Regular Services at St Nicolas Church
Due to current Church of England guidelines regarding Covid-19, some of our services are online as detailed below.
Mon - Fri 9.00am Virtual morning prayer - contact Revd Christine or Parish Office for details
Sundays 10.00am Live as well as streamed from https://www.facebook.com/stnicswitham
10.30am All Age Service streamed live on facebook.com/hopecommunityhurchwitham
- contact Revd Will or Parish Office for details
6.00pm Evensong streamed live on Facebook.com/stnicswitham
Wednesdays 5.30pm Crib on Facebook at facebook.com/hopecommunitychurchwitham
We will be starting some 10am services at St Nicolas' Church
on Sunday 13 September.
Numbers are limited, so please book your place
by contacting the Parish Administrator (01376 517117)
Parish Communion at the Parish Church of St Nicolas, Witham, in accordance with Covid-19 advice
The Church of England offers detailed advice to enable Holy Communion to be celebrated in a safe and appropriate way in church buildings. In addition to general advice on not attending if you have any symptoms of Covid-19, or should be self-isolating or in quarantine, and together with our parish risk assessment this means:
· Giving contact details for Track and Trace purposes
· Following signs, one way markings and other instructions in the church building
· Maintain a social distance of 2m from others not in your household or support bubble
· Wearing a face covering which covers your nose and mouth. This may be removed for reading, preaching or leading prayers, and then replaced.
· The Peace may not be shared by physical contact
· The priest presiding at the service will follow the recommended safeguards to maintain hygiene. This means there will be no offertory procession, and only the host and wine to be consumed by the priest will be uncovered during the Eucharistic Prayer. Holy Communion will be distributed in one kind only. The wafers to be distributed will be kept in a covered ciborium until distribution.
· Holy Communion will be received standing. Please form a socially distanced queue as directed by our churchwardens and welcomers. The distribution will be in silence.
· Holy Communion should only be received into the hand, with arms extended, avoiding any touch between the priest and the communicant, and while wearing a face covering. Please then step aside, lower or unloop your face covering, consume the consecrated bread, and then replace the face covering before moving back to your place following directional guidance.
· At the end of the service, please do not remove your laminated service sheet , or hand it to others, but leave in your place to be sanitised before reuse, then leave quietly via the Lady Chapel door, maintaining social distance.
Thank you
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Every Sunday
8 am Holy Communion (Common Worship Order 2)
A said service in traditional language which lasts about 40 minutes and usually includes a short sermon
6 pm Evensong (Book of Common Prayer)
Usually sung by the choir and usually with a short address. Lasts about 50 minutes
1st Sunday each month
10 am All Age Communion (Common Worship Order 1)
This service is particularly appropriate for children and lasts about an hour
2nd, 3rd & 4th Sunday of each month
10 am Parish Communion (Common Worship Order 1) with quiet play area for children
This service has hymns and a sermon and lasts abut 70 minutes
Every Thursday
10 am Holy Communion (Common Worship Order 2)
A said service in traditional language (no hymns) lasting about 40 minutes and usually including a short sermon
Refreshments are served after the 10 am Sunday service and on Thursdays.