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CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Please be advised that in light of the Government guidance around non-essential contact, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued advice that public worship is suspended until further notice.
The Archbishops call for the Church of England to become radically different, as public worship is put on hold to help stem the spread of coronavirus (see link).
We are exploring how we use 'Zoom' to provide interactive online services - please see article below.
Here (link) is our Weekly Newsletter for Sunday, 5 April 2020. It contains the bible readings and prayers for this Sunday, along with some helpful commentary from Daphne Harrison (LLM). There are also some community notices.
A new Facebook page is being created (see link).
Initial Church Contacts are given below. Please get in touch if you think we might be able to help in any way, whether spiritually or practically.
CONTACT ARRANGEMENTS DURING INTERREGNUM & CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Contact details during this time will be as follows:
Baptisms - Initial enquiries via:
Weddings - Initial enquiries via:
Funerals - Initial enquiries via:
Pastoral Care - Initial enquiries via:
Other General Enquiries - Initial enquiries via:
ONLINE SERVICES USING ZOOM
Following experimentation, we are now ready to trial offering a number of online Worship Services, using an online system called Zoom. The latter requires the downloading of an App (free) onto your device (smartphone, iphone, tablet, laptop or PC). It provides a remote conferencing service that supports online meetings.
If you might like to participate, please e-mail Margaret Nicholas:
to be included on our e-mail distribution list. In advance of each Service, we will e-mail you to provide: the link address, the MeetingID and the Password.
The Services, to be led by Daphne Harrison LLM, are as follows:
Saturday, 4 April 2020 at 10:00am - 'Coffee Morning' (experimental)
Sunday, 5 April 2020 at 9:30am - Palm Sunday Service (Service Sheet)
Monday, 6 April 2020 at 8:00 pm - Compline Service (Service Sheet)
Tuesday, 7 April 2020 at 8:00 pm - Compline Service (Service Sheet)
Wednesday, 8 April 2020 at 8:00 pm - Compline Service (Service Sheet)
Thursday, 9 April 2020 at 8:00 pm - Passover Service
Friday, 10 April 2020 at 2:00 pm - At the Foot of the Cross
Sunday, 12 April 2020 at 9:30 am - Easter Morning Service
BBC RADIO 4 SERVICE FOR PALM SUNDAY
Sunday, 5 April 2020 at 08:10 am on BBC Radio 4 (for 40 mins).
Theme: Walking in the company of Jesus
You can also listen live, or access recordings of previous services, via BBC Sounds (link)
ST LUKE'S, SEVENOAKS - SERVICE LIVE STREAMING & RECORDINGS
Service to be live streamed on Sunday, 5 April 2020; at 10:10am for a 10:15am start; and available afterwards as a recording.
Link: http://stlukes-sevenoaks.org.uk/live/
You can also download, in advance, the service sheet via the same link; and view recordings of previous services.
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, SEVENOAKS - RESOURCES
St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks are making available online resources of various sorts, including live-streamed and recordings of Services, and resources for children. These can all be accessed via their website: http://www.stnicholas-sevenoaks.org/
BBC1 SONGS OF PRAISE
Programme to be broadcast on BBC One TV on Sunday, 5 April 2020 at 1:15 pm, and then available on I-Player.
Theme: Palm Sunday in Glasgow
Then available on I-Player (link)
BBC RADIO 4 (LW) WEEKDAY DAILY SERVICE
Every weekday:
BBC Radio 4 LW (198kHz) broadcast a Daily Service at 9:45 am, lasting 15-minutes.
A catch-up service is available on the BBC website (link).
CHURCH OF ENGLAND - CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) - GUIDANCE FOR CHURCHES
The Church of England has published guidance for churches, which can be accessed via the following links:
http://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches
Church of England, Coronavirus Liturgy and Prayer Resources:
http://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-liturgy-and-prayer-resources
References are also provided to Government and NHS guidance:
http://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response
Please don't forget donations of non-perishable food are urgently required every week, as part of our support for the Community Food Bank. Contributions can be left in the basket at the back of the Church.