Worship from Christ Church 
Broadcast Sunday 13th September 2020

"Holy Communion and School Bag Sunday"

NEWS

​News and Notices  -  Sunday 6th September   2020

Dear Friends
There will be a Service of Family Worship with Sunday School   in Christ Church , on   Sunday 13th September    at 10.00 a.m.  in Church.
We are starting a new series on
“THE BOOK OF ACTS”
Everyone is welcome to live worship, but an act of worship will be broadcast  on Facebook. The link is  : https://www.facebook.com/staineschristchurch 
This recorded service is available on Facebook for the next few weeks and on the website

Thursday 17th  September  
10.00a.m. Holy Communion   

Next week 20th September Family Worship – Our second look at Acts will be about  1st Century People and St Peter after Pentecost.

CHURCH  NEWS
Sunday 27th September – Because of Covid we will not be holding a formal Harvest Festival BUT we are using this Sunday as a “Support MANNA Sunday”. There will be boxes outside of the church for donations to MANNA. Please do give generously.

Wi-Fi is  now available in Church –  find the network called ChristChurch . You need the Password  which can be found on the notice board .

Thanks to Waites for their work on the entrance to the church. You will be able to see how clean it looks”  The job will take another week to complete.  A huge thanks to Waites the builders. They are currently building the new Matthew Arnold School and are doing this for us at no cost as part of their service to the local community.

Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held on Sunday 18th October in church after the 10.00 service.  In a normal year it would have been completed by the 30th April, but we are in exceptional circumstances!
There will be elections for
2 Deanery Synod places
4 places on the PCC
If you are interested, please see Michael who would love to talk to you about what is involved.

Electoral Roll
If you are not on the electoral roll please see Michael after the service or contact Linda Masterson (linda.masterson3@btinternet.com) who is our electoral roll officer.
 
The Church Annual Report and Accounts  for 2019  was agreed at this weeks PCC. We are not able to give them out in Church but the report can be found on the website.  If anyone would prefer a hard copy  - please let me of Carol Bartlett know and we will arrange for one to delivered- just let us know.
Covid Notices
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Please note our restrictions which we need to be careful to implement. They are all on the website. Churches are exempt from the “rule of 6” so we are allowed to continue to meet.

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The Annual Report and Accounts for the PCC for 2019 

COVID Notices

Please note our restrictions which we need to be careful to implement.

We are grateful for the way in everyone has so graciously lived with the “new way of being”
We are still strongly advised to wear masks in worship but there are valid exemptions for some individuals and groups not to wear a face covering in these settings. In particular, those who are leading services or events in a place of worship, and those who assist them (for instance by reading, preaching, or leading prayer) do not always need to wear a face covering, although one should be worn especially if physical distancing cannot be maintained (i.e. distributing consumables). This exemption does not apply to worshippers, who should wear face coverings consistent with the requirements for any other public space.

I am sure we  don’t need to remind you the 5 K’s for coming  church
 
 
KEEP TWO METRES APART  

KEEP YOU HANDS TO YOURSELF   touch as little as you can

KEEP CLEAN – Use hand gel on entry and exit

KEEP AWAY  If you have  got any symptoms of Covid 19

KEEP QUIET  at least as possible in the church building

Everyone has been so well behaved  thank you so much
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Just another note (to comply with our GDPR policy). We must keep a track and trace attendance record.
The document will be kept for 21 days.

​HALL HIRE :- For prices and booking information
please contact Carol Bartlett  (carol.mistral@googlemail.com) 07931 858563

Click for Hall Hire

GALLERY

 We support Canaan Christian Ministries and  encourage people to call in the shop for their purchases of books and card.

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Parish Safeguarding Statement.  We follow the Diocese of London Guidelines, and keep updated through regular training at Diocesan House, and through personal contact with the Diocese Safeguarding Officer. We have a Parish Safeguarding Policy which can be found on this website. All our volunteers who work with our children or young people are DBS checked (or are in the process of being checked) and receive Safeguarding training. We review the Safeguarding Policy each year and report to our PCC twice yearly. Our Safeguarding role also covers the care of Vulnerable Adults, i.e. those who are 18+ years and up to our eldest members.
​Our Safeguarding Officer is Luani Baird tel  07887843142 (luanibaird @gmail.com)