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Church Services have started - BACK in the BUILDING

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Church Services have started - BACK in the BUILDING

From Sunday August 16th in St. Stephen's church; we started with Morning Worship and will have Benefice Communion here on Sunday 30th August.

It's been deep cleaned and well aired, and anti-coronavirus precautions are in place. The photos below show you what to expect in the way of socially distanced seating and hand cleansing dispensers. Sidespeople will be there to help. There will be a through draft in the church as we will keep the street facing doors open. A one way system will be in operation using both church doors and a toilet will be open. No books will be available but the words and prayers will be on the screen. We hope to see you there and have a socially distanced chat outside the church after the service.

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NEW! CHURCH BUILDINGS ARE NOW OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER

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NEW! CHURCH BUILDINGS ARE NOW OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER

Update

CHURCH BUILDINGS ARE NOW OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER

Following the change in government rules and guidance from the Diocese:

  • St Stephen’s Upper Basildon is open Sundays and Wednesdays from 10am - 6pm;

  • St Clements Ashampstead is open daily from dawn to dusk;

  • St Mary’s Aldworth is also open daily.

Please remember to observe social distancing, use hand gel provided and follow signage in each building.

The Fruit of the Spirit

The Fruit of the Spirit

We are pleased to invite you to join a meeting on Wednesday 10th June

It will be on Zoom, so you can see it on computer or smart phone, or you can listen to it on your phone.

Jonathan, Mike and Rosemary will lead the discussion on ‘The Fruit of the Spirit’. and there will be opportunity for you to join in.

Join us at 7:50 pm (chat) for 8.00 pm start, each Wednesday for about 30 minutes.

You can join Zoom Meeting by clicking on this url around 7:50 pm:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84867831877?pwd=WDNBTWV3SHpZNnFHdVZ0alFIS3kvdz09

This Wednesday will be the last one of fruit of the spirit, but we’ll keep on meeting and move on to a new topic - Paul’s letter to Titus.

Holy Week

Holy Week

Dear Friends

It is with great sadness that I have realised we are starting Holy Week today (Palm Sunday) and that we won’t be able to meet either for our Reflections during Holy Week or services during the Paschal Triduum this year. It is such an important event in the Church calendar. We had services planned right round the Benefice and I was particularly looking forward to celebrating Holy Communion on Easter Sunday with you all. I had even bought 2 kilos of mini foil-wrapped eggs to celebrate Easter with you (they are still in sealed bags untouched by human hands!)

However what I thought might help us during the coming week is a little booklet which one of my fellow curates-in-training has produced. It prints off in a booklet format (print both sides, left binding, portrait.

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Like strangers in a strange land

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Like strangers in a strange land

On Sunday Morning I was thinking about Psalm 137 and the question 'How can we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?' The times are strange right now, we have to do everything differently. My thoughts on the psalm resonated with the situation we are in, so I thought I'd share them with you.

A candle in your window as a visible symbol of the light of life, Jesus Christ