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Coronavirus Recovery Step One

Hi folks

As I am writing this blog, our First Minister Arlene Foster and our Deputy First Minister Michele O'Neill are announcing that from Monday 18th May 2020 they are allowing the country to enter the first step of the recovery from the pandemic.

From that date, Recycling centres and Garden centres are allowed to open - but for us, the better news is that we can start looking at other ways to do "church".  Step One outlines that we are allowed to start a "drive-in" church.  That sounds like something that you do in the summer time - but with the proper steps and equipment, it can work for us!

Our church property is ideally suited for this type of experience, with a fantastic church carpark and ample room for everyone to get in!  You will have to remain in our cars, but at least we could still turn up and worship together!  I wonder would we be interested in starting out this way, and coming together to worship, even in this unusual manner?  If it works, we'll keep it going until we have the permission to get into the new normality!

Please pass the news around - I'm intending to start as soon as we have permission our outdoor "drive-in" church at Aghavea at 11am.  If this is successful, we will keep it going - but don't panic, it will be online as well.  I would like to start to blend our services to work in the best way that suits us all best!  We aren't all online, and we can't all travel just as safely - but with a mix of the two, it will suit more people than already!

Get the news out!  Drive-in church!  We're almost there!!

God bless you all.

Regards
Johnny 
Rector

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