Dear friends
I hope that you are keeping well both physically, emotionally and spiritually in these testing times. In many ways we are simply called to obey a simple instruction – stay at home and save lives. But suddenly being separated from physical contact with loved ones (including our church family) is hard. Staying in all the time can get very claustrophobic, all the more so if you have a small home and no or very limited outdoor space. Suddenly being with our nearest and dearest 24/7 can try our nerves. And we can all fear and worry what will happen to us, and what will happen to our loved ones should we or they catch COVID-19. Sadly, we will all know people who will get it, and very sadly we will all know people who will get seriously ill, and in some cases die.
If you are struggling in any way with any aspect of this, PLEASE don’t struggle alone. If you’re struggling with practical tasks, ask and we will put you in touch with someone who could help. If you’re struggling with the isolation or could just do with a chat, please pick up the phone. Your clergy are actually less ‘busy’ than normal at present, with the usual run of activities, meetings and so on suspended. Of course, there is childcare to juggle, and you may need to leave a message. But do so and I’d be delighted to call you back.
I am writing this letter as we enter Holy Week and Easter. In this week, we plumb the depths of our human callousness and rejection of God – and the immensity of God’s love. We know the Christ who reveals himself most powerfully in giving up his life for us on the cross. And from that unconditional sacrifice of self, God raised him to new life, and opened for us the gates of his everlasting kingdom. That kingdom life we can share now by the Spirit, even as we wait for the day when it comes in its fullness, when death, disease, hatred and sin are forever gone and every tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Holy Week and Easter will be very different this year, but many of us will have more time to be with the Lord in prayer and reflection, united in spirit with Christians around the world. As many of you have discovered, I am doing what I can to make Sunday and Holy Week services available via the internet as well as daily prayer. The principal services for Holy Week will be:
Maundy Thursday 8:15pm
Good Friday 10:45am families, 11am Way of the Cross, 2pm Good Friday Liturgy
Easter Day 10:45am families, 11am Eucharist
You can find all this at www.facebook.com/allsaintsclayton . You don’t need a Facebook account to access the page or view the videos. You can either watch live or catch up once they’ve finished. The 11am service on Good Friday will be special as many individuals have recorded themselves reading lessons or reflections.
If you go to the All Saints’ website www.allsaintsclaytonlemoors.org you will find the orders of service for the main services, together with the readings and prayers for each Sunday.
You can also find services on BBC Radio every Sunday and there will be religious broadcasting on the TV over Easter as well as lots of material on line.
I pray that when Easter comes, despite the fact that we won’t be in church singing Alleluia, despite the fact that we won’t be gathering with family or watching children hunt for eggs in the garden or any of the other things we’re used to, we will still know the joy in our hearts of the truth that Christ is risen, that love has conquered, that ultimately there is nothing to fear.
With my love and prayers, now as always
Toby
A pastoral message from the Bishop of Blackburn:-
It is extraordinary that a virus that was unknown until very recently and that is unseen to the naked eye, has been able to have so much impact on so many people in such a short space of time and at so many levels of our national and international way of life.
Schools forced to close, acts of Christian worship suspended, workplaces shut down, restrictions advised on travel, unprecedented pressure on our NHS, calls for self-isolation. Who can imagine a Holy Week and Easter, proclaiming the death and resurrection of Jesus; events at the centre of our faith, without public gatherings of worship, meditation, celebration and prayer?
Into this crisis Christians bring a positive emphasis of hope. Church is not cancelled; we continue, but in a different way. Faith can be lived out and expressed in our homes through prayer and study together.
In Paul’s second letter to Timothy 2.9, he speaks of his suffering in prison, being chained like a criminal, locked down and then declares:
“But God’s Word is not chained, the work of God goes on relentlessly. The gates of hell cannot prevail!”
Of course, in a crisis opportunities to serve and help are multiplied. A recent visit to the Blackburn Foodbank showed me a band of wonderful volunteers making up food parcels for collection.
In the slow down, there will be new time for rethinking and re-evaluating our priorities in life.
This outbreak is a solemn reminder that we are not in control of our present, or our future and my prayer is that it will lead to a fresh turning to God, to a new awakening of faith and over the Easter period a deeper appreciation of Jesus’ death and resurrection. That using the familiar words of the baptism and confirmation service, sees many turn to Him, submit to Him and come to Him, as the way, the truth and the life.
The disciple Peter said to Jesus when the crowds were leaving Him, “To whom else shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” He does indeed. May in this crisis many find that to be true.
Reflection by the Revd Helen Scamman
Reflection by the Revd Helen Scamman
“Fear… we feel it, don’t we, when we hear of someone perhaps our own age who is seriously ill with coronavirus, or when someone brushes past us, just that bit too close? Perhaps fear grips us when we hear the dire economic forecasts, or read of hints by medical experts about measures to restrict movement being necessary a long way into the future.
There are different aspects to this fear – it seems to me that there is firstly a fear of harm, often a very instinctive reaction to the possibility of serious disease for us, or for those we love. There are other fears too, however. One is the fear of being overwhelmed by the situation. Perhaps that might be when we consider the economic impacts for us, for society in general, or for our own particular church, as we look at the most recent financial update from the treasurer. Perhaps we fear being overwhelmed by pastoral need, or by the inner pressure we may put on ourselves to produce YouTube videos that outshine the church down the road. It is all too easy to fear that we will not be up to the job. And there is another fear – fear of the unknown. We are all wrestling with this aren’t we? We are given hints, sketchy outlines, and hear endless discussions of the possible future before us. Underneath it all, there is the sense that even the experts are casting around in the dark, in totally unknown territory.
In all these ways, fear is never far away.
But what did Jesus have to say to those who lived in fear, in an uncertain world, under the rule of a hostile empire, at a time when life was nasty, brutish, and often short? There was cause then, at least as much as now, to be afraid.
He didn’t give a 10 point plan – of ways of managing fear, helpful as we might have found that. He didn’t offer easy assurances. He walked alongside his people, and he experienced what it was to be fully human. In that shared humanity, he reassured those who worried about their physical needs, pointing to a loving Father and a future destination. He held out his hand to Peter, stopping him from sinking as he tried to walk on the water, overwhelmed by fear. He got into the boat with the disciples, who thought they were about to die, calming the storm. He talked to his disciples about their future home, in which they would be with him. He joined those who cowered behind closed doors, and showed them the resurrection life. He walked with those who felt their world had turned upside down, on the road to Emmaus, and helped them makes sense of it all. Nowhere did he promise that life would be easy, that suffering could be avoided, or that the future could be certain, not in this life.
What he did do, however, was to live out and share these truths, even in the face of fear:
When fearing harm, you have a Father in heaven who knows you fully and cares for you absolutely.
When fearing being overwhelmed, you have a Saviour who is present and powerful in the storm.
When fearing an unknown future, you have a future destination in him, which is the only certainty in this life.
We are not given pointers or platitudes, we are given a presence…. the presence, through the Spirit, of a Father who loves us, a Saviour who walks with us, and the hope of a future more glorious by far than anything in this life.
The other day I went running in the late evening, in the rain, when all the jobs of the day were done. As I ran along the road, looking ahead, the streets lights suddenly petered out, and I was in utter darkness. I am not normally afraid in the dark, but in the eerie quiet of lockdown, with darkness looming, fear gripped my heart. I started imagining the ‘what if’s’.
In that moment I was reminded of the words used by George VI in another dark time, the winter of 1939, when the future seemed at least as uncertain as it does now:
‘I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:
“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”
And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.”
So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
And He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East.’
Prayers for these difficult times
A Prayer for our Times
have mercy upon this nation and our world in this time of fear and confusion:
we bring before you those who are suffering and who tend to their needs;
may those in isolation know your comfort and company
and may neighbours show your love in works of care, kindness and prayer;
we pray for the National Health Service and all engaged in scientific research
and we pray too for those upon whose shoulders
the yoke of leadership rests,
that in their conversation and communication
your still small voice may be heard;
we ask this in the power of the Holy Spirit,
through the One who stretched out his hands to bless and to heal
even Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.Canon Aidan Platten
Prayers for the Pandemic: for a household in lockdown
God of the indoors,
who knew the confines of domestic space
at a time of little comfort,
help us in this time of confinement,
help us to see it as an act of love, in solidarity
with those who care for us and put their own lives
on the line for the sake of others.
Help us to ‘make room’ for each other, even if room is scarce,
help us to find reserves of patience we never knew we had,
to take offence less easily, to find in our hearts
an easy apology when we’re petulant.
Help us to be attentive, careful, and thoughtful.
May we draw deeply from the well
of our most loving times.
Source
Prayers for the Pandemic
Prayers for the Pandemic: for those who are anxious
God of Gethsemane,
who knew deep anxiety,
the desire for the cup to be taken away,
your sweat dropping onto the clay of earth like blood,
be with those who suffer at this time
from anxiety, the fear of their world
running out of control.
The facts alone
fan the embers of anxiety
in all of us: the grim daily numbers,
the fear of falling ill, of facing our end.
In our loneliest darkness,
in the night of our Gethsemane,
may we find you there
Prayers for the Pandemic: for the keyworkers
God of a day’s work,
who knew the early start,
the long shift, the thankless task,
help us to ‘see’ keyworkers in the pandemic
in a new and lasting way –
the ones who leave home to mingle
with the virus
to keep us fed,
keep us safe, keep us clean,
to care for us: in school, in care, in intensive care;
help us to help them by being careful ourselves
and remembering, on the other side of this,
who deserves our esteem, our national applause,
our lasting care.
Prayers for the Pandemic:
Let us pray for all those who have been infected by Covid-19,
for all who fear infection,
for those who cannot move freely,
for the doctors and nurses who concern themselves so generously with those who are sick,
for the researchers who are looking for protective and curative medicine,
that in this crisis of our world God will give us His blessing.
(Silent prayer)
Almighty God, you are our refuge and strength!
Many generations before us have known You as powerful in all their needs.
Help all who are affected by this crisis,
and strengthen in us the belief that You will take care of each and every one of us.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord.
Source
A Reflection. Archdeacon Mark Ireland
“Return from Exile: the Challenge for the Church”
Now that the lockdown has been extended for at least three more weeks, it is a good time to begin to reflect on what we have learned during this strange period of social isolation, and how we might do things differently when we are able to reopen our church buildings and resume gathering for public worship. The experience of the Israelites in exile in the 6th century BC is a good starting point for our reflection. Not that we have been carried off into exile by an invading army, but like the Israelites we have had a significant experience of dislocation and isolation and been cut off from our usual place(s) of worship.
When the Israelites first went into exile following the destruction of the temple they had a massive sense of dislocation and loss – ‘How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?’ (Psalm 137.4) However as the years went by the experience of exile turned out to have many positives – they re-engaged with their founding stories, they repented and turned away from idols, they studied the law and wrote down much of the Old Testament in its present form. And when in time Cyrus allowed the Israelites to return to the Promised Land, the trickle back was fairly slow – it seems to have taken at least a century.
The returning Israelites were also less attached to their central shrine – it took the prophet Haggai to challenge the Israelites to focus on rebuilding the temple, rather than on re-establishing their home and family life: ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: These people say, “The time has not yet come for the Lord’s house to be built.” Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai, “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your panelled houses, while this house remains a ruin?’ (Haggai 1.2-4)
Our own experience of exile through the coronavirus pandemic began with a massive sense of dislocation and loss. Many of us found it hard to imagine a country in which no church buildings were open and Easter had to be celebrated at home in social isolation. Yet this side of Easter we can recognise that there have been some significant positives to weigh alongside the loss. The challenge for us now is to think about how we might hold onto those positives as we begin to plan for our return from exile. The world around us has changed in many ways for good (perhaps in both senses of the word) and if we simply try to resume doing things in the old way, we may find that the world has moved on, and that we have failed to learn from the painful experience of recent weeks.
For all that the Israelites must have returned to the promised land with high hopes, they soon discovered that rebuilding their lives and the life of the nation was a hard slog, which led to a spirit of resignation and apathy that continued into the time of Malachi. I suspect that many in our communities will emerge from this pandemic battered, bruised and disillusioned, and (as so often happens) looking for someone to blame. It may be that we can only inspire people to look forward to ‘What now?’ when we have given them the chance to properly lament the trauma and loss that they have experienced, and to grieve for the loss of loved ones. The restrictions on attendance at funerals will leave issues of grief unexpressed or unresolved that may take months to work through. Scripture provides a rich language of lament and grief; allowing space for such feelings to be expressed will be important before many are ready to move forward and rebuild.
However alongside this weariness there is also unparalleled opportunity presented by this current crisis. Amid the fear and trauma there is a resurrection of community spirit and a rejection of selfishness as socially unacceptable – witness the Thursday evening claps for the NHS and the amazing response to 99-year old veteran Captain Tom’s fundraiser. As Pete Grieg (founder of the 24/7 prayer movement) has commented, ‘Our friends and neighbours are asking questions because everything is shaking and suddenly the claims of the Gospel are making more sense than ever before.’ Many in lockdown have time on their hands and are beginning to search online for deeper answers to the questions of existence and purpose. This is seen both in the large numbers accessing online worship who are not church members, and where churches are finding ways to do enquirers’ groups or small groups online, the significant numbers of new faces who are asking to join in.
Return from exile involves both hard work and new opportunity. The prophet Haggai challenged the Israelites to some hard thinking, changed priorities and energetic rebuilding as they returned from exile. However he also promised them God’s active presence among them, so that they need not be afraid, ‘But now be strong O Zerubbabel…Be strong all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you…and my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’ (Haggai 2.4-5)
Interestingly the rebuilt temple seems to have been much more modestly built than the one before the exile – ‘Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now…?’ (Haggai 2.3) and yet God promises his people that his glory will be seen more powerfully in the modest structures of the future than the great edifices of the past. And he offered them the chance to have a part in realising God’s greater purpose. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘And in this place I will grant peace.’ (2.9)
Financial resources for the Church’s mission may be tight as economy contracts and churches recover from the loss of cash income during the lockdown, but in God’s economy the Church is strong when it seems weak. The Early Church won the battle of ideas against the might of Rome not because it had power or wealth, but because it showed love to the poor. In recent days some of those newspapers that have been most hostile to the church and organised religion have begun to take a very different tone as they have seen how local churches have cared for the poor and the sick and the dying in this time of pandemic.
So as we prepare for life after lockdown, in what ways might God be wanting to challenge us as a Church to change for good? Here are some questions which I find deeply challenging, which you may like to ponder with your church’s leadership:
that we may rejoice in your comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.
Resources for Children & Young People
Resources for children and young people
Our Diocesan Board of Education (DBE) staff are continuing to produce some outstanding resources that can be used by parents at home.
Keeping children safe online
The Home Office has published advice and guidance to help parents and carers keep children safe online during the coronavirus outbreak. The guidance includes links to resources, including NSPCC resources, providing advice as well as information on: specific harms which children can experience online; child sexual abuse; radicalising content; sexting; age appropriate content; and suicide content. Includes links to services and resources, including Childline, which provide advice and support.
Read the guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): support for parents and carers to keep children safe online
Read NSPCC coronavirus advice: Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice and support for parents and carers
Visit Childline website: Coronavirus
‘Eastertime’ reflection – the Revd Nick McKee.
‘Eastertime’ reflection by Director of Vocations, the Revd Nick McKee.
Easter People
In the midst of coronavirus, this Easter has been both eventful and yet empty of almost all the usual Easter events. As Christians our Holy Week preparations and Easter celebrations have been derailed and disrupted in ways that none of us could ever have imagined.
Even the wider non-Christian world has found the expected Easter rhythm of feasting with family and friends, holidaying and, of course, eating vast quantities of chocolate stopped in its tracks in unimaginable ways. What do we make of our Easter faith in these distressing times?
Many years ago I went to a Christian festival called Easter People and since then I’ve always liked the idea of being ‘Easter people’, not because of the event but because as Christians we are people who live life in the bright light of the resurrection of Jesus and that changes everything. Through his resurrection we know that Jesus really is who he says he is, we know that we can be forgiven and we also know that death does not have the final word, so we can live free from the fear of death. These are the claims of Easter people like me and they fire my life, but coronavirus does not simply derail and disrupt our Easter celebrations, it brings into sharp focus these Easter claims. The first coronavirus death close to me was a fit healthy young man in his mid-20s, the second to touch my life was a man in his 60s, the third a woman also in her 60s. I do not know who the fourth, fifth or sixth will be but, unless there is a miracle, I know they will come. In the midst of so many deaths from coronavirus, claims about death not having the final word or of living free from the fear of death become challenging truths to live out and live by because it needs to be done in a way that is honest about the pain of this broken world.
Perhaps a personal example will help to explain what I mean? My father died some years ago. The brokenness of this world took its toll on him and he was not perfect, but he had a persistent Christian faith all his life. He had been ill for many years and so in many ways his death was a merciful release because I knew what lay in store for him beyond this life. Death did not have the final word for him and I was not afraid of his dying, but that did not stop the pain of being parted from him and I wept and grieved deeply at his death. I have complete, confident hope in the power of Christ’s resurrection to bring new life to my father, but I was honest about my loss and I grieved.
This Easter, I’m still an Easter person. I’m still utterly confident of the truth, hope and power of the resurrection of Jesus but I am also determined to be honest about the pain and loss coronavirus is bringing into this broken world. We know how this story ends, we know that Jesus is victorious, but this chapter is a hard one to live through and we would do well to have the imagination and courage to be honest about the grief that is casting its shadow on this particular Easter season. In doing so we can allow the bright light of Jesus’ resurrection to fire us, so that we can be Easter people sharing his hope with a world experiencing so much disruption and distress.
Revd Toby’s Newsletter
Dear friends
I hope that you are keeping well both physically, emotionally and spiritually in these testing times. In many ways we are simply called to obey a simple instruction – stay at home and save lives. But suddenly being separated from physical contact with loved ones (including our church family) is hard. Staying in all the time can get very claustrophobic, all the more so if you have a small home and no or very limited outdoor space. Suddenly being with our nearest and dearest 24/7 can try our nerves. And we can all fear and worry what will happen to us, and what will happen to our loved ones should we or they catch COVID-19. Sadly, we will all know people who will get it, and very sadly we will all know people who will get seriously ill, and in some cases die.
If you are struggling in any way with any aspect of this, PLEASE don’t struggle alone. If you’re struggling with practical tasks, ask and we will put you in touch with someone who could help. If you’re struggling with the isolation or could just do with a chat, please pick up the phone. Your clergy are actually less ‘busy’ than normal at present, with the usual run of activities, meetings and so on suspended. Of course, there is childcare to juggle, and you may need to leave a message. But do so and I’d be delighted to call you back.
I am writing this letter as we enter Holy Week and Easter. In this week, we plumb the depths of our human callousness and rejection of God – and the immensity of God’s love. We know the Christ who reveals himself most powerfully in giving up his life for us on the cross. And from that unconditional sacrifice of self, God raised him to new life, and opened for us the gates of his everlasting kingdom. That kingdom life we can share now by the Spirit, even as we wait for the day when it comes in its fullness, when death, disease, hatred and sin are forever gone and every tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Holy Week and Easter will be very different this year, but many of us will have more time to be with the Lord in prayer and reflection, united in spirit with Christians around the world. As many of you have discovered, I am doing what I can to make Sunday and Holy Week services available via the internet as well as daily prayer. The principal services for Holy Week will be:
Maundy Thursday 8:15pm
Good Friday 10:45am families, 11am Way of the Cross, 2pm Good Friday Liturgy
Easter Day 10:45am families, 11am Eucharist
You can find all this at www.facebook.com/allsaintsclayton . You don’t need a Facebook account to access the page or view the videos. You can either watch live or catch up once they’ve finished. The 11am service on Good Friday will be special as many individuals have recorded themselves reading lessons or reflections.
If you go to the All Saints’ website www.allsaintsclaytonlemoors.org you will find the orders of service for the main services, together with the readings and prayers for each Sunday.
You can also find services on BBC Radio every Sunday and there will be religious broadcasting on the TV over Easter as well as lots of material on line.
I pray that when Easter comes, despite the fact that we won’t be in church singing Alleluia, despite the fact that we won’t be gathering with family or watching children hunt for eggs in the garden or any of the other things we’re used to, we will still know the joy in our hearts of the truth that Christ is risen, that love has conquered, that ultimately there is nothing to fear.
With my love and prayers, now as always
Toby
A pastoral message from the Bishop of Blackburn:-
It is extraordinary that a virus that was unknown until very recently and that is unseen to the naked eye, has been able to have so much impact on so many people in such a short space of time and at so many levels of our national and international way of life.
Schools forced to close, acts of Christian worship suspended, workplaces shut down, restrictions advised on travel, unprecedented pressure on our NHS, calls for self-isolation. Who can imagine a Holy Week and Easter, proclaiming the death and resurrection of Jesus; events at the centre of our faith, without public gatherings of worship, meditation, celebration and prayer?
Into this crisis Christians bring a positive emphasis of hope. Church is not cancelled; we continue, but in a different way. Faith can be lived out and expressed in our homes through prayer and study together.
In Paul’s second letter to Timothy 2.9, he speaks of his suffering in prison, being chained like a criminal, locked down and then declares:
“But God’s Word is not chained, the work of God goes on relentlessly. The gates of hell cannot prevail!”
Of course, in a crisis opportunities to serve and help are multiplied. A recent visit to the Blackburn Foodbank showed me a band of wonderful volunteers making up food parcels for collection.
In the slow down, there will be new time for rethinking and re-evaluating our priorities in life.
This outbreak is a solemn reminder that we are not in control of our present, or our future and my prayer is that it will lead to a fresh turning to God, to a new awakening of faith and over the Easter period a deeper appreciation of Jesus’ death and resurrection. That using the familiar words of the baptism and confirmation service, sees many turn to Him, submit to Him and come to Him, as the way, the truth and the life.
The disciple Peter said to Jesus when the crowds were leaving Him, “To whom else shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” He does indeed. May in this crisis many find that to be true.
A message for everyone!
‘Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults is the responsibility of every one of us.’ ( Blackburn Diocesan website).
Please don’t switch off yet! Read on…. With all the high profile historic safeguarding incidence which have come to light within religious institutions, it is only correct that steps have and are being taken to tighten up on ‘safeguarding’ in our churches.
As part of the church’s measures we have a duty to follow ‘The House of Bishops’ guidance, to encourage those with responsibilities to complete the church’s safeguarding training. This is so we have a common Christian approach, and all work towards creating a safe non-discriminatory environment by being aware of situations which can create vulnerability; and being able to recognise and respond to abuse appropriately.
So, Blackburn Diocese offers a variety of training to meet its churches’ needs.
Safeguarding training is open to anyone and is free.
There are three main levels of training; –
To complete the online courses or to book a Leadership course go to the website
‘Safeguarding’ training needs to be updated every three years as new legislation and changes happen frequently in this area. The last training which took place in church and which many of you attended was on the 27th February 2017, so it is time for some of us to renew our training; which for most involved will mean completing the Foundation course online. If you are unsure, just ask! Please could those of you who have roles and responsibilities, if you are due to update your training, let me know when you have completed it as I am required to keep a data base. (It may give you something to do if you need to self – isolate!) Thank you.
To find out more about Safeguarding see the notice board as you enter church, when we are able to do so, or visit our website, where you will find all the vital information, including important contact numbers and advice.
Elaine Lockwood Safeguarding Officer.
On-line worship times via Facebook live
Opportunities for All Saints’ Families to join together for worship via Facebook Live.
Monday – Night Prayer at 9:30
Tuesday – Night Prayer at 9:30.
Wednesday: Morning Prayer and Litany at 10:00am and Night Prayer at 9:30pm.
Thursday – Night Prayer at 9:30pm
Friday – Morning Prayer and Litany at 10:00am and Friday Praise at 6:30pm.
Saturday – Night Prayer at 9:30pm.
Sunday – 10:45am Short Children’s service. 11:00am Prayers and Litany. Night Prayer 9:30pm.
We hope that this will provide one way for us to join together virtually whilst we can’t join together
physically.