Bishop Michael (who, you may remember, worked as an epidemiologist before becoming a bishop) has recently reviewed the risk  of COVID transmission associated with sharing the common cup during Holy Communion. Based on recent scientific  studies, his conclusion is that the risk of COVID being transmitted through sharing the common cup is minimal.

Our Christian faith is something that informs and underpins the whole of our lives, not just certain times in the day or week or year. When we think about what ‘church’ is and what ‘church’ is for, we naturally tend to think of Sunday services, festivals and  baptisms, weddings and funerals.

As we enter Advent, the season when we consider the 4 ‘Last Things’ and ponder that which is ultimate, we have some serious thinking and serious praying to do