WHAT TO EXPECT

HOW TO FIND US

In-person services at 9.30am in the church building will take place every Sunday. We meet at Old Station Road, EX32 8PB, near Mcdonalds. There is lots of parking available and our friendly welcome team will greet you at the door and point you in the right direction.

A recording of the in-person service will be posted on our YouTube channel after 6pm Monday. 

CELEBRATION SUNDAYS

We are really excited to introduce a new structure and times to our services.

The Sunday services will be called ‘CELEBRATIONS’. It is a time to celebrate what God has been doing. Celebration is based on Acts 2:42. “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” (NIV).

It will be starting with prayer. The Elders would like to invite you to join them from 8:45 to 9:15 am for prayer.

It is just one service but split into two parts:
. 9:30 to 10:00 – Communion (the breaking of bread);
. 10:00 to 10:30 – Coffee break (fellowship);
. 10:30 to 11:30 – Worship, preaching (Apostles teaching) and prayer ministry;
. 11:30 – coffee and tea.

The new celebration format will start on 3rd October 2021 as an experiment until Christmas, when it will be reviewed.  Our hearts are full of expectations on what God will be doing amongst us.

Thank you very much for your prayers and support.

Ramon Bruzzichessi on behalf of the Barnstaple Elders

FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

Families and Children are a very important part of Grosvenor Barnstaple. We want them to encounter Jesus, learn more about Him but also have so much fun.

As is our usual practice from September there will be organised children’s activities on Sundays. From October, the children’s activities will be from 10.30-11.30am.

BEFORE THE SERVICE – FROM 10/12/21

All services in our COVID-safe Main Hall at Old Station Road EX32 8PB.

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on Wednesday 8th December, the government has issued some new guidelines that affect churches. There are some unclear areas, but as elders, we feel at Grosvenor we should do our best to implement these new guidelines. Hopefully, there will be further clarifications from the government, so we may need to change our practice before the following Sunday. We are in a changing situation, so please bear with us if we don’t get everything right immediately, or find we need to change things again.

• COVID passes are not required in places of worship
• Face coverings are legally required inside places of worship

Organised children’s activities are exempt from the requirement of wearing face coverings. This means that face coverings will not be required for Toddler’s groups, Sunday School, Youth Groups or Youth Bible studies held inside church buildings.

However, other adult meetings are not exempt. Face coverings will need to be worn for prayer meetings, bible studies and other small groups held inside church premises.

FACE MASKS LEGALLY REQUIRED

This weekend (10th to 12th December) we would ask everyone coming to meetings at Grosvenor Barnstaple to wear face masks all the time they are in the building. We will no longer have a separate seating area for mask wearers, but a small area for those not wearing masks. Masks may be removed when taking communion or having refreshments, but please keep them on while singing, and at other times.

Our reasoning is that people singing or speaking without masks are mostly likely to spread germs. (Research has shown that wearing a mask while singing reduces transmission of germs by over 80%.)

Those on the platform do not need to wear masks while on the platform.

There are sanitising stations at a number of places around the building, please do make use of them.

SOCIAL DISTANCING

We also intend to introduce an extra coffee serving point so that there can be more space between people when mixing in the Richmond Lounge.

LATERAL FLOW TEST

We are sad we have to return to stricter measures, we are doing this in obedience to the government God has placed over us, and to minimise the risk of COVID spreading in our meetings. It is also advised that you take a Lateral Flow test on Saturday, or before you come on Sunday.

If you test positive for Covid 19 at any time during the week before the service please do not come to the Sunday service, even if you have not shown any symptoms of Covid.

LET’S PRAY FOR HEALING

Above all let’s keep praying for healing for those in our church family who have COVID, and for a swift and complete ending to this pandemic across the world.

Psalm 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.

With Love from The Elders.

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