Notices & Information
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Pagham United Reformed Church
Church activities suspended at present owing to the
Coronavirus Pandemic
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
STAY SAFE
Watch the news and updates from our Government and NHS on how to avoid catching or spreading coronavirus
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Pagham United Reformed Church
Owing to the Coronavirus, and the Government’s ‘LOCKDOWN’ rules, Sunday morning worship at this Church has been suspended until 4 July 2021. You can of course join our ‘on line’ worship at Christ Church, our sister Church, with whom we share our Minister, the Reverend Helen Higgin-Botham.
Our Church Secretary sends the Christ Church and Pagham news and the link to the ‘on line’ service in advance to those of you who are on her ‘on line’ distribution list, and hopefully you will be able to take part.
In consequence of the latest relaxation of the 'lockdown' restrictions on 21 June it is confirmed that we will resume Sunday Morning Worship at Pagham on Sunday 4th July at 10.45am. As you will be aware we will continue to be subject to the revised Coronavirus safeguards that are considered vital to ensure we remain virus free. You should come to church prepared with a mask. We will have hand sanitisers for your use and you will need to abide by the social distancing rules as before.
This was always expected to change on 21 June and has now been reviewed by the Government. The continuing restrictions, in England, will now hopefully end on 19 July. The government will continue to monitor the data and the move to the next change will be confirmed one week in advance.
However, prior to that, some restrictions will alter. From 21 June, there will be changes to the rules on:
The guidance shown above will all be dependent on cases, deaths and hospital admissions continuing to fall, so 19 July is likely to be the earliest date the present restrictions will be lifted or altered.
It is of course essential that you watch the news and updates from our Government as the rules to safeguard us can be altered at fairly short notice.
This was always expected to change on 21 June and has now been reviewed by the Government. The continuing restrictions, in England, will now hopefully end on 19 July. The government will continue to monitor the data and the move to the next change will be confirmed one week in advance.
However, prior to that, some restrictions will alter. From 21 June, there will be changes to the rules on:
- weddings and civil partnership ceremonies and wedding receptions or civil partnership celebrations
- commemorative events following a death such as a wake, stone setting or ash scattering
- large events
- care home visits
- domestic residential visits for children
The guidance shown above will all be dependent on cases, deaths and hospital admissions continuing to fall, so 19 July is likely to be the earliest date the present restrictions will be lifted or altered.
It is of course essential that you watch the news and updates from our Government as the rules to safeguard us can be altered at fairly short notice.
The information and guidance shown above will be regularly reviewed
in line with Government guidance
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.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Our (not so new) minister, Revd Helen Higgin-Botham would like the chance for all of you, who attend our Pagham Church, to meet her and Colin, her husband, at an informal event. We plan to do this with tea and cake on Friday 16th July at 2.30pm. We will meet in the Church as the hall is booked. We do hope you will all try to come.
Helen then hopes to be based in the office at Pagham every Friday.
Helen then hopes to be based in the office at Pagham every Friday.
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MORE GOOD NEWS
We plan to start Dinner Services again on the 5th Sunday in the month.
The first one will be Sunday 29th August at 11.45am. This will be led by the Elders. Bernie and Penny plan to tell you more about our Commitment for Life and a group called the Sabeel-Kairos URC Action group which supports the people of Palestine.
Our next Dinner Service will be on 31st October at 11.45am and 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.
Our next Dinner Service will be on 31st October at 11.45am and 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.
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TEAPOT CAFE
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FUTURE PLANS
We hope to recommence our Teapot cafe meetings in the autumn when some of our guests from residential homes may be able to come along again.
Please note that on Thursday 7th October at 2.30pm 'The Chichester and Bognor Regis Positive Thinkers' will be holding a harvest service in our Church. This is a group supporting local people living with dementia and their carers.
We will be supplying refreshments after this service.
Please note that on Thursday 7th October at 2.30pm 'The Chichester and Bognor Regis Positive Thinkers' will be holding a harvest service in our Church. This is a group supporting local people living with dementia and their carers.
We will be supplying refreshments after this service.