Welcome ...

Thank you for visiting our web site, you will be warmly welcomed at each church in the Bloxwich team ministry.

We are the Church of England team parish within the Bloxwich area, (just north of Walsall) and are three family friendly churches - the parish church of All Saints', St Thomas' and Holy Ascension. We have varied services from traditional and reflective, to the more informal, but do check out further to find something for you. For anyone interested in learning more about the Christian faith, we run regular Alpha courses. For further information contact Rev. Chris Davies on 01922 497268

Coronavirus - Bloxwich Team

PRIVATE PRAYER

Churches are open for PRIVATE PRAYER ONLY as detailed below.

All Saints: Sunday's 10.30am - 12 noon

Holy Ascension (Lower Farm): Tuesday's 1.30pm - 3.00pm

St Thomas' (Mossley): Friday's 6.30pm - 8.00pm

PUBLIC WORSHIP

Public worship will commence on Sunday 2nd August, however worship will not be in every church each week. Please see below for details.

DATE	MORNING	EVENING	RENEW SERVICE
Sunday 2^nd August	10am All Saints	6pm Holy Ascension	4.30pm - Outdoors or St Thomas.
Sunday 9^th August	10am Holy Ascension	6pm St Thomas	4.30pm All Saints
Sunday 16^th August	11am St Thomas	6pm All Saints	4.30pm Outdoors
Sunday 23^rd August	10am All Saints	6pm Holy Ascension	4.30pm St Thomas
Sunday 30^th August	10am Holy Ascension	6pm St Thomas	4.30pm All Saints

PUBLIC WORSHIP ADVICE

· There will be no refreshments available.

· Only one toilet will be available for use and signage will be provided guiding people to the safe use of toilets.

· Children will need to be supervision at all times.

· Sadly no children’s activities to be provided.

· A maximum limit of 30 people will be applied at each service.

· Worship will be said and non-communion and words will be projected onto screens so that we don’t need to offer prayer books. Visually impaired people will be offered a service card and will be encouraged to take this home and reuse it for following weeks.

· Individual tapers will be provided for lighting candles and a box for used tapers.

· Seating will be socially distanced (2 metres).

· To assist with Track and Trace people will be asked to sign in by giving their name and a contact number. These records will be kept for 21 days after which they will be destroyed.

· People will be encouraged to be seated when they arrive and not to loiter after worship.

· People will be encouraged to exit the churches safely and from the rear first.

· Hand sanitation will be encouraged on entry and exit.

· We will continue with online services so as to reduce the potential numbers of people attending worship.

· Pew cushions and kneelers will be removed and as much as possible fabric chairs will be replaced with wipe clean chairs.

· A static plate will be made available during each service to receive offerings. We have agreed that any loose plate money will stay with the hosting churches whilst envelopes will be identified and sent to the appropriate church.

· Those who have previously been shielding and have underlying health conditions are strongly advised not to attend public worship.

· If you travel to church using public transport or shared lifts we encourage to follow Government advice.

· We will review all control measures on an ongoing basis and update following changes in Government or Church of England advice, following any incident, or at the end of August and definitely before we implement more changes to worship.

Final Note: If you are unsure please do not take any unnecessary risks.

WEDDINGS AND BAPTISMS

To reduce contact between people, the Parish Office hour dealing with Weddings and Baptisms, on Wednesdays, will not be offered for the time being. These enquiries will be dealt with by telephone on Wednesdays between 6-7pm and contact details are as follows:-

Wedding enquiries: Keith and Cheryl Lowe - telephone 01922 476177

Baptism enquiries: email Chris Davies 'click here to email'