<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear Parishioners and Friends of St Peter’s,</span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">How are you and yours? Everything is changing so quickly in our world these days. I hope you are OK.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Attached is my most recent Pastoral Letter, addressing this week’s stage-one easing of restrictions.</span><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">On Monday the State
Government announced that church doors can once again be opened for public
worship, permitting: “10 members of the public to gather for religious purposes
(in addition to the people reasonably required to facilitate the ceremony). Our
Archbishop on Wednesday, however, added a cautionary note: “The Premier made it
clear on Monday that, while small religious services may resume, in general
people ought to remain at home, leaving only for certain reasons. He repeated
‘safe, cautious, appropriate’.” The big return-to-church party we’ve all been
dreaming of, in reality, is not going to happen. Rather, over the coming weeks
and months, it is going to be “Back to St Peter’s: Small Steps.”</span></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I
have outlined in my Pastoral Letter some of the small steps that I am proposing for St Peter’s,
during the current stage-one easing of restrictions. These protocols come out
of discussions with our worship team and other parishioners, and were formally
affirmed by the Wardens at our meeting last night. They will be in place until
the end of May 2020, when our Premier and the Archbishop may announce further
changes.</span></p></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Should you have any questions or comments, do feel free to contact me directly.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Pray for me as I pray for you,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Fr Hugh</span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">_______________________</div>The Rev'd Dr Hugh Kempster<br class="">Vicar, St Peter's Eastern Hill<br class="">Melbourne 3002, Australia<br class=""> T: +61 3 9662 2391<br class=""> M: 0488 960 022<br class=""> E: <a href="mailto:hkempster@stpeters.org.au" class="">hkempster@stpeters.org.au</a><br class=""> <a href="http://www.stpeters.org.au" class="">www.stpeters.org.au</a></div></span></div></span></span>
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