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
Join us! We meet at 9am and 10.45 (shared refreshments at 10.15). We are a growing church and have new people every week, so visitors are always welcome.
Our regular evening service takes place at 5pm on the 1st Sunday only (Breakthrough Worship). We are open for private prayer Wed-Sat, 9.30am to 3.30pm whilst Chimes is open.
