Easing COVID-restrictions this summer All this year the Risk Assessment Group (RAG) for the parish has been keeping an overview of all the complicated government regulations and guidelines, advice from the House of Bishops of the Church of England, and suggestions from the local authority. Following the move to "Step 4" of the easing of restrictions the RAG has made the following changes to our use of our church buildings: increased the numbers of people who may safely worship in our churches; maintained physically-distanced spaces in both churches for people nervous

Avoiding Scam Emails Some members of the parish may have received a scam email today or recently purporting to come from the Rector, and asking for assistance in buying online gift cards to be reimbursed later. THIS IS A SCAM. You can know that it is a scam by three things: The email doesn’t come from the Rector of Chingford email address but from a randomly generated email address. Check the address after the name, which might spoof my own. If it isn't the Rector's email address, it isn't from me.The