Dear Friends,

After a refreshing time of annual leave (though it felt slightly different due to the current circumstances), it is good to be back.

Many thanks to all who have managed things while I was away, especially as it was a period in which government guidance changed. Currently these changes allow us to continue to hold communal worship with the precautions we have in place, if you want to keep up with the ever-updating Church of England guidance it is available on this link:

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches

Let’s continue to pray for wisdom and co-operation across the world as together we seek to care for one another and find healing, recovery and the eventual effective management or eradication of the virus for everyone.

Two weeks away from my phone and email inevitably leads to a backlog of messages that I need to work through, and though I am keen to respond to any of you who have been in contact as quickly as I can, it may take a few days to get back to you. If anything you have sent me is really urgent – do feel able to phone or email again now I am back.

God bless

Samantha