Life at Christ's Church 25.3.20

Obviously over the last few days we’ve had sweeping changes to our lives – in all areas!

The Church building can longer be open, which is very sad – but the GOOD NEWS is that even though the building is closed – THE CHURCH IS STILL OPEN!

STILL OPEN through our social media sites – this website, our Facebook pages, Twitter and Instagram

which have sermon vlogs, blogs, prayers, information and much, much more to keep us focused on the positive and hopeful rather than all the panic and fear of so much around us.

STILL OPEN through email and telephone – The Vicarage: 01204 525196, parishsec@hotmail.co.uk

Always someone there to answer your queries, to offer support and arrange help with shopping etc.

We have an amazing group of wonderful people who have offered to phone regularly for a chat or to do shopping, collect prescriptions, etc.

Just let us know if you need us.

STILL OPEN many of our church group leaders have been phoning round members of our congregation whom they know, to find out if everything is going OK in these difficult and uncertain times. However, it may be we don’t have your full contact details and if that is case please do contact us if we can be of any help at all.

STILL OPEN to receive your desperately needed food for the Grub Tub, which is now in the front porch of The Vicarage, so on your daily exercise you could pop by and drop it in. We will be taking it to Urban Outreach regularly.

STILL OPEN to receive your orange envelopes as we try to keep our Grade II listing building warm and aired to protect it ready for service beginning again the future. Maybe you’d like to change your gift to a standing order through your bank – just download the form HERE and return to your bank.

Finally:

In this time of fear and uncertainty we have to lean heavily on what the scripture tells us. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind.” - the words of scripture haven’t changed!

God is seated immovably upon the throne and continues to have

“plans to prosper us and not to harm us but to give us a hope and future”.

Stick with us, there’s a lot we’re all going to be processing over the next weeks and months, so why not journey through this as a family – a CHURCH FAMILY.

Let’s choose to support each other if we can’t meet to worship.

Because He’s still good, even when life is not.

May the Lord keep you safe and hold you in his loving arms.

God bless

Wendy