A warm welcome from Melbourne Parish Church
Welcome Back
It was a huge joy to be able to welcome worshippers back to Melbourne and Stanton at the beginning of September! Thank you so much to everyone who was worked incredibly hard to enable this to happen. The necessary Risk Assessments for Melbourne Church have been completed and after submission to the Archdeacon of Derby, have been approved.
As I have mentioned previously, we are operating in unchartered waters acknowledging those wonderful words from Isaiah 43 ‘when you pass through the waters, I will be with you.’ We are on a very steep learning curve together so please continue to be patient during this particular journey.
Booking your place at Melbourne
Thank you to all those who booked their place using the below contacts. Just a few notes of clarification on the booking process:
-to be as a fair as possible to everyone who might wish to attend, booking will, at present, need to be every week. The booking line and email will be active from 10 am each Monday morning for the following Sunday.
-the above means that block booking isn’t possible but it has been lovely to see that people have been indicating they would like to attend week by week!
To book your place/places (clarifying if you are attending alone or in a ‘bubble’) please contact Rachel Short, ideally by email on: or by phone: 07747 898638. To comply with ‘track and trace’ requirements, worshippers will be asked to supply name and telephone numbers.
If you wish to attend regularly, we will ask permission to keep your details for longer than the current 21-day period to enable ease of booking on future Sundays.
COVID protocols
You will notice that it will take a little longer than usual to enter the church in order to ensure contact details have been taken and everyone has sanitised their hands. Again, in line with national requirements, masks will need to be worn unless you are exempt. Stewards and acting warden (or deputy) will be on hand to show worshippers to their allotted seat as per the seating plan to ensure that social distancing is observed. Entrance will be via the North Door (facing Church Square) and exiting, for approximately half the congregation, by the South Door (facing towards the Pool), sanitising hands once again on leaving.
Calling Private Prayer Pilgrims
A reminder that Individual prayer opportunities are still available in Melbourne Parish Church each Wednesday afternoon from 2-4 pm. No need to book, just turn up. Entry by the North Door. From the 1st November the opening times will change to 12.30 pm – 2 pm. For Remembrance Day, Wednesday 11 November the Church will be open from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm. Our very grateful thanks to the ‘Prayer Pilgrim Team’ for all their work in hosting our prayer pilgrims.
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Also please see the latest bulletin: Current Bulletin
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