In the light of the First Minister\u2019s announcements on 9 and 14 July 2020 regarding entry into Phase 3 of the Scottish Government’s Route Map, revisions have been made to the guidance originally issued on 6 July 2020 by the Advisory Group of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the pastoral guidance issued by the College of Bishops.<\/p>\n
The main updates on previous guidance are:<\/p>\n
Numbers permitted at worship in church buildings will be strictly limited to 50 people, with physical distancing remaining in place at 2m;<\/em><\/p>\n In order to assist in tracking and tracing, the Government strongly recommends the collection of contact details and time of attendance of those attending worship and guidelines are provided in Appendix 2 of the Advisory Group\u2019s Phase 3 Guidance;<\/em><\/p>\n Restrictions on attendance at services and ceremonies for funerals and weddings will be eased, with a maximum of 20 people allowed to attend indoors, and with that number no longer limited to immediate family;<\/em><\/p>\n Associated gatherings \u2013 such as wakes and receptions – must continue to follow the limits on household gatherings and hospitality.<\/em><\/p>\n A slight modification has been made to the advice regarding singing, in order to reflect Government guidance. Limited singing by a single voice is permitted subject to the qualifications set out in the Advisory Group\u2019s Phase 3 Guidance.<\/p>\n Version 2 of each of the Phase 3 Guidance and Pastoral Advice from College of Bishops for Phase 3 is now available as follows:<\/p>\n In addition, the Advisory Group has now provided a template document to assist with the Scottish Government recommendation that contact details of staff and worshippers should be collected for tracing purposes. It is available here: https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Data-Protection-Privacy-Notice-and-Consent-Form-Version-1-14.7.2020.docx<\/a><\/p>\n No change is being made at this time to the substance of the Pro forma Phase 3 Plan for Vestries to use in seeking the Diocesan Bishop\u2019s approval but the Plan has been updated to cross-refer to the revised Advisory Group Phase 3 Guidance being issued today and so a Version 2 has been produced and is available here: https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/Plan-for-Reopening-for-Communal-Worship-Phase-3-Version-2-14.7.20.docx<\/a><\/p>\n Please note that when clicking on the two immediate links above, a Word document will download to your device.<\/p>\n The Advisory Group guidance regarding the reopening of churches for worship, and attendance at funerals and weddings, takes effect from tomorrow, 15 July 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the light of the First Minister\u2019s announcements on 9 and 14 July 2020 regarding entry into Phase 3 of the Scottish Government’s Route Map, revisions have been made to the guidance originally issued on 6 July 2020 by the Advisory Group of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the pastoral guidance issued by the College […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70933"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73457,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70933\/revisions\/73457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n