Keeping everyone safe at St Matthew's

If you have any of the recognised Covid-related symptoms, please self-isolate immediately and seek a test.

For all others, in accordance with Government guidance and local decision we respectfully request and require you to:

Go directly to a chair where there is an order of service booklet, and remain there. Please fill up the available chairs in the centre of the nave and transepts first. Do not move from chair to chair, or remove a booklet from another chair. (NB - some chairs in the side aisles have a restricted view.) Please do not move the chairs or handle any other furniture.

The wearing of a face covering is mandatory unless you belong to one of the medically exempted groups. This must cover both your mouth and your nose. (Plastic visors are not a substitute for a face covering and do protect others.)

The church toilet facilities are now available for use. Please follow the instructions on the signs, leave the cubical light on and the door open after use to facilitate ventilation and the dispersal of aerosol.

At communion – remain at your chair. You are respectfully asked to ensure that your face covering is in place until the words of administration have been spoken by the priest and you have responded by saying 'Amen'.

After the service – please depart via the north door whilst maintaining the two-metre 'rule'. A monetary offering towards parish funds may be made there. Please sanitize your hands as you leave. Assistance is available for those who require it. You may remove your face covering when you are clear of the building.

The 'rule of six' returns – you may gather on the green at the east end of the church building in physically distanced groups of up to six people, or two households. We ask that you do not congregate on the grass at the side of the church or the end of the Lady Chapel where ashes have been interred. Thank you.

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Singing
Congregational singing is not permitted. A 'small group' drawn from our choir may sing in accordance with current guidelines.