CHURCHES OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER
Good news this week is that the lockdown on churches is partially lifted so that people can go for private prayer. No services yet! Church people are doing risk assessments and devising ways of keeping us all safe – so check with your church to discover the current situation. Here’s what Jane has managed to glean so far:
- St John the Baptist Church, Lowick open at all times – hand sanitiser at the door together with guidance about use of the church. Individuals visiting are recommended to use the right-hand side of the front pew, behind the offertory candles. The Area Dean, Rob Kelsey, conducts online services robert.josephkelsey@live.com
- Berwick Parish Church is open from 1 – 4 from Monday to Friday if you’re in town
- Wooler URC is going through its risk assessments etc and details of opening arrangements will be on their website – www.woolerurc.org.uk – and in the meantime weekly services over the summer are concentrating on selected Psalms
- St Ninian’s Roman Catholic Church, Wooler – no information currently available
- Wooler Evangelical Church – no plans to open building as yet but invitation to access weekly Sunday messages posted as videos on our church website: https://www.wooler-evangelical.org.uk/ and contact the minster Michael Veitch michaelgveitch@yahoo.co.uk
WE’LL MEET AGAIN………..
Following the death of Dame Vera Lynn on Thursday, the Parish Council decided that it would be appropriate to honour her life, and contribution to our country and its history, by flying the Union Flag at half mast.Those who would like to add a tribute to Dame Vera, who was so recently remembered at the VE Day 75th Commemoration, are very welcome to add a comment below.
So once more the words of her most famous song:
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
‘Till the blue skies chase
Those dark clouds far away
And I will just say hello
To the folks that you know
Tell them you won’t be long
They’ll be happy to know
That, as I saw you go
You were singing this song
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day
And I will just say hello
To the folks that you know
Tell them you won’t be long
They’ll be happy to know
That, as I saw you go
You were singing this song
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day.
PREPARING AND PROTECTING AS LOCKDOWN EASES
Amanda Worlock, from the Parish Council, provided a thoughtful summary of the situation at the present time for our last Stay Connected Meeting. We thought it was appropriate to publish it here.
Now that restrictions are being lifted and we all navigate our way around the new government guidance on travel, social distancing and who we can and can’t visit, plus the worry of test,trace and isolation, many of us will feel more concerned about keeping safe than we did with the very easily understood rules in Lockdown.
This is the time to think even more about how vulnerable many people remain. As we all start to cautiously step out of lockdown we need to remind ourselves that while trying to protect ourselves we also have a duty to make others feel safe too. Not only physically, but also psychologically. We need to be kind to those who are more fearful and show them respect.
We all make decisions based on our own assessment of the risks we are prepared to take for our wellbeing, be it mental health or physical health. What may be acceptable to me may not be alright for someone else. Accepting this is important and showing understanding and patience towards each other will help everyone take the steps back to the ‘new normal’ world we now live in.
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