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Sunday Prayers in Exile We gather and say hello from 10.45am The Service starts at 11.00am and last around half an hour.
Every Thursday - Listening to God
9.25am - 10.00 am We look together reading from the Bible and share what strikes about it afresh.
On-line resources
On-line Reflection There will be a new Reflection on-line around 6.00pm each Saturday evening. You can find this at: http://www.scats.org.uk/media/ You can see this with pictures of our churches on the Stow Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/StowOnTheWold/ Online Reflection is currently taking a Summer break.
Previous News
Phone the Archbishop of Canterbury:
A new ‘Daily Hopeline’ has been launched
Call free 0800 804 8044
Archbishop Justin Welby answers your call with a short message followed by a choice of options:
Press 1 to listen to hymns we love with a series of short talks based on the the well loved hymn. Press 2 to listen to a different daily hymn. Press 3 for the Prayers which are specific for the Coronavirus pandemic. Press 4 to hear options 5 to 7: Press 5 to hear a Church of England weekly Service. Press 6 to join in with traditional Morning and Evening Prayers. Press 7 to hear the latest Government advice on the Coronavirus pandemic. Press 0 to hear the first menu.
Please share this information widely, particularly to those without the internet.
National Resources: Please follow this link https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online to find:
Diocesan Resources: Please follow this link https://www.gloucester.anglican.org/ to find up-to-date messages and prayers from our bishops
Cathedral Service for the bereaved: Our Cathedral is there for us all, and, especially at this time, for those who are suffering bereavement in the current crisis caused by Coronavirus.
At an appropriate point in the future, the Cathedral will offer one or more services for all those who have lost loved ones throughout the diocese at this time, whether due to the virus or not.
Because funerals are currently so limited in size and scope, the Cathedral feels it would be helpful to offer a bigger occasion to honour the memory of loved ones in addition to any local memorial services that may be held. Personal invitations will be arranged for those who would wish to attend in due course.
Deanery Project: The North Cotswold’s Deanery is engaging with the Feeding the 5,000 project. The project has already delivered over 2,000 meals to homes in our area. Please see the dedicated link.
Closure of our Church buildings Following the Prime Minister’s broadcast on March 23rd the archbishops and bishops of the Church of England have required that all church buildings close with immediate effect, including for private prayer, in an effort to help limit the transmission of the coronavirus COVID-19. St Edward’s is now closed for the duration of the present emergency. The village churches are shut too. Churches can currenlty only re-open for supervised individual prayer. Churches cannot yet be left unattended. Following consultations, all of our Churchwardens are unanimous that we are not in a position to re-open our churches on this basis. We also doubt whether those who like to pop in for space, reflection and prayer would welcome the need to make an appointment or to be supervised in what are usually private moments. Our churches will therefore remain closed until such time as they can be used, and left open, without supervision. . Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals Socially-distanced occasions are possible from 1 August. Only small numbers are permitted and it is always possible that the guidance may change at short-notice. Please enquire for details.
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