We are excited to announce that we are planning to open our churches in Powerscourt and Kilbride on Sunday 5th July next. Due to cleaning restrictions around Covid19, the previous idea to have two short services in St. Patrick’s Church has been reduced to one service at the normal time of 11:30. We cannot safely and fully clean the church to the standard that is required in the short space of time between services. I do encourage parishioners of St. Patrick’s to remember that Kilbride Church will be open for the same short service at 10am on Sunday mornings and a warm welcome is extended to attend here also. The capacity for St. Patrick’s Church is 25 individuals (this number will increase where members of the same household occupy a full pew). Our capacity for seating in our services will change according to the Government guidelines.
The Services themselves will, for the moment, run along the lines of our online services with three readings and will follow the form and liturgy of Morning Prayer. It is expected that these services will last no longer than 20-30 minutes in order to reduce the time any one group of people is draw together in a relatively enclosed space.