March 2020

The worldwide deadly effects of the new coronavirus, Covid-19, were just beginning to be apparent. From 16 March 2020, the UK government issued a series of measures, culminating in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of the first nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020.

In response to these announcements, a group of volunteers in Corby Glen, supported by St John’s Church and the Parish Council, urgently set up neighbourhood teams to support vulnerable individuals in isolation, and separately created a ‘Virtual Church’ – the foundation of this website, which was first registered on 18 March 2020.

The national leadership of the Church of England locked us out of our local church buildings, but we were determined to bring the comfort and hope of God’s Word to our communities and beyond. In the months and years that followed, the simple services of daily prayer and (from June 2020) reflections in text and audio formats evolved into a rich resource accessed from across the globe.

Although a few reflections refer to the events of that time, the underlying insights are still applicable to current pressures and concerns. This revised website reissues the reflections, organised to facilitate websearch by Bible reference and liturgical date.