Church Opening
The Church will be open for Private Prayer on Sunday 5th July 2.30 – 4.30
We will use this as a pilot to inform future openings
Sunday Worship
If you would like to join in the Diocesan Eucharist, celebrated by our Bishops, it is live streamed at 10 am on Sunday morning.
The website is https://www.oxford.anglican.org/coronavirus-covid-19/livestream/
You will find the order of service to download on this page and the link for the livestream will appear on Sunday morning.
You need to press “play” to see the stream
At 11.30, please do zoom* with us for coffee and to catch up as we normally would after Church. *You should have received a link for this via email
At 7pm we are going to worship together,
Again, the link has been emailed to everyone on our mailing list
Weekly notices
We now have a fairly comprehensive list of emails and are sending out the notices electronically. If you would like to be included, please email us
Parish Pictures
Each week we are sending out a gallery of photographs and good news stories to help us keep in touch. Do send any pictures or stories to the office email (the email that the sheet comes from).
Daily Prayer
You may like to join us for Daily Prayers (noon on Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 7pm Tuesday and Thursday)
Parish Social
Don’t forget the Parish Social on Saturday 11th July at 7.30
Please look out for the zoom link!
Saturday 4th July
NO Community Garden 10.30am-12pm
Sunday 5th July
10.00 Live streamed service by the Bishop
11.30 Coffee and chat via zoom
Church open for Private Prayer 2.30-4.30
7pm simple Worship Service via zoom
Monday 6th July
Midday Prayer via zoom
Tuesday 7th July
7pm Night Prayer via zoom
Wednesday 8th July
Midday Prayer via zoom
Thursday 9th July
7pm Night Prayer via zoom
Friday 10th July
Midday Prayer via zoom
Saturday 11th July
7.30pm Parish Social via zoom
Sunday 12th July
10am Diocesan Live streamed Service
11.30am Coffee and Chat via zoom
7pm Simple Worship Service via zoom
Last updated Friday 3rd July
The latest Government guidance that Church buildings can open for individual private prayer will, I am sure, be a relief for some, and an anxiety for others.
We have spent a long time doing a Risk Assessment and now feel confident that we can open for private prayer on a trial basis.
We are also looking at ways of returning for worship in a safe way which will undoubtedly look very different from the way we worshipped before.
We want St Luke’s to be a place of comfort for our community, but we will not rush and endanger anyone’s health.
If you need someone to talk to, please email us and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.
In the mean time, the Church continues to pray together daily via zoom.
We are keeping our worshipping community connected with virtual social gatherings, by holding our virtual Sunday Club, bible study and by emailing our Sunday notices. There are also emails with links for weekday and Sunday worship and a short message.
If you are not on the email list and would like to be, please contact office@redlandsparish.org.uk
Following the latest government guidelines we are hoping to open the church once a week from the beginning of July. This will be only for individual, private prayer with strict limits on numbers and social distancing measures in place.
Alas, there is no prospect of opening for organised worship in the foreseeable future but we will continue to monitor the latest guidance.
Thank you for my lovely gifts and for all your support over the last three years. I will miss you all immensely 😢
Really good questions to think about.....
sojo.net/articles/8-questions-your-church-needs-ask-reopening
8 Questions Your Church Needs to Ask Before Reopening
sojo.net
How to approach reopening your church wisely and faithfully.
