Justin Welby: Getting Covid vaccine is part of Christ’s commandment to love each other
/in NEWS/by Christoph LindnerThe Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and encouraged others to do the same. Calling the vaccine “an answer to prayer,” Welby said that receiving the jab is part of Christ’s call to “love our neighbour as ourselves”.
“I want to encourage everyone to get the Covid-19 vaccine when they are invited,” Welby said in a statement. “Staff across the NHS, and health workers across the world, are under immense pressure on the front lines of this pandemic. They deserve not just our admiration but our support – and getting the vaccine when we have the opportunity is something we can all do to help relieve the burden on them.”
Welby received the vaccine due to his work as a volunteer chaplain at St Thomas’ hospital in London. Early on in the pandemic, it emerged that Welby had been secretly volunteering as a chaplain to comfort the sick and dying.
“It has been a privilege to volunteer at St Thomas’ over the past year,” the Archbishop added. “Chaplains here and across the country are doing a vital job of providing spiritual and pastoral care to patients, staff and relatives at this acutely painful and difficult time.”
(Source: premierchristian.news)
Praying for Persecuted Christians
/in NEWS, Prayer/by Christoph LindnerLet’s pray together:
Here is a map of the worst parts of our world to live in if you are a Christian. They need our prayer. Can you pick one (there is more information when you click on it), find out more and commit to praying for this country regularly?
Click here for more information…
Update on services at St Mary’s Church Denham
/in NEWS/by Christoph LindnerTo protect one another and help fight the COVID pandemic we are not restarting services at St Mary’s Church while Denham is in Tier 4. Please join us for our online services and events.
Do you know someone who is not online?
/in NEWS, Service/by Christoph LindnerDo you know someone who is not online?
Help them to stay connected:
They can listen to our community carol service on their phone by dialling local number: 01895 714013.
Do they have a DVD Player? Send an email to our Rector with their postal address and we will send them a DVD of the service free of charge.
No services tomorrow, 27 December. Please join the wider church!
/in NEWS, Service/by Christoph Lindner
On Sunday 27 December we are taking a break – there will be no service at St Mary’s Church or online.
Please join the wider Christian community, using one of the following links:
Click here for the online service of the Diocese of Oxford…
Click here for the online service of the Church of England…
We will be back, both at St Mary’s and online on Sunday 3 January.
Happy new year, everyone!
Comfort and Joy Christmas Reflections
/in NEWS, Prayer/by Christoph LindnerA daily reflection during the twelve days of Christmas.
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St Mary’s Church closed for the next weeks
/in Events, NEWS/by Christoph LindnerWe have entered another and potentially even more dangerous phase of this pandemic as the new variant of the COVID virus is spreading rapidly in the South East. It would be disastrous not to make every effort to protect people at this time, especially as we are so close to a mass roll-out of the vaccines.
We have therefore decided to cancel our services at St Mary’s Church on Christmas Day and then for the next two Sundays. We weren’t going to have a service on the 27th anyway and we won’t have one at St Mary’s on the 3rd of January either – although there will of course be one online. We will then review our plans and give you an update.
The Leadership Team of Denham Parish Church
To watch the complete Rector’s Update on this matter, please click here…
All about our Christmas online services…
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Where to find us
St Mary’s Church Office
Village Road
Denham UB9 5BH
Tel: 01895 832771
Our Office Hours
Monday 10.00am – 12.30pm
Tuesday 10.00am – 12.30pm
Wednesday 10.00am – 12.30pm
Thursday 12.30pm – 3.00pm
Friday 10.00am – 12.30pm