TEMPORARY CANCELLATION OF SERVICESIn light of the highly infectious Coronavirus variant and having consulted with the Parochial Church Council, the churchwardens have decided that all services at St Mary's Church, Weeford, are cancelled for the foreseeable future.There will be no services until at least 21st February 2021 when the position will be reviewed.<span style="font-size: 1rem;">There will be some online service provision. If you do not currently receive links to online services, please email our Lay Reader, Gill Hollis, </span>gillhollis@cooptel.net<span style="font-size: 1rem;"> (for preference) or 01543 432107.</span>We do not make this decision lightly and hope that you will understand that we have done it in order to keep everyone safe and to avoid the risk of putting any additional burden on the NHS.Please be assured of our prayers for you all. We will keep you updated if the situation changes at all.You can follow regular prayers and services for our three parishes at:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoKnuUe7DF8KzQ1tYYZN_nQAt home you are encouraged to make use of the wide range of resources on our Church website especially under the spirituality and Bible sections.http://ourvillagechurch.org.uk/spirituality/A comprehensive service at home booklet on the what's on page of our website: https://tinyurl.com/y62e9sajLichfield Cathedral Worship Onlinehttps://www.lichfield.anglican.org/.../join-worship-online<strong> </strong>The Archbishops and others have emphasised that we will be part of “a different sort of church in these coming months”, that “Our life is going to be less characterised by attendance at church on Sunday, and more characterised by the prayer and service we offer each day”. Alongside churches throughout the nation and world, let us be open to the Spirit’s leading in these unsettling and unknown times. This may be a time unlike any other when we can reconnect with God through patterns of prayer.
Our parishes are now in a ‘vacancy’ (sometimes known as an ‘interregnum’). Lichfield Diocese is just beginning a nine-month structural review called ‘Shaping for Mission’. This means that we should be prepared to wait a good number of months before we know whether we will have another Vicar or perhaps be linked with other parishes. At the moment we will continue with roughly the pattern of services to which we have become accustomed since churches reopened in July.We <span style="font-size: 1rem;">will have a service at 11.30 am on all Sundays, which will either be Morning Worship or Said Eucharist.</span>You are encouraged to make full use of the wide range of resources on our Church website, especially the prayer and spirituality sections. Website: www.ourvillagechurch.org.uk<span style="font-size: 1rem;"></span>
