After many weeks of closure due to the pandemic, and following discussions with both the worshipping community and members of the PCCs, we are carefully opening our beautiful churches one by one.

This wonderful opportunity for worship and private prayer has to be guided by medical advice, together with Government and Church of England guidance, for the health and the safety of us all. I will take this opportunity to say a huge personal thank you to all who have helped clean and prepare the churches in readiness for this. The churches are being set out to provide 2 metre social distancing between households, church bibles and hymn books have been removed and hand gel is provided. Service sheets (which you take home with you afterwards) will be provided for each service. Sadly, we are not allowed to sing in church at this time.

There is also a change in how we may currently share Holy Communion. Although we are unable to open for some of our usual services we are resuming as many of them as possible. While we are not able to hold services at 8:30 am and 6 pm on Sundays, our 10:30 am service will continue to rotate around the Benefice as per the previous rota. Our midweek Eucharist will remain at St Andrew’s on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm.

As we currently have to keep a record of those who have visited our churches for up to twenty-one days after their visit, we are unable to open St Swithun’s and St Mary’s from dawn until dusk. To offer an opportunity for some quiet time, St. Marys and St Swithun's will be open on alternate Tuesday evenings between 6pm and 7pm. This will also be an opportunity for Holy Communion if requested by those who are able to join us. As our two services entitled “A Little Eucharist…” (recorded on a Sunday and Wednesday and available on YouTube) have been so warmly welcomed, particularly by those shielding or unable to get to church because of work commitments, they will continue.

With best wishes and prayers

Bill

Sunday 2nd August 8th Sunday after Trinity	10.30am Family Communion	Liddington
Tuesday 4th August	6.00pm	Bishopstone
Wednesday 5th August Vigil of the Transfiguration	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 9th August 9th Sunday after Trinity	10.30am Family Communion	Bishopstone
Tuesday 10th August	6.00pm	Hinton Parva
Wednesday 11th August John Henry Newman	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 16th August 10th Sunday after Trinity	10.30am Family Communion	Wanborough
Tuesday 18th August St Mary's Patronal	6.00pm	Bishopstone
Wednesday 19th August St Bernard	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 23rd August 11th Sunday after Trinity	10.30am Family Communion	Hinton Parva
Tuesday 25th August	6.00pm	Hinton Parva
Wednesday 26th August Vigil of St Monica	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 30th August 12th Sunday after Trinity	NO SERVICE
Wednesday 2nd September Vigil of St Gregory the Great	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 6th September 13th Sunday after Trinity	10.30am Family Communion	Liddington
Tuesday 8th September	6.00pm	Bishopstone
Wednesday 9th September Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 13th September 14th Sunday after Trinity	10.30am Family Communion	Bishopstone
Tuesday 15th September	6.00pm	Hinton Parva
Wednesday 16th September Vigil of St Hildegard of Bingen	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 20th September 15th Sunday after Trinity Harvest Sunday	10.30am Family Communion	Wanborough
Tuesday 22nd September	6.00pm	Bishopstone
Wednesday 23rd September St Matthew (transferred)	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 27th September 16th Sunday after Trinity Harvest Sunday	10.30am Family Communion	Hinton Parva
Tuesday 29th September	6.00pm	Hinton Parva
Wednesday 30th September St Michael & All Angels (transferred)	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 4th October 17th Sunday after Trinity Harvest Sunday	10.30am Family Communion	Liddington
Tuesday 6th October	6.00pm	Bishopstone
Wednesday 7th October William Tyndale (transferred)	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 11th October 18th Sunday after Trinity Harvest Sunday	10.30am Family Communion	Bishopstone
Tuesday 13th October	6.00pm	Hinton Parva
Wednesday 14th October Vigil of St Teresa of Avila	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 18th October St Luke	10.30am Family Communion	Wanborough
Tuesday 20th October	6.00pm	Bishopstone
Wednesday 21st October Henry Martyn (transferred)	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 25th October Last Sunday after Trinity Bible Sunday	10.30am Family Communion	Hinton Parva
Tuesday 27th October	6.00pm	Hinton Parva
Wednesday 28th October SS Simon & Jude	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 1st November 4th Sunday before Advent All Saints Patronal Festival	10.30am Family Communion	Liddington
Tuesday 3rd November	6.00pm	Bishopstone
Wednesday 4th November Commemoration of the Faithful Departed	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 8th November Remembrance Sunday	10.30am Family Communion	Bishopstone
Tuesday 10th November	6.00pm	Hinton Parva
Wednesday 11th November	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 15th November St Martin, Bishop of Tours 2nd Sunday before Advent	10.30am Family Communion	Wanborough
Tuesday 27th November	6.00pm	Bishopstone
Wednesday 18th November	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 22nd November St Elizabeth of Hungary Sunday Next Before Advent Christ the King	10.30am Family Communion	Hinton Parva
Tuesday 24th November	6.00pm	Hinton Parva
Wednesday 25th November St Andrew's Patronal Festival	7.00pm Midweek Communion	Wanborough
Sunday 29th November 1st Sunday of Advent	NO SERVICE