No wine at Holy Communion

Post date: Jul 20, 2009 8:42:53 AM

Rev Nicholson surprised many at our Sunday morning service when he announced, with regret, that he would only be distributing consecrated bread during Holy Communion. He explained he was following the Bishop of Blackburn's advice on the flu pandemic, which is not to distribute consecrated wine during Holy Communion services during the swine flu outbreak. Follow this link to read the Bishop's advice in full http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news_more.asp?news_id=27