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As we approach Christmas and the end of what has been a very difficult year, we wanted first and foremost to wish you every blessing for this holiday time. While Christmas is going to be very different for most of us this year we hope that you may find peace and joy, however you celebrate the birth of our Saviour.

Latest Update

Given the continued Tier 3 restrictions in our area, the increasingly serious situation nationally this week and the potential impact of Christmas gatherings, we have not felt it wise to return to meeting in person at church just yet.  We continue to monitor the situation and hope that in the coming months this may be able to change.

Meeting Online

We have continued to connect online through the Sunday online service and after-church meet-up on Zoom. As well as weekly on Thursday evenings on Zoom for bible study and prayer. 

Many of us have had to adapt and find new ways in these difficult times, and we encourage you to try and access these if you can. 

Christmas Online

During Christmas week we also invite you to join us online for:

Online Family Games and Quiz
Wednesday 23rd December, 6:30pm on Zoom (meeting ID 834 1888 2778)

Christmas Day Online Service
11am on Zoom (meeting ID 834 1888 2778)

Next up..

We are taking a break after Christmas, so the next online service after Christmas will be on 10th January and the next Thursday Zoom will be 14th January.

Previous services are available on YouTube.

We are making plans to re-open

As the government has begun to relax some of the lockdown measures and provided new guidance, we wanted to let you know what our current plans are for re-opening the church for gathered worship.

In the first instance, we are proposing to reintroduce  some form of a Sunday morning worship service from 13th September. 

This will most likely be very different to what we might regard as our ‘normal’ service, as there will be many constraints on how and what we are able to do. 

The leaders are reviewing the current guidance from the Baptist Union and the government to ensure we can plan a safe return to church gatherings at church. Our intentions are always wanting to minimise risks and ensure the well being of our congregation.

We don’t know how things will change in the coming months so any plans we may make now will always be subject to change based on the latest guidance and current situation.

We will let people know nearer the time the exact details of our plans for reopening, the measures that will have been put in place and your role in helping make this possible.

Accessing Online Services

The live online Sunday services have now come to a close, as churches start to re-open and prepare to do so. We want to thank everybody who have joined us over the last few months and a special thank you to all those who have been able to contribute with bible readings and songs.

From September we hope to record services when they begin and post online. So stay tuned…

THURSDAYS ON ZOOM WILL CONTINUE

This week’s (30th July) Zoom meet-up will NOT take place, and we encourage you to access the Keswick Convention that is online all this week. (See https://keswickministries.org/)

However, the Thursday meet-up on zoom will be back on Thursday 6th August at 7:30pm and will continue for the foreseeable future.

See http://wvbc.org.uk/together for details.

UPDATE: We have set up a page for info about our online gatherings here.

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Following the advice from Public Health England and The Baptist Union, we have taken the very difficult decision to suspend meetings at West View Baptist Church until further notice.

This applies to Sunday services and Filling Station, as well as all church midweek activities and small groups.

We will need to find new ways of continuing to function as a church and of supporting one another during this time. We may be able to explore ways of achieving some of this online in order to comply with the need for social distancing, but we recognise this may not be possible for some. Please continue to care and look out for each other at this time.

More information and details of how we might connect online will follow.

We encourage any members of the church family who feel ill, have to self-isolate, need help or are feeling at all worried or anxious, to call one of the leaders or use the contact page, so that we can find ways of offering appropriate support during this time. 

with our love and prayers at this difficult time,

Tim