Painful decision to cancel Christmas, says Church in the Woottons
| Updated: 12:17, 31 December 2020
Clergy at a church in Lynn have spoken of their sadness after Christmas services were called off at the last minute.
The Bishop of Norwich had written to parishes saying that he left it up to them as to whether they went ahead with services after the decision was made to put the county into Tier 4.
Worship is permitted even in Tier 4 but only under strict guidelines.
St Mary s Church in the Woottons.. (43784484)
But in the face of rapidly escalating Covid infections in West Norfolk, the Church in the Woottons newsletter reports that a meeting was held by the Ministry team on Christmas Eve and Canon James Nash said he took the very difficult decision to cease worship with immediate effect .