Notices & Information
The following is published in the 'Notices & Information' section of our Web Site for those Church goers and others who may not have the opportunity to read the posters on the Church Notice Board.
A few of our pre'lockdown' Church social activities remain suspended at present owing to the Coronavirus Pandemic, but shown below are a number of church social/gatherings that will now take place.
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Pagham United Reformed Church
Morning worship will continue every Sunday at the normal time. Now that all Covid legal restrictions have been lifted, it is important for us to recognise that what some will feel happy with, others will not and as such, there must be compromise, in however we proceed. Colossians 3:12-14 teaches us an important lesson about living as a Christian community and respecting the views of all our brothers and sisters. It is with this as a ‘backdrop’ your Church leadership has decided the following guidance will apply:
· Respect each other’s personal space – ie when seated or during conversation before and after the service. The chairs are now back in their normal positions but there are enough to allow for social distancing if wished.
· Hand sanitisers will remain in place at all doors and we request that they still be used.
· If you have particular needs regarding where you sit, speak to one of the Elders on door duty who will do their best to accommodate all needs
· It will be your personal choice to wear a face covering whilst entering or moving about inside the church (especially if we suddenly find ourselves packed to the rafters!!) but you will be respectfully asked to wear one whilst singing. If, however, when you are seated you find it more comfortable to remove your mask, please do.
· Doors and windows will still be opened fully, for ventilation and air flow, so if you sit near the back of the church, be prepared for the draughts!
· A review will take place at each Elders meeting to assess views and adjust if necessary. If you have concerns therefore, please speak to one of the Elders, or Helen our Minister.
We very much hope that this will enable us all to get back to something close to ‘normal’ but it is also abundantly clear that people are still very nervous for a number of very good reasons and we as a Christian community are called to care deeply and feel compassion for one another. We want church to feel like a safe space for everybody- no exceptions and to achieve this, there must be a level of compromise that we must accept.
· Respect each other’s personal space – ie when seated or during conversation before and after the service. The chairs are now back in their normal positions but there are enough to allow for social distancing if wished.
· Hand sanitisers will remain in place at all doors and we request that they still be used.
· If you have particular needs regarding where you sit, speak to one of the Elders on door duty who will do their best to accommodate all needs
· It will be your personal choice to wear a face covering whilst entering or moving about inside the church (especially if we suddenly find ourselves packed to the rafters!!) but you will be respectfully asked to wear one whilst singing. If, however, when you are seated you find it more comfortable to remove your mask, please do.
· Doors and windows will still be opened fully, for ventilation and air flow, so if you sit near the back of the church, be prepared for the draughts!
· A review will take place at each Elders meeting to assess views and adjust if necessary. If you have concerns therefore, please speak to one of the Elders, or Helen our Minister.
We very much hope that this will enable us all to get back to something close to ‘normal’ but it is also abundantly clear that people are still very nervous for a number of very good reasons and we as a Christian community are called to care deeply and feel compassion for one another. We want church to feel like a safe space for everybody- no exceptions and to achieve this, there must be a level of compromise that we must accept.
Please let anyone you know, and who may be intending to come to our Sunday services, of the situation
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this difficult time.
Helen and Colin will be holding an “Open House” afternoon at the Manse in Chichester on Sunday 5th September 2021 from 2 to 5pm' This is a good chance for you to get to know each other better and to meet some of the folk from Christ Church. The Manse address can be obtained from our Church Secretary.
Saturday 18 September 2021
In our Church Hall
10.00am - 11.30am
Raising Funds
For Macmillan Cancer Care
Fish & Chips Fellowship
Come and join us for a Fish & Chip lunch in our Church at 12.30pm on Friday 24th September 2021. The desserts, provided by our ladies, are delicious and this will be followed by tea or coffee to complete the meal. In order to cater for the numbers that will be attending we need you to put your name on the list that will be pinned on the Church Notice Board in the Vestibule a few weeks before the event.
We are looking forward to seeing you and your family at this ‘social get together’. Bring your friends along with you. You do not have to be a church member.
Everyone will be made very welcome
We are looking forward to seeing you and your family at this ‘social get together’. Bring your friends along with you. You do not have to be a church member.
Everyone will be made very welcome
Sunday 26th September 2021
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Following our 'Morning Worship' at 10.45am we will gather outside to witness a short ceremony dedicating a tree growing in our church grounds to the memory of Lillian Sears.
Like branches on a Tree
We all grow in different directions
Yet our roots remain as one
Thursday 30th September 2021
We meet for tea at 2.30 pm in the Church Hall to remember those from our fellowship whom we lost
during the past year.
(Further details will be announced nearer the time)
Pagham URC Church Hall
Saturday 2nd October 2021
6.00pm for 6.30pm
With Ploughman's Dinner
£8 per person
Please come and support us
Sunday 3rd October 2021
Harvest Festival
Church Service
10.30am
Harvest Gifts for Bognor Regis
Food Bank
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Later in the afternoon Helen and Colin will be holding an “Open House” afternoon at the Manse in Chichester from 2 to 5pm' This is a good chance for us to get to know each other better and to meet some of the folk from Christ Church. The Manse address can be obtained from our Church Secretary.
Positive Thinkers
Harvest Service
'The Chichester and Bognor Regis Positive Thinkers' will be holding a Harvest Service in our Church at 2.30pm on Thursday 7th October 2021. This is a group supporting local people living with dementia and their carers.
We will be supplying refreshments after this service.
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th October 2021
Harvest of Talents at Christ Church.
Details to follow!
Pagham United Reformed Church
14 October 2021
with Helen
at 10.00am
in our Church Hall
Please join us if you can
A warm welcome awaits you
Pagham United Reformed Church
24th October 2021
Worship at 10.45am
Special collection for Bible Society
Please bring any collection boxes/globes
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Please note that at 6.00pm there will be a
at Christ Church where you will also be given a very warm welcome
Fish & Chips Fellowship
Come and join us for a Fish & Chip lunch in our Church at 12.30pm on Friday 29th October 2021. The desserts, provided by our ladies, are delicious and this will be followed by tea or coffee to complete the meal. In order to cater for the numbers that will be attending we need you to put your name on the list that will be pinned on the Church Notice Board in the Vestibule a few weeks before the event.
We are looking forward to seeing you and your family at this ‘social get together’. Bring your friends along with you. You do not have to be a church member.
Everyone will be made very welcome
at 11.45am
on 31st October 2021
Our former minister the Revd Bruce Allinson has agreed to lead this service. We plan to also make this our much delayed farewell and 'thank you' to Bruce and his very supportive wife Lisa who was an Elder at our Church and who was also very much involved in the social activities of the church where her excellent culinary skills were put to full use and enjoyed by us all. At this special church service we will be participating in bible reading, song and prayers chosen by Bruce.
COME AND JOIN US
YOU WILL BE MADE VERY WELCOME
We intend to recommence our Teapot cafe meetings at 10.00am on 2nd November 2021 when some of our guests from residential homes may be able to come along again. This will be confirmed prior when we next update our Church Activities schedules.
By clicking on the
'Church Activities'
icon shown below you can read the full list that is planned for the rest of the year provided of course that there are no further 'lockdown' restrictions to make us review it.
