5 June

pastoral letter
Written By Guest User

Dear Friends,
Greetings to you as another week rolls by - and we are one week closer to opening up our church for limited numbers and subject to Covid regulations.

As I mentioned in an earlier letter, we are proposing to open the church from Sunday June 20th. My last service will be July 4th and the plan is therefore to invite anyone who so wishes to register for Sundays June 20th, June 27th and / or July 4th. Depending upon how many people government regulations allow, Consistory will then allocate people to each of these three Sundays, trying to ensure that everyone gets a chance to attend at least once. Current regulations stipulate 30 physically distanced people but that might increase in the next few weeks.

We hope to arrange Creche and Sunday School, if possible, though July 4th will be Holy Communion and therefore an all-age service. More information next week on this.
If you wish to register for one or more of these Sundays, you may do so by:

  • visiting our website, erc.amsterdam where you will find directions on the Homepage to the registration form. There you will be able to register for any of these dates when you are available and would like to attend. The form will be on the website from Friday June 4th at 18.00 hrs, and registration will close on Sunday June 13th at 18.00 hrs;

  • contacting your elder and asking them to register you;

  • contacting Lance - 020 672 2288 - and he will register you.

As soon as possible after registration closes on June 13th you will be notified which dates you will be able to attend.

I do hope that this will work for everyone and that you will all be able to attend at least one - and possibly more - services. What happens after July 4th? Watch this space!

One other thing - this Sunday is Holy Communion so, as usual, you might like to have some wine or juice and bread or a biscuit ready so that you can join in.

All best wishes - and keep safe and well,
Lance

THIS WEEK's PROGRAMME:

Sunday, 10.30 hrs: Morning Worship, livestreamed
You can access this just before 10.30 am:

Our reading for this Sunday is 1 Samuel 8:4-20, where the people of Israel ask for a king. This is a service of Holy Communion.

Sunday, 21.00 hrs: Compline (short evening prayers): 
Join at: https://zoom.us/j/91386497205?pwd=YUN5dnRLOWlybHDSV250aHdJcnhiQT09 

Tuesday, 08.45 hrs: Psalm Reciting (this week Psalms 56-64). We will not meet at the church for this, but you might like to participate from your own home at 8.45 or some other time.

Thursday, 21.00hrs: Compline (short evening prayers)
Join at: https://zoom.us/j/91386497205?pwd=YUN5dnRLOWlybHDSV250aHdJcnhiQT09 

 Prayer:

In this time there may be people who feel especially in need of prayer either for themselves or for someone else. In 'normal' times there was a small group of people in the congregation who used to take it in turns on Sundays to be available after the service to pray for anyone in need - so, if you would like prayer or have a particular prayer request please contact Margaret Richards on  margaretanne_richards@hotmail.com  and she and the others will pray accordingly.

 A word about finance….

Please note that in this period when we are not meeting together there is a way of giving to the church on the website, https://www.erc.amsterdam. 

Also, this Sunday being the 1st Sunday of the month, we would normally have a collection for the Mulanje Mission Hospital in Malawi. You will find details of how to give on our website.

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