THE CHURCH IS NOW OPEN DAILY
between 10am and 4pm (EXCEPT Mondays)
for visitation and for private prayer.

Do come and enjoy our sacred space once again!

Following the government’s new guidelines,

Parochial Church Council (PCC) decided on July 8 to open the parish church for services of worship beginning on Sunday July 12th at 11am

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Weddings, Baptisms and Funerals

The church is now able to provide a LIMITED space for up to 30 people (socially distanced under the present 2 meter guidelines) for these services.

We recommend for all considering marriage in church that you view the Marriage Course provided by Holy Trinity Church Brompton at:

https://www.htb.org/marriage

For more information on these services please contact us at:

The temporary office email:  saintgileschurch@gmail.com

The church is now open for private prayer and for visitation plus Sunday worship at 11am from Sunday July 12th…..

Worship​

• Daily prayers at 9am on Zoom

• 4pm Evening Prayer said in our own homes using the Evening Worship service found under Worship 

• Sunday service audio recordings, by clergy and members of the congregation, every weekend

• Mid week prayer video available from Wednesday each week

• Try praying for those who don’t go to church (that’s all of us at present!) but seek spiritual encouragement

• As well as the Church at Home weekly telephone service from the Diocese of Oxford, a new national phone line offers music, prayers and reflections as well as full worship services. The line is available 24 hours a day on 0800 804 8044

• Prom Praise 2020, from All Souls, Langham Place, is available on YouTube.

• The churchyard is still open for visitors keeping social distancing for quiet contemplation

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Community Support

Food bank crisis - Thank you for your support for the Food Bank.  We continue to propose that people who are interested can, should they wish, make financial contributions to us which we will convert into goods from Traidcraft and deliver weekly to the Foodbank locally in Amersham. 

 

• By bank transfer to our account using the reference “FoodBankDonation”, details will be provided when you contact us. 

• By Cheque made payable to Traidcraft Plc and sent to Margaret Dykes, 4, Roughwood Fields, Roughwood Lane, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4AA

 

Thank you. Margaret and Bill Dykes

e-mail us at williamdykes@btinternet.com ,

telephone us on 01494874511

text to 07968421416.

 

Communications

Via email: all church contacts will receive a regular weekly email communication from the church now. Please check with the Administrator, Sylvia, on the new working-from-home church address if you are not sure that your name is on our list or else the names of another person who would benefit from this form of regular contact.

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Via the church website

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Via our Facebook page

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Via the telephone - find contact details here.

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Please ensure that your contact details are with the Administrator for any or all of these means of communication.

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Pastoral Care

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We are no longer able to make physical gestures now but we have compiled a list of all church contacts and divided up the whole into smaller groups, each with one responsible person to make and to keep contact insofar as each person requires it. If you are aware of anyone in particular need then do make them known to the or members of the Pastoral Care Team. 

Contact Margaret Carey, Pastoral Care Coordinator on  01494 762341
 

I want you to know that in this dark time we are not alone.
May you know the peace of God which passes all understanding and the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

Ian Brown