to their rightful places throughout the church. Finally, the NHS Covid app Q code will remain available for anyone who might want to use it.

Christenings, Weddings and Funerals

We recognise that for many people, contact with the church is often linked with the best moments in life… or the worst. Christenings and weddings are the most joyful of occasions and of course funerals mark a sad and difficult moment in every family’s life. Whatever ‘life event’ you are planning or are having to deal with, we can support you and would be privileged to be part of your day. Please contact us using the details supplied on the ‘About Us’ page of this website if we can be of any help.