Welcome to St Michael and All Angels
56 Queensbury, Newton, Wirral, CH48 6EP
Vicar: Revd Cheryl Coverley 0151 625 8517; Mobile 07598 313629 cheryl.coverley@tiscali.co.uk
Click to read our safeguarding statement
Assistant Priest: Revd Ailsa Whorton
27th September: Cheryl will be celebrating Holy Communion at 10am in church.
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We are continuing with the weekly online service for those unable to attend church. Click on the link below.
Exciting news! Ailsa has accepted a commission as an Army Chaplain. Her last Sunday as our Curate was 6th September and she started her training on the 7th September. Due to the current Covid-19 situation, we will hold a celebration for her early next year. This is not farewell as she will continue to be rooted at St Michaels and will hold a licence giving her permission to officiate in this parish.
Holy Communion September 2020
We will hold services of Holy Communion from 2nd September 2020 on Wednesdays and Sundays at 10am.
There will be 48 seats available. If more people wish to attend these services, we may need to consider a booking or rota system. Some people may choose to come on a Wednesday when we normally have between 20 and 25 in the congregation.
Doors and windows will be open and everyone will need to wear a face covering (and probably a coat!) unless their medical condition negates this.
We will need a sidesperson at each service to log people into and out of church for contact tracing purposes. Those details will be kept for 3 weeks.
Service cards will be placed on the seats, with a separate set for Wednesdays and Sundays.
There will be no sermons in church for the time being. The Sunday sermons will continue to be published on the website.
Clergy will sanitise their hands before the eucharistic prayer and will only handle the priest’s wafer during the prayer. The other wafers will remain in the covered ciborium. They will sanitise their hands again before distributing the wafers to the congregation, as well as after the distribution.
The congregation will be invited to the rail to receive their wafer one at a time at the direction of the clergy. The wafer will be dropped into the open hand. If there is any contact at this point, both the clergy person and the member of the congregation will need to sanitise their hands. Face coverings can be removed to consume the wafer but must be replaced before leaving the communion rail. Distribution of the wafers will therefore take a longer time than previously.
We need to continue to social distance at all times in church.
This is a new way of holding services and we need to learn how this will work in practice. We can expand what we do in the future, but it is better to move slowly than be over ambitious. We may well need to adapt our routines and expectations, and the situation will be under constant review.
These communion services are also dependent on Cheryl remaining well and not having to self isolate. Should this be the case, we will aim to open church for private prayer.
Click here for the weekly virtual service
On this page:
Notice of reopening for services from 2nd September;
A prayer for the week:
Safeguarding and past case review notice:
Welcome to St Michael’s.
A prayer for the week
Paul says we should have ‘the same mind as Jesus.’ So, God, I ask you to help me: walk like Jesus, talk like Jesus, think like Jesus, live like Jesus and love like Jesus. Amen.
Roots September 2020
Chester Cathedral will live stream a service at 10am on Sunday on YouTube.
Radio 4 Sunday Worship 8.10am
Songs of Praise Sundays 1.15pm BBC 1
Other aids to prayer and worship DAB radio stations UCB 1 and UCB 2; Premier Christian radio
Safeguarding Past Cases Review
All parishes are required to participate in a Past Cases Review, commissioned by the Church of England. PCR2, as it is known nationally, is part of the Church’s ongoing scrutiny of its handling of past and current safeguarding cases. An Independent Reviewer will be looking at files relating to church officers in this parish, both lay and ordained, past and present.
Individuals who wish to make representations to the PCR2 process, or who need to come forward with information or make any disclosures, are encouraged to make direct contact with the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser Pauline Butterfield 01928 718834 ext221 or 07703 800031. However, recognising that this may not feel safe for those with a lived experience of abuse from within the Church, a dedicated telephone helpline – 0800 80 20 20 – operated independently from the Church, by the NSPCC, has been set up.
Safeguarding Information
St Michael & All Angels takes its duty and obligation to protect all extremely seriously. We have adopted the national Church of England’s robust procedures and guidelines. You can find out more about the national policies and procedures at www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding.
If you have any safeguarding concerns or issues of a safeguarding matter then you can find useful contact information at www.chester.anglican.org/social-responsibility/safeguarding
St Michael and All Angels is a vibrant and friendly church, committed to loving God and being an important part of the local community. We’re a group of down to earth Christians of all ages and backgrounds. What we have in common is that we all want to know God better, spend time together as a church and help others to know the good news of Jesus.
Everyone is welcome. You don’t need to be a Christian to visit the church or the website. We are especially happy to meet people who are wondering what Christianity is all about. Don’t worry if you are not familiar with church – we’re always happy to explain anything that doesn’t make sense to you.
We hope you enjoy looking round the site. We’d love the opportunity to meet you, so do get in touch or drop in and say hello.
Cheryl
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