<div>Despite the cancellation of our carol service due to the worsening Covid situation, we have decided to hold a service of <b>Holy Communion at 11 in St Andrew's</b> tomorrow morning (Sunday 19th) and you are very welcome to join us.</div><div>To help mitigate any risks - even though we will be a much smaller gathering than we would have been at the Carol Service - we will be asking those attending to avoid mingling inside the church, to increase their social distancing back to two metres and to be extra careful with face coverings and sanitizing.</div><div><b>But it's Sunday! We are not locked down! We feel we should offer a service</b> – even if it's not the one we had planned.</div><div>If you'd like to come to it and feel comfortable in doing so, it would be lovely to see you.</div><div><b>PLEASE PASS THE WORD AROUND!</b></div>
We are very, very sorry to have to announce that this year's Carol Service, which was to have taken place at St Andrew's on Sunday evening, has been cancelled due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Reverend Steve says: 'The Covid situation has changed very rapidly since we started planning our Christmas services and the sudden arrival of Omicron has taken us across the line of acceptable risk. 'The announcements by the First Minister of Wales last evening and today confirm that we should not be encouraging folk to mix with large groups of strangers in indoor settings.Please pass the word around, take good care of yourselves and STAY SAFE.'It seems likely that we will also have to cancel our Midnight Mass and Family Services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning, but if so we will confirm this closer to the time.
Services in the Presteigne Group of Parishes this Sunday 12 December (Advent 3) are as follows: 9.15 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer: traditional language) Knill11.00 Holy Communion (Common Worship: modern language) Presteigne
Services in the Presteigne Group of Parishes on Sunday 5 December (Advent 2) are as follows:8.00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer; traditional language) Presteigne9.30 Holy Communion (Common Worship: modern language) Lingen11.00 Morning Service (Book of Common Prayer: traditional language) Presteigne<div>Following Welsh government rules, face coverings must be worn throughout the services in Presteigne unless you are exempt, and we would ask you to do the same in Lingen if you can, out of courtesy to others who may feel vulnerable.If you are unable to join us in person, you can find the readings for the day elsewhere on this page, to be used with the Short Service for Advent already supplied.[PHOTO: Shutterstock]</div>
