Following the Church of England advice on face coverings, we are now asking that people wear face coverings when attending St Matthew and St Luke's. The full advice from the Church of England can be read on their website at https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2020-07///COVID%2019%20advice%20on%20face%20coverings%20v1.0.pdf
Our Saturday Facebook Family Services will continue to be live at 3pm.Our telephone service will continue with Morning Prayer every Sunday from 9:30pm.If you have any questions, queries or comments please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
You may be aware that the Government announced last week that Churches can reopen for public worship. We are hard at work behind the scenes trying to make sure that we can comply with all the regulations. The Government guidelines were released this morning, and we are awaiting further clarification from The Church of England, as well as the Diocese of Durham. Once we have these we will be in a better position to announce when/how we will be able to reopen for public worship.Our online service pattern will have a slight change, but we will continue to live stream services here on Facebook, with Sunday Worship coming from church at 11am, and Evening Prayer from the loft at 6pm. If you have any questions/queries please get in touch and we will try to answer your questions as best we can.
Our Church Council met last night via Zoom to discuss reopening our church building for private prayer in line with Government guidelines.The church will be open on Wednesdays from 10am-noon and Saturdays from 4-6pm.If you are in a vulnerable group we would encourage you to follow the relevant Government guidelines.There will be hand sanitisers at the entrance and exit, with people entering on Brinkburn Road and leaving through the porch onto Hazel Avenue.We have taped off alternate pews to help maintain social distancing with yellow tape indicating where people should sit.If you have any questions please get in touch with us