Covid provisions
Mount Carmel is now open for worship with a regular service at 11.00am every Sunday.
But although the regulations have been largely relaxed Covid is still with us although in its new forms of OMICRON which is spreading more than before. So we are still taking precautions.
When you arrive you will be greeted by a steward with a clipboard who will ask whether you have had Covid and take your contact details if not already known.
Whpairsen get into the Sanctuary you will see that chairs are spaced out in 2s and 3s Please choose your chair and try not to wander about to talk to friends -please leave that for afterwards outside the church or in the tearoom.
Masks are no longer compulsory but please respect those who fee safer wearing a mask some members of the congregation are elderly and/or vulnerable and we do not want to deter them from attending.
On the first and third Sundays of the month the service will incorporate Communion and the church has purchased prepacked communion cups specifically to reduce the risk of virus transfer. You tear off the first cover to expose the wafer (bread) and tear of another cover to get to the wine. Afterwards you drop the used cup into the waste bin at the exit.
At the exit the upper receptacle is for the voluntary collection and the lower for the waste communion cups etc.
You will also see in the picture cleaning equipment ready for the deacons to spring into action to sanitize the seats etc after the congregation have left.
But please remember no chatting inside.
We agree these conditions are not what we would wish but whilst there is still a risk of catching Covid-19 we must take these precautions. We hope for not too much longer. We have to report that so far only a few of the current members of our congregation has suffered a Covid infection but non serious. We also understand that all but the youngest have had at least one jab and the elderly have had number 4.
If your meeting requires you to enter by the side entrance you will find a reception desk set up just inside where all the same checks will take place.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO MOUNT CARMEL IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND TRUST THAT WE WILL ALL KEEP SAFE AND COVID FREE.
