Parish Response to Coronavirus

For the past week St. Michael’s have been following the advice given by the National Church of England and adapted procedures where necessary on a daily basis.

Yesterday (10/3/2020) the Archbishops of Canterbury and York issued further advice relating particularly to services of Holy Communion. From today the following applies

• Parishioners with coughs and sneezes should think about whether coming to church is sensible whilst ill.

• At the advice of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York the following practise will now be implemented

  • Shaking hands during the peace should be avoid and sharing the peace should be done verbally instead.

  • The use of the ‘common cup’ is suspended and all parishioners will receive communion in one kind via a wafer.

  • Clergy will still greet people at the door but will refrain from shaking hands.

• Priests and Servers should wash their hands using alcohol-based hand-sanitiser during the offertory before Holy Communion.

• We encourage the washing of hands each hour or after each meeting.

• Door handles will be cleaned daily.

• Sunday service resources will be uploaded to the website on Saturday evenings to enable those at home to follow the service. Sermons will follow as soon as possible after the service.

• The Vicar and Churchwardens will review our response daily and will take advice from local Public Health officials.

This guidance will be updated as further changes are required. Last updated Tuesday 11th March, 08:05am

Parking at St. Michael's

St Michael’s is based within a residential area of Bramhall, so whilst we do everything to ensure that there is sufficient parking for services and events, we are aware we don’t always have enough parking. We try to be good neighbours to those who live nearby, so have produced this information to help you with parking when visiting our site. We would be very grateful if you could communicate this with others who will be joining you at St. Michael’s.

We have two car parks available for use by those attending services and events on our site. Please see the map overleaf for further location information.

Car Park 1

The first car park is adjacent to the church where there are 11 spaces. In addition, there are 2 disabled bays. We encourage these spaces to be left for those less mobile to make their visit to our site more comfortable.

Car Park 2

Our second car park is on the opposite side of St. Michaels avenue from the church. There are 43 spaces within this car park.

In trying to be good neighbours to our local residents whilst also being mindful of safety, we ask all users to use available car parking spaces before parking on the road.

Further Notes

If you are going to be using the kitchen and have supplies to unload you can use the rear car park behind the parish centre which you get to by using the access road at the side of the building. Please do not park blocking the pedestrian access route, any doors or the access road round to the rear of the building.