Noticeboard Sunday 6th December to 31st December 2020
8.30am - Holy Communion RETURNED
to Church with social distancing measures in place. Will not be on
FACEBOOK live
11.00am - Morning
Prayer RETURNED to Church with social distancing measures in place also on
FACEBOOK live, please see note below *
Thursday 10th
December
8.00pm - Bible
Study of following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044
Sunday 13th
December
8.30am - Holy Communion RETURNED
with social distancing measures in place. Service will take place
in Small
Hall so
the church will be sterile for 11am service. Will not be on
FACEBOOK live
11.00am - Holy
Communion RETURNED to Church with social distancing measures in place also
on FACEBOOK live, please see note below
Thursday 17th
December
8.00pm - Bible Study of
following Sunday readings via Zoom details Wm. 4621044
Sunday 20th
December
8.30am - Holy Communion RETURNED
to Church with social distancing measures in place. Will not be on
FACEBOOK live
11.00am - The Nine (short) Lessons of
Salvation (no sermon) RETURNED to Church with social
distancing measures in place also on FACEBOOK live, please see note below
*
Christmas Arrangements subject to guidelines – Should we be permitted
Congregate
Thursday 24th December – Christmas Eve
11.30pm - Christmas Eve Midnight Holy Communion in the main hall (for
sanitisation to keep Church for Christmas Day).
Friday 25th
December - Christmas Day
8.30am - Christmas Morning Holy Communion
Service in the Small Hall (to keep church for 11am)
11.00am - Family
Christmas Holy Communion Service
with overflow audio speaker in Church
Grounds or watching via FACEBOOK (please
note the two Halls are not available due to use on Christmas Eve and at
8.30am).
Christmas Arrangements subject to guidelines – Should we be permitted
Congregate
Sunday 27th December
11.00am – Morning
Prayer on FACEBOOK live – NO Live Congregation
As none of the buildings will have had the
required 3 days sanitising time.
Thursday 31st December
11.30pm New
Year’s Eve service in the Main Hall so that church will be sterile for following Sunday Service
Please Note ALL Christmas Plans above are subject to change, and, must
follow Public Health Guidelines set at time for the safety of all.
In Church Services
suspended – Online only till we return to level 2 or lower as per Govt 5 stage
roadmap
Notes:
*On return to
Church please be assured that while the services will still be posted online,
only the Rector and the Ukulele player will feature on camera.
Since the start of the
pandemic the clergy have been advised to receive the wine in Holy Communion on behalf of the
congregation and I would quite understand if people want to receive the bread
spiritually especially as you will be wearing facemasks indoors.
Please read re: reopening:
Once we return to level 2 or lower, or if Govt guidelines change. Only then
will We plan on resuming with our 8.30am Holy Communion service without hymns.
At this service we normally had less than fifteen people so we don’t anticipate
that social distancing will be a problem, this service is quiet and meditative.
As our 11.00am services resume I expect there will be some reluctance for
parishioners to congregate.
We plan on having every third pew in use with two
meters dividing non household members.
Photographs to give an idea of what social
distancing at two meters will look like in church,
If numbers require, we can use our porch and vestry
which are wired for sound and we also have the option of using our halls where
we can broadcast the service live. We will use sheets instead of hymn books and
prayer books. So, plans are in place for keeping everyone safe while still
being able to come together as a parish community. As guidelines recommend
facemasks should be worn while congregating indoors. Please see photos
highlighting social distancing in Church. When people are exiting, we envisage
opening both doors at entrance of church and will encourage people to leave the
building quickly and have a chat outside in the open air. Regarding Holy
Communion, I will wear a mask for the consecration and distribute in the aisle
and I will quite understand if people want to receive spiritually.
All activities
suspended till restrictions lifted
Bible Study will
continue on zoom for now
All Services via
Facebook Live till restrictions lifted
Link to service will be
available on Parish website later in day of recording.
Guidance for religious services
From Department of the Taoiseach
Published on 27 November 2020
Last updated on 27 November 2020
·
2. Choirs (as part of the service), chanting and congregational
singing
Special concession for Places of Worship
to reopen for religious services at Level 3, from 1 December, in light of the
upcoming Christmas period, to be reviewed in January.
This will allow for up to 50
worshippers to attend services with the following protective
measures:
·
2
metre social distancing guidelines adhered to (members of the same household
can sit/stand close together)
·
where
possible separate points of entrance and exit, clearly marked
· no congregation by people outside the
premises before and after any service
·
stewards
on site to assist in this regard
Additional measures to be put in place
to address overcrowding, to include scheduling additional services, increased
stewarding and an advance booking system, where necessary.
Where the size of the premises allows
for a capacity of greater than 50 this may be permitted only where:
·
social
distancing guidelines are adhered to
·
the
premises can be subdivided into distinct sections (cordoned or marked
appropriately) of not more than 50 persons in each
section
·
there
is a minimum of 4 metres between sections
·
each
section having its own entrance/exit route
·
there
are separate arrangements for elements of the service involving close contact, for example the distribution of Holy
Communion
·
strictly
no movement of people between sections before, during or after the service
·
the
premises is well-ventilated
Services should not exceed one hour (this
includes entrance and exit times) with at least one hour between
services to allow for cleaning and ventilation and to avoid crowding/overlap.
Specific guidance on this will be
provided.
Numbers permitted at these events
remains at 25 (as per Level 3) for ceremony and reception.
