There has been new guidance issued advising that face coverings should be worn in church and also in takeaways (so, for us, the Chimes area). This is mainly intended to protect other people, not the wearer, from COVID-19 and they are not a replacement for physical distancing and regular hand washing. All visitors to the church building will still be asked to sanitise their hands on entry, but should now also cover their faces. The advice from the Church of England is attached for you to read. For obvious reasons, it is not required whilst sitting down to eat or drink – either outside or in – at Chimes.

CARE LINKS
Quite a large number of people very kindly agreed at the beginning of us being confined to our homes, to be Care Link Leaders, telephoning people weekly. Some Leaders had just a few people to phone: others had a dozen or more in their links, so this has been a costly ministry they have been serving in. I know that many of you really appreciated a call each week and will be extremely grateful to the Leaders for how they have given of themselves and their time during recent months. As restrictions ease, we now need to reasses the situation, as for many people the same level of contact is no longer needed. Some Care Link Leaders need to be released from calling as their circumstances have changed. However, we appreciate that this contact may be still really helping some individuals through this storm. We are all in the same storm but in different boats.

When you next hear from your Care Link Person, they may be explaining that they are now stopping calls altogether for now. If you would still like a call, let them know and we will allocate you a new person. Some Leaders may explain that they are willing to still call you. However, they won’t be offended if you say that you no longer require weekly contact. We are still church family and I encourage you to be real and open with one another so that we can best serve and support one another going forward.

NEW WINE UNITED BREAKS OUT THIS WEEK
What a great opportunity we have this week to worship and to receive great teaching along with thousands of other Christians (30th July – 3rd August). We really recommend this to you. There are also amazing activities that will be provided for children and youth groups. All the information you need to access events can be found here:

https://breaksout.new-wine.org

THIS WEEK AT CSK
Tuesday 7:30pm Prayer live on Facebook
Thursday/Friday/Saturday 10am to 2pm – Church open for personal prayer and Chimes open for takeaway service – seating in Snug or outside
Sunday 10am – Sunday Short All Together at 10am

ZOOM COFFEE
As it’s first Sunday, we will be hosting our Zoom after-service coffee – join from 10.40. It is always a huge blessing to see people that we often haven’t seen in months, even if just on the screen. Remember that we split off into small groups of 4-5, so you won’t be faced with a big screen full of people for the whole meeting!

If you would like to join us please email Rev Rachel Hilditch [email protected] and she will send you the invitation.

See you there!

Psalm 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Every Blessing
CSK Staff Team

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND YOUTH NEWS
For those of you who have been part of our church family for more than three years you will know that we were able to create the two part-time posts of Children and Families Leader and Youth Leader due to a three year match funding grant from Ely Diocese. As a church we have been very aware of the huge positive impact on ministry that having these two positions has had and feel that the Lord wants us to continue with these posts going forward. We are delighted to share with you that after prayerful consideration, Joy has accepted a year extension to her post (through until August 2021) and Toby has accepted a year extension to his post (through until October 2021). Thank you to all who give financially to CSK which has enabled us to offer these extensions. 

If you have a child aged 0 to 11, you will be receiving an email from Joy later this week. If you have not received an email by Sunday, please can you email Joy on [email protected] to let her know.

If you have a child aged 11 , you will be hearing from Toby this week about new plans for Youth on Sundays. If you haven’t heard from Toby by Sunday, please email him on [email protected] to let him know.

CHIMES
Thank you to all those who are supporting Chimes our church coffee shop both by volunteering and enjoying coffee and cakes. New volunteers are always welcome to help on the door, to encourage social distancing and to help clear tables, or to be a listening ear for customers. Please email Rachel on [email protected] if you could offer an hour or two.

QUIZ NIGHT
Huge thanks to the Garfield family for a great fun quiz on Saturday evening. We will look at organising another quiz during the Autumn.

FUTURE EMAILS
We are planning to change our church email system to Mailchimp, email-sending software from which you can unsubscribe at any time, as with the current system. IKnow will still be used for the app, rotas & all other church management. If you gave us permission to email you on iknow, we would now like to use Mailchimp for this purpose. It gives us the advantage of being able to significantly improve the visual content and layout of church emails. If you have any queries, please do email us.

THIS WEEK
Tuesday – Facebook live prayer at 7:30pm
Thursday – Holy Communion Service at 10am (please arrive with a little time to spare, as you will need to sign in for the service.)
Church open for personal prayer – Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 2pm (from 10:40am Thursday due to Holy Communion).
Sunday Short at 10am; Children and Families with Joy at 10:30am and new plans for Youth to be shared by Toby later this week.

Colossians 1: 9 We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.

Every Blessing
CSK Staff Team

SURVEY 
Thank you to those of you who replied to our survey last week. Leadership team looked at your replies and here is a short message to explain our plans for the next few weeks:
https://youtu.be/PBy27LV8Zmc

CHIMES
Thank you to all those who came and supported Chimes last Friday and Saturday. Do keep supporting us. We still need more volunteers to help on the door to encourage social distancing and to help clear tables, and we urgently need someone who would be willing to help Saturdays from 1pm to 3pm with helping clear and pack away. Please email Rachel on [email protected] if you could offer an hour or two. Chimes is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 2pm. Please do support our church coffee shop.

QUIZ NIGHT
Saturday the 19th July, 7:45pm for an 8pm start. The Garfield family are hosting. Do join us for a fun evening.

If you would like to join in please email [email protected]

ADVANCE NOTICE
Sadly the New Wine Summer Conference that a number of us were booked in for has been cancelled. Great news is that we can all now access for free New Wine United Breaks Out from 7:30pm on Thursday the 30th July to Monday the 3rd August 11am. Here’s a link to the full programme so you can see what is going to be available in the way of worship, teaching, seminars, children and youth activities. We really do recommend this to you.

It’s a great opportunity to have a taste of what New Wine is all about

THIS WEEK
Tuesday Facebook live prayer at 7:30pm
Church open for personal prayer Wednesday 7:30pm to 8:30pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 2pm.
Sunday Short at 10am (including sharing bread and wine or whatever food and drink you would like to share in your homes), Childrens and Famillies with Joy at 10:30am and Youth on instalive at 11am
Sunday 5pm Taize Service in the CSK Church Building.

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Every Blessing
CSK Staff Team

CHURCH REOPENING
We are trying to serve you, the church family, to the best of our abilities during these challenging times. For the foreseeable future we will continue to record a Sunday Morning Short service and provide on line activities for our children and youth. In addition, we are looking at what we can offer in the way of services in the church. It is important to us that we provide the best opportunities we can for you all to worship our amazing God, whether at home or within the building.

A very small number of people have expressed to us how they would like to be back in the building for a service. There are many regulations both the Government and Church of England have introduced at this time. For example, we would not be allowed to sing, but there would still be opportunity for music to be used within the service. Everyone would be expected to leave the church building directly after the service, so there will not be any opportunity for chatting and socialising with each other before or after a service.

To help us plan for coming weeks, please could you answer the following five questions, sending your replies by Noon on Thursday the 9th July to [email protected] We have a Leadership planning meeting Thursday evening. Many thanks.

1. If we held a mid-week short Morning Service with some spoken responses, reading, prayers and time to reflect, would you be likely to attend? Yes/No

2. If we held a mid-week Daytime Holy Communion said service, would you be likely to attend? Yes/No

3. If we held a mid-week short Evening Service with some spoken responses, reading, prayers and time to reflect, would you be likely to attend? Yes/No

4. If we held the next Taize Service (Sunday evening 19th July) in the building, would you be likely to attend? Yes/No

5. If we held a short Sunday Morning Said Service with reflective music, reading, talk, prayers, would you be likely to attend? Yes/No

In addition, If you would like to share with us what would help you worship during these challenging times, please do so in your replies to the office. 

NEXT QUIZ NIGHT – SAVE THE DATE
Congratulations to the Garfield family who won the last quiz and will be hosting the next quiz night on Zoom on Saturday the 18th July. 

THIS WEEK
Tuesday Facebook Live prayer at 7:30pm
Thursday Traditional Prayer on YouTube available from 7:30pm
Sunday Short at 10am, Childrens and Famillies at 10:30am and Youth on Instalive at 11am

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Every Blessing
Joel, Joy, Rachel, Sylvia and Toby 

This week the church building will be open for personal prayer at the following times (note that we are open for just one hour each opening time, not two as in the previous two weeks):

Today (Monday) 3pm to 4pm
Wednesday 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Thursday 11am to Noon. 

Weekly News will follow later today or tomorrow.

Have a blessed week
CSK Staff Team 

GOVERNMENT CHANGES
Many of you will have heard that the government has allowed places of worship to reopen for services from Sat 4th July. We have only just received the government information this afternoon and nothing as yet from the diocese, so it will take a little while to process this and to plan accordingly, in order to keep everyone safe.

We know some will be excited at the thought of being back in the building and others will not feel that they are ready. Whatever you feel, you are still part of CSK and we will not rush any changes. We will update everyone when we have a plan for going forward, but for now, online services will continue, as below:

THIS WEEK
7.30pm Tuesday Facebook Live Prayer
7.30pm Thursday traditional evening prayer on YouTube

10am Sunday Short (no separate children’s & families film, but there will be a short craft video), followed by Zoom Coffee from 10.40 for a 10.45 start.
11.30am Youth Insta Live (later time) – with Toby, Esther and new curate Joel
6.30pm Evening Worship on YouTube

ZOOM COFFEE *WITH JOEL, THE NEW CURATE*
Below are the log-in details you will need. We had an excellent session meeting online in small groups last time (Zoom can do this, so don’t be afraid of a big group, we also split into small groups of 4/5). Please do join us to get to meet Joel and his family, at least virtually.

If you wish to join this event and welcome Joel and his family please email [email protected]

BUILDING OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER
The building will be open, as last week, 7-9pm on Wednesday and 10am-12pm on Thursday. This is for drop-in private prayer for individuals or family groups.

2 TIMOTHY 1:9-10
‘He has saved us and called us to a holy life – not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Saviour, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.’ AMEN!

Every blessing
CSK Staff Team

BUILDING OPEN FOR PERSONAL PRAYER THIS WEEK
Monday 22nd: 2pm to 4pm
Wednesday 24th: 7pm to 9pm
Thursday 25th: 10am to Noon
On Thursday we will look into how the opening times have worked this week, so the times may change for next week. 

QUIZ NIGHT THIS WEEK
Sat 27th June, 7.45pm for an 8pm start.
Topic: Quiz
Time: Jun 27, 2020 07:45 PM London

If you would like to join in please email Rachel on [email protected]

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK
Tuesday 7.30pm – Live Prayer on Facebook
Wednesday – Micro-message on YouTube
Thursday – Traditional Evening Prayer on YouTube
Sunday – Sunday Morning Short at 10am, Children’s & Families at 10.30am and Insta Live at 11am for Youth.

SYLVIA REST/BREAK
Sylvia is spending time away from her office and phone from Monday evening (Today) until Sunday. Any pastoral concerns please contact Rachel.

HEBREWS 12:1-3
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

With our love and prayers,
Sylvia & Rachel 

COMING UP THIS WEEK
Tuesday 7.30pm – Live Prayer on Facebook
Wednesday – Micro-message on YouTube
Thursday – Traditional Evening Prayer on YouTube

Sunday – usual Sunday Morning Short at 10am (with the opportunity to be at the Lord’s Table together), children’s & families at 10.30am and Insta Live at 11 for youth.
Sunday Eve, 6pm – Taizoom (if you would like to come please drop an email to [email protected] and Rachel will provide you the details).

BUILDING OPENING
We’re sure you will have seen the news that church buildings are now permitted to be open for private prayer. We are taking this week to get the building ready (thanks to our churchwardens for their hard work on this), so the opening times NEXT week will be:

Monday 22nd: 2pm to 4pm
Wednesday 24th: 7pm to 9pm
Thursday 25th: 10am to Noon

We will probably need to make adjustments to these times as the weeks go on, but we hope that having the building open will provide a much-needed place of quiet reflection for prayer, in the middle of crazy times. N.B. it is for private drop-in prayer only at this time, although family groups can pray together. Chimes, the toilets and the office will not be open.

NEXT QUIZ DATE 
Sat 27th June, 7.45pm for an 8pm start, featuring *new* hosts! And if you have any other ideas for online social gatherings, please let us know.

NEXT ZOOM COFFEE
Sun 5th July, 10.45am – this will be our curate Joel’s first Sunday, so join in to meet him and the family, as well as friends old and new! Thank you to everyone who contributed so kindly to his welcome gift.

PSALM 52:8-9
Even when we feel lost with all the changes, Jesus is our hope and our firm foundation.

‘But I am like an olive tree, flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever. For what you have done, I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good.’

With our love and prayers,
Sylvia & Rachel

JOEL, LAURYN, ELIJAH, SARAH, AND LIZZIE WICKS
Thank you to those who have made donations or brought a card or small gift to welcome the Wicks family. A gentle reminder that you have until the end of Sunday the 14th June if you would like to make a contribution to a welcome hamper and gifts, to be dropped off at 105 Eagle Way, Hampton Vale.

ZOOM COFFEE
A few of the feedback messages from people who joined us for our first virtual coffee meeting Sunday morning at 10:45am:

“Really loved meeting afterwards for coffee together. Great idea. I think the small groups worked very well. I loved the chance to speak with people I haven’t seen for ages.”

“As a technophobe, I was a bit dubious about the Zoom session this morning (Sunday), but was happily surprised how easy it was. It was great to be able to have some relatively normal conversations, and to see people again – and courtesy of the zoom screen to put a few more names to faces!

“I really enjoyed the get together this morning it was lovely to see everyone, catch up and meet new people too.”

We will hold another ZOOM coffee meeting in a few weeks time – watch out for the date.

CHURCHES REOPENING
You may have heard the announcement at the weekend made by the Government that places of worship have been given permission to open for prayer from the 15th June. We are awaiting guidelines from Ely Diocese and will let you know how we plan to make our building available for prayer and the dates and times it will be open when we have further information.

THIS WEEK
Tuesday Evening Prayer will be live on Facebook at 7:30pm. This will allow you to take part live in our prayer meeting by typing in prayer requests. Do log on and join us – if you have already ‘liked’ our CSK Hampton Church page you will automatically be alerted when we go live if you’re logged on to Facebook, so just click when that live notice appears on your screen. The meeting will be available to view on Facebook after the live meeting. 
Wednesday: micro-message.
Thursday: traditional evening prayer.
Sunday 10am Sunday Morning Short Service, 10:30am Childrens and Famillies with Joy, 11am Instalive for youth with Toby.

Numbers 6:24-26
“The Lord bless you
and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”

Sylvia and Rachel 

SATURDAY 6th JUNE – QUIZ NIGHT 
Do join us for a fun quiz on Saturday evening. The Zoom room will be open from 7:45pm and the Quiz will start at 8pm. You don’t have to be a member of Mensa or super clever to take part. It’s a great opportunity to connect as a church family and it isn’t serious or competitive. So grab your drink and snacks if you’d like to, and come and join us ….. we would love to see you or hear your voice if you’d rather not appear on the screen. The details you will need to join the Zoom quiz are at the end of this email.

COFFEE TIME AFTER THE CHURCH SERVICE
Hospitality and spending time chatting has always been an important feature of gathering together on Sundays. An opportunity to have a catch up and conversation. This coming Sunday we are offering you this opportunity again – from your own homes! We are trialing this for just one week so do join us this Sunday. Watch the service at 10am then grab a coffee and join our Zoom coffee meeting at 10:45am. You might be wondering, “How on earth can so many of us talk at the same time on Zoom?” Don’t worry! Zoom offers us ‘break away’ smaller groups so that’s what we plan on doing. We are going to ‘break away’ into groups so you will have the opportunity to chat with 3 or 4 people – then after ten minutes or so, we’ll go into a different break out room. You don’t need to do anything other than accept the invitation that will appear on your screen to join a room (once you’ve entered the larger Zoom gathering where this will all be explained to you on Sunday morning.)

NEW LIVE PRAYER OPPORTUNITY
Due to the fact we are currently unable to access ‘live’ YouTube, tomorrow evening (Tuesday) at 7:30pm we are going to be live on Facebook! This will allow you to take part live in our prayer meeting by typing in prayer requests. Do log on and join us – if you have already ‘liked’ our CSK Hampton Church page you will automatically be alerted when we go live if you’re logged on to Facebook, so just click when that live notice appears on your screen. 

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK
Micro-messages on YouTube on Wednesday and Friday.
Sunday 10am Short when we will be worshipping together as a whole church family, followed by Zoom coffee at 10:45am and Youth on Instalive will be at 11:30am this Sunday (not 11am).

THE ART BLOG AND THIS IS CSK
Thank you to all who sent in pieces of art for our art blog and/or words for our Pentecost film. You can access each on the following links if you haven’t seen them already:

Art Blog https://cskholyweekart.wordpress.com/
This is Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcCtnRV8ISM

Ephesians 3:18-19
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

With our love and prayers
Sylvia, Rachel, Joy and Toby