Nigel Lea-Wilson, church warden at St Helens Parish Church, Rev Dr Chris Daniel, Area Dean of St Helens, Gary Maddock, town centre manager, and Debbie Williams, MitE volunteer coordinator in St Helens LIFE-saving equipment has been installed in the centre of St Helens thanks to campaigners from Mission in the Economy (MitE) chaplaincy. MitE has been working with people in the town for several years, providing a safe space to listen without judgement and offering support, whatever their faith or belief, and they have chaplains in St Mary’s Market and retail areas around St Helens town centre. Their latest mission, working with the Community Heartbeat Trust and funded by St Helens General Charitable Trust, was to purchase a public access defibrillator to benefit the whole community and install it on the wall at St Helens Parish Church on Church Square, which is busy thoroughfare for shoppers and traders.
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However, as often the case in 2020, things have been made a bit more difficult this Christmas. Many services are still taking place in the churches which are open in the town, with Covid restrictions and limited capacities in place. Services have been ticketed in advance to manage numbers with many sold out. Father Martin Kershaw, Dean of St Helens told the Star that the usual list of Catholic services in the area has not been published due to COVID-19 and uncertainty over which churches will be open. However, many services will still be available digitally, with churches hosting live streams, or recordings for people at home.
St Helens Council Music Service have presented their Schools Christmas Sing performance online. Due to the pandemic, the Christmas Sing performances could take place in St Helens Parish Church but the Music Service felt strongly that the residents of St Helens should still be able to see and hear the annual event - this time from the comfort of their own homes. The carol service features more than 1,600 children from 12 schools from across St Helens joining together virtually to sing eight well-known carols, accompanied by St Helens Youth Orchestra. The performance also features readings from students from St Helens schools and a clergy s address.