A warm welcome from Melbourne Parish Church

It is a great joy to welcome worshippers into Melbourne Parish Church.

Sadly, our Rector Revd Steve Short is unwell and on sickness leave at the present time. We ask that you hold Steve, his wife Rachel and their children in your prayers. As a result of this, the Benefice is now in a ’temporary Vacancy’ and the Area Dean, the Revd Mike Firbank and the Churchwardens have been appointed as Sequestrators, acting in Rector Steve’s place. This means they make the decisons that would have been made by the Rector.

Our curate, Revd Alan Winfield, is working extremely hard to ensure that we keep church life on track and moving forward as far as possible. We appreciate the support from visiting clergy.

In recent weeks we have been delighted to again hold weddings and baptism services which is indeed a move in the right direction.

Following Church of England guidance we are moving forward and now open our church doors on a daily basis from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. We are delighted to welcome visitors once again to enjoy our beautiful church. We continue as below:

• It is no longer a requirement to book places for services.
• Members of the congregation may choose whether to wear a face covering to protect themselves and others but are still asked to keep social distance as far as possible.
• We will remain in pews for the peace, offering a wave or smile to those around us.
• The Sunday 8 o’clock Service has restarted. It may be that a Priest or Authorised Minister is not available every week to take this service but there are congregation members prepared to lead Morning Prayer if this is the case.
• Sunday 10.30 Eucharist services are held weekly as well as Thursday morning 9.15 shorter Eucharist services.

For further information please contact:

Parish Office:
Revd Alan Winfield:
Churchwardens:
 

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