With the Government decision to end legal restrictions on 19th July and in taking into account the Church of England Guidance https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/COVID%2019%20Guidance%20from%20the%2019th%20July%202021%20v1.0.pdf The Standing Committees of each of our parishes met together with the Vicar via Zoom to discuss what this may look like across our Benefice and what measures we should take in light of this. This was a good opportunity to discuss in detail how we should ‘unlock’ and to come to a shared consensus that allows us to move forward and regain aspects of our worship which we have missed; but at the same time, proceed cautiously as we continue to work to keep one another safe. The following measures were agreed in light of our local context, nature of our church buildings and our wonderful congregations who have had to be flexible and deal with so many changes these last 18 months. Should there be any major changes nationally or with local ...