The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell have condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine as “an act of great evil” and they are urging Christians to make this Sunday a special day of prayer for Ukraine, Russia and for peace. They are also supporting a global day of prayer and fasting for peace on Ash Wednesday. In your own intercessions you may wish to use this prayer: God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them. We pray for those with power over war and peace, for wisdom, discernment, and compassion to guide their decisions. Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at risk, and in fear, that you would hold and protect them. We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Amen.
This year we are supporting the work of The Children's Society with a very special Christingle Service on Sunday 30th January 2022 at 3pm in Clare Church.Families are also welcome to join us on Saturday 29th January 2022 from 10.30am until 12 Noon for coffee, refreshments, and a chance to help make the Christingles ready for our service on Sunday.Everyone is welcome.
Following on from the Governments recent enhancement of COVID precautions, Face Masks in Church are now mandatory (unless exempt).In order that we can keep each other safe, please wear a face mask correctly over your mouth and nose whenever you are in church, and regularly sanitise your hands.We hope that by all following these simple steps, our planned Christmas activities, services and concerts can proceed as planned.
The continued work of our church is reliant on people’s generosity, a generosity that is a hallmark of a lived-out faith and a testament to it.We give to our church in a variety of ways, but one thing that has come out of the recent pandemic is that fewer people are carrying cash with them and this has meant that we have not been able to receive all the gifts that we usually would.However, we are delighted that we are now able to receive your donations online.If you would like to make an Online Donation to support the continued Mission and Ministry to our community as well as supporting the ongoing Maintenance of our historic building, please visit our online donations page by clicking here.
