On Monday the government announced their roadmap out of lockdown. Although, there is a long way to go and nothing is certain, there is a very real prospect of normal church services with no social distancing restrictions in place at the end of June. We can truly begin to think about Post-Covid church!
Over the last few weeks we have been looking at the key aims of the church: Prayer, Care and Share as part of a series called: 'Post-Covid Church: What kind of church is God calling us to be?'
In the next few weeks we will be looking at three areas that we are keen to reimagine and reignite as we come back together as a church:
- Praising Creatively
- Loving Locals (Showing compassion to our communities).
- Growing Faith (Helping our children and young people to grow up in the faith).
We are forming three Reimagine and Reignite Teams to work out how we can develop these areas of our church life as we come out of lockdown. It has been great to see some coming together virtually to think imaginatively about how we truly can be the kind of church God is calling us to be in these areas.
This week we begin with praising creatively. While we look forward to praising God together in the church building in song once more, we can also give thanks for all those who in various ways have contributed so much to our online services. They truly have helped to enable us to be a church that continues to praise God creatively - despite the Pandemic!
Do consider if you could contribute to the opener for this Sunday's service. We simply want you to video yourself saying what your favourite hymn or song is. See prayer below for more details.
Update on Recent Announcements
This Sunday there will be a short video interview with Claire Coleman who will be joining us as a curate in July as part of our online service.
Also hot off the press, I now have the date of my licensing to be Priest in Charge at St. George's: Tuesday 27th April, 7pm.
