Dear Friends,
The Prime Minister’s statement on Monday was much anticipated and, perhaps,
contained better news than we might have hoped for. There seems to be something almost poetic to
anticipate a return to ‘normal’ living by Midsummer’s Day. We’ll see.
Yet even if there are delays En route it does seem that we are
approaching an end to living in a spirit of crisis.
A number of folk from AFC tell me they have benefited from taking a Lateral
Flow Test at the centre set up at the church.
I’m sure we are all pleased that our building has been available for
this sort of community usage recently and we are very grateful to Laura, our
Church Administrator who, alongside Janet our Church Secretary, has done so
much to keep communication flowing between the church and Buckinghamshire
Council and the NHS throughout this time.
You’ll be interested to know that the new ‘handrails’ have been fitted on the
Chancel steps in the Sanctuary, and in coming days they will received some
French Polishing. We are grateful for
the gift of these rails and the practical help they will render to folk taking
part in our services in the future.
There will be no In Person worship at AFC this Sunday, 28th February
2021. For the statisticians among us you
might be interested to note that since the first Sunday of Lockdown on March 22nd
2020 we’ve now recorded 50 Audio Services and during that time 27 Sundays have had
no In Person worship at all, and on 23 Sundays we were able to hold
social-distanced services.
The Elders will be meeting next Monday afternoon to once again discuss the
situation.
This coming week’s service takes the theme of Climate Sunday and it’s been a
joy to work with other members of AFC’s EcoChurch group in putting it together.
We’ve heard this week that Liz and Sergio Vilela, our Link BMS World Mission
partners will be visiting AFC on Tuesday 18th May 2021. Taking on board the current restrictions we
have no idea what form this meeting will take but it will be lovely for at
least some of us to meet and greet them, and then learn more about their work
in Mozambique.
Once again we are hosting 30 minutes of After Service Fellowship on Zoom this
Sunday, and on Monday we’ll have the second of our Lent Evening Prayer sessions
at 9pm. Do join us for either of these
if you can, you’ll be very welcome.
Erna joins me in sending
you our love and best wishes.
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