IMPORTANT – TEMPORARY CHURCH CLOSURE

St Mary’s Church, Portchester Special announcement: Closure of church for the next two weeks  31st December 2020. From the Vicar It is with much reluctance and after a great deal of discussion that we have decided to close the church for the next two weeks (at least)...

Tier 4 Updates

Tier 4: Covid Guidelines for St Mary’s As ever, some Covid guidelines seem contradictory…… SUNDAY SERVICES On the one hand, churches are allowed to remain open for worship, so a minimum number of services will still take place: Sundays at 8.00am and...

Christmas Updates

CHURCH SERVICES Government legislation allows church services to continue even in Tier 4, but with health and safety risk assessments in place. Some of you may be wondering whether or not to come dependent on numbers, so we have included in brackets the number of...