A warm welcome from Melbourne Parish Church

Opening for Private Prayer

Great news - following approval of the necessary risk assessment by the Archdeacon of Derby, we are able to reopen the church building here in Melbourne for Private Prayer. The building has just been given a thorough spring clean and tidy up in preparation. A huge thank you to everyone who has worked incredibly hard to bring us to this point. These first steps will begin with two, two-hour sessions for private prayer most weeks, on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2-4 pm. The first session will be on Wednesday 29th July. There is a wedding planned for Saturday 15th August, so there will be no private prayer session on that day. Given the continuing risk posed by COVID-19, safety protocols will be in place to protect visitors and the trained volunteers who are making the reopening possible – these measures will include hand sanitising, social distancing, the need to supply contact details for track and trace, a one-way system, restricted numbers and, as a recommendation, the wearing of masks). Volunteers and signs will ask visitors (prayer pilgrims) who are displaying symptoms, who have been with anyone displaying symptoms, who have tested positive in the last 21 days or who have been asked to quarantine (or who have household members who have been asked to quarantine) not to enter. The detailed planning and preparations required to open the church safely for Sunday worship and the large numbers of sight-seers who regularly visit us are also underway. As you can imagine, these may take some time to complete – we will keep you posted. 'The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.' Psalm 121.8

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