The vicar of an Anglican church in London's fashionable Nothing Hill district isn’t one to let a public health lockdown get in between him and the Easter message of hope.
Residents listen to Mobile Vicar Pat Allerton from St Peter's in Notting Hill performing an open air Easter service in Portobello Road, during the coronavirus outbreak lockdown in London, Sunday, April 12, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
Armed with two loudspeakers, Allerton left his vicarage at St. Peter's church and got on his bicycle to deliver his Easter Sunday sermon on the area's backstreets. Allerton said he needed to come up with an Easter alternative, too, as “we were told we couldn’t gather in churches for obvious reasons.” Britain has been under effectively a government-ordered lockdown since March 23, a state of affairs that is expected to be extended later this week.“In conversation with my bishops, we decided that, yes, this ministry could continue, should continue, but that it could be part of my daily exercise,” Allerton said.
During his two-wheeled ministry, the vicar plays hymns such as “Amazing Grace” through the speakers and gathers passers-by in song followed by some prayer for people suffering during the battle against the coronavirus and for front-lineFor Dan Pratt, a Notting Hill local, a chance encounter delivered exactly what Allerton wanted to give, much-needed hope two days on from his grandfather's death from the coronavirus.
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