Churches have now been included within the social gatherings that are now being discouraged in the bid to contain the spread of Coronavirus. All Sunday services and mid-week groups are cancelled until further notice.

As the Archbishop of Canterbury has said, church will look rather different over the next few months rather than ceasing to function. In particular, we will be seeking to provide two ongoing aspect of church.

(a) A service recorded at Christ Church that will be available to listen to each Sunday. Most people will be able to access this online but we will also be burning copies onto CDs for those of our members who do not have access to the Internet.

(b) We will be setting up a group to monitor and coordinate ongoing care and support of those who are particularly isolated and/or vulnerable. This will probably involve regular contact by phone and hopefully help with things such as shopping.

Other new ways of 'being church' will also doubtless develop over the next few months and we will seek to inform you about these.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you need any support or further information.
We will be monitoring e-mail and telephone messages, but we may not be able to respond as promptly as usual - please bear with us.

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