Dialstone Lane Notices - 21st January 2021 (2)
Dialstone Lane Notices - 21st January 2021Continuing Church Building ClosureAt the Church Council meeting on Thursday 21st January, we discussed whether the time was yet right for us to reopen the church building. We felt that although the vaccinations are being rolled out amongst our congregation in an encouraging way, the general levels of infection make it too risky as yet. The Leadership Team will review the situation again in the middle of February. We recognise that with such a gap since we first trained ourselves and since we last implemented the safety procedures, we will need to rehearse them again before we can reopen a Covid secure Church. For those who have received a vaccination this is the advice from the Gov.UK website: “The 1st dose of the COVID-19 vaccine should give you good protection from coronavirus. But you need to have the 2 doses of the vaccine to give you longer lasting protection. There is a chance you might still get or spread coronavirus even if you have had the vaccine. This means it is important to:
Please stay safe everyone! Catriona Stoker, Co-ordinating Steward. Dialstone Lane Zoom Sunday ServiceNow that we have access to a church zoom account, we have reset the joining instructions for our Sunday services, starting this week on Sunday January 24th at 11.00am. We apologise that those of you who were trying to access the service by phone previously and who were unable to do so; this should now work for you. Topic: Dialstone Lane Zoom Church Time: Jan 24, 2021 11:00 AM London Every week on Sunday Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/95822401033?pwd=LzFvR1grUy8yTlV6UUdMWFU2RllsZz09 Meeting ID: 958 2240 1033 Passcode: 611059 Dial by your location – you will be asked to dial in the Meeting ID when you connect, followed by hash - #, then # again as you are a participant not the host, then the password followed by #. So, it’s worth having those numbers ready. As has been remarked “it’s quite a bossy man giving the instructions”! +44 208 080 6592 United Kingdom +44 203 481 5240 United Kingdom +44 203 901 7895 United Kingdom +44 330 088 5830 United Kingdom +44 208 080 6591 United Kingdom +44 131 460 1196 United Kingdom +44 203 481 5237 United Kingdom Meeting ID: 958 2240 1033 Passcode: 611059 Eric Osborn is leading our worship on Sunday 24th January.He has chosen three hymns - if you can use the internet, you can see and hear them being sung on YouTube via these links "O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder" (82 in "Singing the faith") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdE_NKyY_o0 "To God be the glory" (94 in "Singing the Faith" or "463 in "Hymns and Psalms") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-15v9iworAU "Lord for the years" (470 in "Singing the Faith") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aluwWcqw4I Bible readings chosen are Ephesians 1: 3-6 and Ephesians 1: 15-19 Eric will lead us in the words of the "Serenity Prayer" God grant me the serenity If you would like to borrow a copy of the blue hymn book ("Hymns and Psalms") please let Andy Stoker know and he will deliver one to you Andy Stoker (0161-487-2010) Liz Delafield and Stewart Blackedge will lead our service on January 31stCoffee Morning DetailsCoffee mornings will continue on a fortnightly basis at 11.00 starting on Thursday January 28th with the following log in details: Topic: Dialstone Lane Zoom Coffee Morning Time: Jan 28, 2021 11:00 AM London Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92599444343?pwd=NGlHK0lWbjFRZVkwWGZyVVdtZFBKUT09 Meeting ID: 925 9944 4343 Passcode: 626898 Afternoon Chat & Cup of TeaApologies if you tried to join the afternoon Tea meeting on 21st Jan. Somehow the meeting ID and password printed on the last newsletter did not tie in with the details of the meeting I had set up! Peter New details are as follows: Time: Feb 4, 2021 04:00 PM London Feb 4, 2021 04:00 PM, Feb 18, 2021, Mar 4, 2021. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93903419254?pwd=YzE3STExNTZtdklBeHZqTDU5TkRqQT09 Meeting ID: 939 0341 9254 Passcode: 013198. The same telephone numbers can be used for the services, coffee mornings and afternoon teas. ThanksAnn and family would like to say a very big thank you to everyone for their messages, phone calls, emails, plants and beautiful flowers and the lovely hand made gifts. Two things have been very clear and that is how loved Ted was and how caring people are. During this pandemic we have been especially moved by the care we have received from The Christie . Ted was especially grateful to the dedicated staff who became ‘family and friends’ during the time we were unable to visit him. I am sure they will appreciate the donations we have received in Ted’s memory. Thanks to everyone’s generosity we have been able to send £1500 to The Christie Hospital and £500 to Cancer Research. This could possibly be more as some folk have sent their donations direct. One of the headings in Our Calling is Learning and Caring. Caring is what DLMC does best. Our thanks go to Andrew, David, Jane, Sue and Susan who helped at the church service and to Mandy and Cathy who helped us through a very difficult time and made Ted’s funeral very special. We very much appreciated those who came to say their goodbyes outside church in the cold and damp. Thank you all for caring and for all the fun and friendship we have both received in the past. May God bless everything you do in His name and may he keep us all safe and well until we meet again to worship face to face. Love and prayers, Ann WheelchairThere is a lightweight folding wheelchair at church available to borrow if anyone needs it to get to their vaccine appointment. Please contact stewards if you need this. Holocaust Memorial Day Service 2021 – Greater ManchesterThe Mayor of Greater Manchester together with the ten councils of Greater Manchester invite you to join them online for this service in commemoration of the holocaust.The virtual event will be hosted on the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s Facebook page on Wednesday, January 27th, 2021, 10.00 – 11.15am https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=mayor%20of%20greater%20manchester RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch 29th – 31st JanuaryThis is something we can all do, from inside our houses. Just spend an hour over this weekend counting all the different birds and how many of each sort that you see. Then report your findings to the RSPB. Their website gives full details and help with identifying the birds:
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