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In view of the current rapidly rising infection rates in our area and the high transmissibility of the new strain of the Coronavirus, the PCC of St. Paul’s and St. Agatha’s has, very regretfully, decided that we should suspend our public worship services for the remainder of this month. The planned 9am and 10am services on 19th, 17th, 24th and 31st January will therefore not now take place. We shall continue to post online services on YouTube and will publicise the links to these as they become available. The PCC will review the situation and update you at the end of January.

Our churches will remain open for private prayer during this suspension:
St. Agatha’s on Wednesdays and Sundays, 9.30am-4pm
St. Paul’s on Sundays, 10am-12 noon.

Please do get in touch if we can be of help in any way at this difficult time. Revd Catherine can be reached on 01883 652912 or rev.catherine1@globalnet.co.uk
Your churches remain here for you and we look forward to being able to meet together once again when it is safer to do so.

With prayer for our whole community,
Catherine.

We are now able to begin reopening our churches for individual private prayer and have been preparing for this in terms of cleaning, hygiene precautions etc. We look forward to welcoming people into St. Paul’s and St. Agatha’s Churches from this coming week.

Visitors will need to observe social distancing and hand cleansing (sanitiser will be provided) and to follow instructions about moving around the churches to protect everyone who attends – notices will be on display to explain the arrangements. We have been instructed not to use our regular prayer books, Bibles etc. due to the risk of infection being transmitted between different users, but you are welcome to bring your own and take them away with you; some simple leaflets which you can take away will also be available. The permission at this stage is only for private individual prayer and not for any kind of public/group worship; we will let you know when we have a date for this to resume.

We hope to open each church on two days per week initially, spaced out to allow a 72-hour gap between the opening days in each church.
The opening times for the immediate future will be:

Church Opening times for the coming week

St Paul’s – Tuesday 16th June, 1pm-3pm and Friday 19th June, 3pm-5pm

St. Agatha’s – Wednesday 17th June, 9.30am-5pm and Sunday 21st June, 9.30am-5pm

The Revd. Dr. Catherine Dowland-Pillinger
Team Vicar, St. Paul’s with St. Agatha’s, Woldingham

St Paul’s Church Choir

Our Choir needs new members. Why not come along and give us a try? No audition required, sight-reading not essential, just enthusiasm.
You will find the experience enjoyable and purposeful.

Choir practices are on Fridays from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm, with a sung service each Sunday morning at 10 am and Choral Evensong on the first Sunday of each month.

Contact David Ridout on 07931 888056