New Life Church COVID-19 Update:
We enjoyed our second gathered church service since the lockdown on Sunday 2nd August.
We continued to apply a number of safety precautions in accordance with observing the restrictions associated with Government advice concerning Covid-19. We maintained social distance, wore masks, didn't sing and did not provide any children's work as they were cared for within service by their respective parents/carers. The service itself was shorter and we were not able to provide refreshments.
Despite all of these limitations the feedback was once again really positive and it was lovely to see people we had not seen for some time.
We realise that some will prefer to remain at home and not to attend the meeting at the building, and we will keep going with our online service in parallel with the meeting at the building for those who stay at home. In line with the Government advice we would encourage those who are perceived as at "higher risk" and specifically those with underlying health issues to remain at home.
The format of the meeting will be a mixture of following the first part of the online service, with quizzes, a children’s story, songs of deliverance to lift our hearts in worship; then there will be space for testimonies and then a short message, based on the longer sermon which will have been pre-recorded, that people can watch at home, at their leisure. We anticipate that this will take about an hour.
Because of the need to maintain social distancing, we will have to have a limit on numbers of those who attend the meeting. For this reason, if you are planning to come our services please would you sign up on Church Suite,( link below) indicating how many people will be coming from your household. We are obliged then to take a register of people who come to the meeting, which we have been asked to keep for 21 days, after which we will destroy the list. If you come to the meeting and have not signed up to indicate your attendance, and we are at capacity, we will have to ask you not to enter the building.
This system worked very well last week and we appreciate people taking the time to book in this way.
With all of the above limitations, we still believe that the Lord will presence himself as some of us gather together (Matthew 18:20), and bless the time. Hope to see you if you would like to come and can make it!
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