We are pleased that St Michael’s Church can reopen for public worship on Wednesdays from 15 July for 10am Mass, and with Sunday Mass at 11am from 19 July. All are welcome.

There will be special provisions to keep worshippers as safe as possible.  Hand sanitizer must be used on entering and leaving church. Seating will be distanced at 2 metres. Communion (wafer only) will be given by the priest to the people in the pews.

Services will be shorter than usual with no Choir or singing, but a Cantor on Sundays – about 50 minutes on Sundays. 

A ‘one-way’ system will be in place. Please enter at the South-west door as usual. Toilet available if needed. Sorry, no refreshments. Sit only in a marked pew seat. Exit by Choir Vestry door bnear the statue of Our Lady.

Please do not attend church if you are feeling ill or are shielding or vulnerable. May God bless you and keep you safe.

SUNDAY recorded SERVICES with ADDRESS and MUSIC will continue through July & August on YouTube – link here. (not 19th July)    Reading, Address & Notices here.

Our PEWSHEET with Sunday Propers and HYMN/MUSIC links will be on the “BAR” below, and SundayReadings linked here.

Fr Nigel will stream the Angelus and BCP Matins or Mass on Wednesday mornings on the “Friends of St Michael’s” Facebook page.

The Sung Services we would have had are given below for Reference. A simpler Mass will be said in Church, with a Cantor, we hope.

Wed 29 Jul, 9.30 Matins, 10am Low Mass – Mary, Martha & Lazarus. All welcome. Covid-10 Guidelines apply, please.

 Sun 5 July, 11am Sung Mass. Trinity IV. Hymns: 173, 440, 391. Mass in Dorian mode, If Ye Love Me, both by Thomas Tallis.  Parish Service https://youtu.be/jbnJge9jK0g

We would have sung Choral Evensong & Benediction, Responses:Byrd. Psalm 65. Hymn: 252. Canticles: Herbert Brewer in D. Anthem: Thou knowest Lord, Purcell. O salutaris & Tantum Ergo.

Wednesdays 9.30-10.30am. CHURCH OPEN for individual prayer and quiet. All welcome – please hand sanitise, distance etc.

Postponed to September or later – St Michael’s Lecture. Dr David Grumett – Canon Thurmer Memorial Lecture.

Sun 12 July, NO Service in Church. Trinity V/Sea Sunday. Hymns: 451: 495: 354. Mass in F, Harold Darke. They that go down to the sea in ships, Herbert Sumsion. Recorded Parish Service.

Wed 15 July, St Swithun, Public Worship in Church returns with 9.30 Matins & 10am Low Mass celebrated by Fr Nigel.

Sun 19 July, 11am Mass in Church for Trinity VI. Music by a Cantor. [NO Hymns: 475: 393: 396 . Mass for 5 voices, Byrd. Jesu dulcis memoria, Victoria.] Sun 19 July, 9.30am, Fr Nigel celebrated a streamed Eucharist from St David’s Church.

Wed 22 July, St Mary Magdalene, Public Worship in Church with 9.30 Matins & 10am Low Mass. Fr Nigel Guthrie, streamed to our Facebook page.

Sun 26 July, 11am Mass in Church for Trinity VII. Music by a Cantor. [NO Hymns: 476: 103: 486. Mass in F, Sumsion. Give us the wings of faith, Ernest Bullock.] Also available Parish recorded Service at https://youtu.be/g0L6tjJzhrc