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Bath (Weston)
Hi everyone, Bath (Weston) hope that you are all coping well in this nightmare!! With the lovely sunshine we have had, everybody is going to have the perfect garden and the cleanest of houses. We here at Bath have been putting together a fellowship sheet which will be mailed or printed off for people who do not have access to the internet. We are asking people to write a little piece to say how they are coping and keeping busy during this isolation time. This is a way to keep in touch with our congregation as well as by phoning. Br Paul is using his exercise time dropping off these fellowship sheets to those with no internet, also delivering the Passion Week and Eastertide book.
I have made a nesting place for birds out of a teapot, not sure if they will nest this year now, it may be too late. Everywhere is so quiet (quite creepy really) no planes going over, still a few cars about though. It's lovely to hear the birds singing, also to watch them in the birdbath splashing around, it's such a delight!!
Stay safe and every blessing.
Cliftonville
The rain was pouring down after the morning service on 8th March when 22 of us made our way to the Clubhouse of Cliftonville Golf Club and were soon happily settled in the warm and welcoming dining room. We enjoyed a hearty
Fairfield
Well these are certainly difficult times, the time when we all need support and more than ever want to spend time in our churches we are shut out, but never shut out by God. I like many of you do not live close to church and just when I was starting to feel isolated from my church family, emails and texts started to come through. A church notice sheet, an online copy of the Messenger, and little details of what's happening in the Square all help to make me feel close.
The weekly services posted online are a real blessing and my Daily Watchword has been an even greater comfort than usual.
Like many of you my Advent Star has been brought out of storage and placed prominently in an upstairs window and again brings me close to all my brothers and sisters in Christ. Fairfield's star is shining brightly from the cupola.
On Palm Sunday I received a text, Br and Sr Yates had let it be known that at 10.30am they were singing the Hosannah anthem from their home in Oldham. Word spread and the residents in the Square decided to stand on their doorsteps and do the same, I have been told that there were 20-30 singing. I did the same from my home in Glossop and probably many more of you did likewise.
By the time you read this I pray the love of God will have brought us through the worst and you and yours are all safe and well.
Sr Margery Sutcliffe
Sr Carole Young
meal and a time of conversation and good fellowship. We were unanimous that it was an event to be repeated, little realising that after one more Sunday, churches would be closed by the coronavirus pandemic and that the majority of us would be isolated in our homes.
We are prayerfully concerned about the people around the world who are succumbing to the virus, and the many who are losing their lives. We are grateful for the kindness of neighbours, the unstinting service of nurses and doctors and all the others who are exposed to risks to care for the sick and supply our needs. We have no idea when the pandemic will end and it will be possible to once again meet together in church, but in the mean time we keep in touch. Beth Stewart supplies the Daily Watchword on our church WhatsApp group, and Br Stephens leads the Sunday service, Bible study and morning prayer online on Zoom or Facebook.
Sr Edna Cooper
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