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St Mary Abbots will re-open for public worship on Sunday 12th July for the following services: 
8.00am                                     Holy Eucharist (BCP)
9.30am                                     Parish Eucharist (Provision for accompanied children in the Long Playground)
11.15am                                  Matins 
The church will be open for private prayer until 6pm.

We will record one of our Sunday Services and upload it during the afternoon for those who are unable to come to the church.  The link will be available by clicking on the poster below.
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If you would like to come to a service, and so we can monitor attendance numbers please chose a service time on eventbrite HERE. ​  
Eventbrite for services
WEEKDAY SERVICES from Monday 13th July to Saturday 18th July
9 am                  Morning Prayer on Zoom                             Monday -  Friday.      Email  pa@smaw8.org to join
10 am               Church opens for Private Prayer             Monday - Saturday
12 Noon         Midday prayer in the church                       Monday – Friday   
12.15 pm       Holy Eucharist                                                    Tuesday and Thursday only
2 pm                 Church closes                                                       Monday - Saturday
5.30 pm          Evening Prayer said individually.              https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer

CHURCH ACCESS
 Access to the church will only be possible through the cloisters and the south door.   Opening the church is dependent upon our maintenance of good practices including:
  • maintaining 2 metre distancing from others
  • following the one way system
  • sanitising our hands at the entrance
The back of the church will be roped off, but the front of the church and the two chapels are available for you to sit and pray.  Please be very aware of others praying and avoid sitting near to them. If possible do not use the ends of the pews as this tends to be where everyone sits and it will leave you closer to those passing in the aisle.

A message from Mother Emma
Dear all
 
Everyone in the parish office and vestry has been working away to prepare for our return to church worship, and to try to ensure that those who join us on Sunday can do so safely and joyfully.  We are also very conscious of all those who are still remaining at home for the time being for whatever reason and you are very much in our thoughts and prayers.
 
As you will know, we are offering three services initially, and are asking you to sign up in advance on Eventbrite to speed up the process of recording names and contact details for "track and trace".  Please do sign up if you can using the eventbrite link at the top of the page.  Entrance and exit will ONLY be through the South Door through the cloister by the flower stall, and there will be a one-way system operating in the church.  We are also sorry that we are not yet in a position to offer lavatory provision. We are so grateful for your efforts in observing the national church's guidelines as we come back, and we look forward to further gradual relaxation in what we are and aren't allowed to do!
 
As you know, I have been shielding because of my kidney transplant.  I will be in church on Sunday, but presiding (and waving!) from a distance in the sanctuary, without servers or fellow clergy nearby.  I am grateful to Fr Jonathan and to our new curate, Alice (who is also preaching at the Eucharist and singing at Matins) for their help and support in making this possible, and for sharing in our joint return.
 
We hope very much to be able to provide a recording of one of the services online later on Sunday (see the poster below), and then a voice recording of the two sermons on our YouTube channel on Monday.    Please do keep checking, and let us know, if you are watching from home, if you have any feedback.
 
Our particular prayers this week are for the children of St Mary Abbots as they approach the end of an extraordinary term, and especially for those in Year 6, who are moving on to other schools.
 
The Church of England has offered this prayer as we re-open our churches:
 
Free us, God of mercy,
from all that keeps us from you;
relieve the misery of the anxious and the bereaved,
and fill us with the hope of peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
 
With my love and prayers, as ever,   Mother Emma 
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VIRTUAL DONATION PLATE
If you would like to make a donation during our services, or at any time, we have set up an  online virtual collection plate below. 
"Transforming St Mary Abbots" is a fundraising project, for works to the fabric of the building, which operates within the PCC of St Mary Abbots, a Registered Charity : Number 1132235