Electoral Roll
If you have been sent a form to join the electoral roll, then please make sure you return it by Sunday 2nd May so you can be included on the roll for our Annual Meeting on 18th May at 7:30pm you need to send the application in by Sunday 2nd May.
In-Person Church
We are not expecting the government covid restrictions on meeting in church to change before 21st June, but we are hopeful that most if not all of those restrictions will be lifted after that date. In the meantime, people are welcome to attend in-person church, but it will really help us to manage this effectively if people register first. You can read about how church is operating and find a link to online registration on this web page.
At present we still have less than thirty people attending each week. We reckon we could fit around sixty people in a service while still following the restrictions and staying covid safe.
We have a good team of volunteers to help enable the church to operate at present, but we would love to have a few more volunteers. If you want to attend and volunteer then you can indicate your desire to volunteer on the registration form. When you do this you will be asked a few additional questions about how you would like to volunteer. I am hoping to draw up a rota for May and June next week, so if you wish to volunteer to help in those months, please make sure you register by Monday 26th April.
PCC Briefing
The PCC met on Monday night on Zoom. We were joined at the start by Claire Coleman who will be joining us as curate at the start of July. This was a good opportunity to introduce members of the PCC to her and for her to say more about herself and ask questions.
The other major discussion of the evening was to consider the many church activities that closed down at the start of the Pandemic and to discuss when we should aim to restart them - if at all. It was a helpful discussion that showed a range of attitudes to re-opening from the more cautious and slow approach to those who saw the need to offer opportunities for groups to run as soon as possible. Please pray for our congregation as we make these plans across different areas of church life.
We also decided that this year's Harvest Appeal would be to support Tearfund's Recover Together appeal, which aims to campaign for everyone in every country to have access to a tested covid-vaccine.
Vera Kenney's Legacy
Many of you would have known and will miss Vera Kenney, who sadly died about a year ago at the great age of ninety. As well as being Trevor's mum, she was one of the longest standing and most faithful members of St. Luke's.
We have now received a generous gift of £10,000 for St. Luke's in her memory. This will be the first contribution to our new Capital Fund. That is money that is restricted to be used on one-off development projects, rather than ongoing running costs or maintenance.
