Welcome to St Chad's Church ShrewsburySt Chad's Shrewsbury

Welcome to St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury

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Dear Parishioner,

As is fitting, our country has entered a period of national mourning for His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. Our benefice, in connection with the national church, will mark this period with a variety of opportunities to commemorate the life of Prince Philip, pray for the repose of his soul, and ask God’s comfort and blessing on the Queen, the Royal Family, and our nation in this time of bereavement.

In recognition of this great loss, we, like many other churches throughout the country, tolled our church’s bell ninety-nine times on Saturday, 10 April, at 12 noon. We are grateful to St. Chad’s bell ringers for making this possible.During the period of National Mourning, our benefice is offering several ways to pray and reflect, both corporately and individually. We hope this will be of service to our benefice and to our town more widely:

Services of Commemoration with Holy Communion for HRH the Duke of Edinburgh

St Alkmund’s Church: Thursday 15th April, 12 noon

St Chad’s Church: Friday 16th April, 12 noon and 5pm

Online Service: 7pm Facebook

Please wear a face mask and socially distance for the in-person services which will be outdoors.

St Chad’s church building will be open for prayer between 11-2pm:
(Monday 12th April: Church is closed due to covid restrictions for a Pastoral Service)

Tuesday 13th April

Wednesday 14th April

Thursday 15th April

Help needed: If you would be willing to act as one of St. Chad’s much valued stewards on this occasion for the church building opening please be in touch. The more offers of help we have the longer the church can stay open in great service to our community.

Official online book of condolence for your messages:

Send a message of condolence | The Royal Family

Please send your message of condolence using this link. A selection of messages will be passed onto members of the Royal Family, and may be held in the Royal Archives for posterity.

www.royal.uk

Our service times will continue as below (no booking required):

9 a.m. Online Worship via Zoom (Zoom here: Online Worship)

10 a.m. In-person Outdoor Holy Eucharist alternating each week. (25th April, St Chad’s)

11 a.m.- Zoom Coffee Hour

Continuing Monday 19th April, our church buildings continue to be open for private prayer several times a week:

Monday, 11.30am—1 p.m. St Chad’s Church

Tuesday, 11.00am—1 p.m. St Alkmund’s Church

Wednesday, 11.30am—1 p.m. St Chad’s Church

Thursday, 11.00am—1 p.m. St Alkmund’s Church

Please note: If attending in person, please do wear a face covering, particularly for the distribution of communion.

Yours in Christ,

The Rev’d. Yejide Pietersen,

Contact via The Church Office: 01743 365 478 or mobile 07984 956 799

We continue to strengthen our connections with via post, telephone, and email. Weekly updates & Zoom info here: Current Contact Sheet or by Email: [email protected]

Please book to the Church Office for all in-person services via email: [email protected] or phone 01743 365 478.

If you need to speak urgently with a Priest regarding an urgent pastoral matter please call:

07984 956 799

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