Some Sunday services will be allowed in church in August with suitable social spacing but singing will not be allowed just yet. Participants to any service, must wear suitable face covering. Initially, this probably will be a service on the first and third Sunday with Holy Communion at 10.30am, and Zoom services will continue in the interim weeks but now also at 10.30am. However, this is not fully verified as yet so please watch the website and Facebook pages for up to date information. There will also be the 9.00am service for the Benefice with Holy Communion where possible and held on different weeks at all three of our Benefice churches. This programme could start next week and details w
Our organist, Nick, will be giving his “Thought for the Day” on BigglesFM on Friday July 24th at the usual time of 8.15am. 104.8 on your dial. He would love to have your company! Nick will next be on air on Friday August 14th. Some Sunday services will probably be allowed in church in August with suitable social spacing but singing will not be allowed just yet. We have to get authority for services in church from the Archdeacon and Bishop of Bedford and show them we have satisfied the strict rules that will be required. Initially, this probably will not be a service every Sunday so Zoom services will continue for the time being. Currently, the Church opening arrangements are as follows: The
The Church opening arrangements are as follows: The Church is open every Monday, Thursday and Sunday, 9am until 4pm. Visitors need to use the hand sanitiser going in and leaving, books and other items should not be touched. Please wear a suitable face covering if possible. At the end of each open day, the whole area will be sanitised ready for the next open day. A Sunday service may be allowed soon with suitable social spacing but singing will not be allowed just yet. Our Sunday Morning Services for Trinity, on Zoom, will continue until we are permitted to use the Church on a Sunday. Last Sunday, we had 29 connections and 33 people taking part in the Service. This week the service was led b
The Church re-opening arrangements are as follows: The Church will be open, from Monday 6th July, unsupervised on Monday, Thursday and Sunday, 9am until 4pm. Visitors need to use the hand sanitiser going in and leaving, books and other items should not be touched. Please wear a suitable face covering if possible. A Sunday service may be allowed soon with suitable social spacing but singing will not be allowed just yet. Our Sunday Morning Services for Trinity, on Zoom, will continue until we are permitted to use the Church on a Sunday. Last Sunday, we had 30 connections again, and with 45 people taking part in the Service. This week the service was led by Sutton Churchwarden, Dawn, assisted
The final restoration in St Mary’s Church, Potton, after four years In June 2016, most people in Potton will remember the major theft of lead from the roof of St Mary's Church. It has taken all this time to fully complete the repairs as this week, the damaged interior paintwork in the Chancel and Vicars Vestry was finally re-painted covering up the watermark damage caused by rain running down the walls for a very long period. We had to wait till the external work on the roof was completed and fully water-proofed to allow the interior walls to dry out. A small team of painters this week put the final touches to these walls by applying a new coat of the special paint over the whole area. It no
