Friendship and fellowship are the order of the day at the weekly morning tea on offer at a Mittagong church.
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St Stephen's Anglican Church has resumed its Friday morning tea get-together and it appears to be a popular outlet for many.
The social outlet has been welcomed following several months of COVID-19 restrictions.
One regular Sue Luke from Welby said she loved the chance for a Friday morning catch up at the church morning tea.
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Organisers are quick to assure that Covid-safe practices are still a top priority.
You can sit and chat with others, but the seats are spaced for social distancing, hand sanitiser is available to all, guests are required to register their details on entry and the volunteers serving a cuppa and food wear gloves and masks.
Table service is also provided so that no-one is lined up or milling near the kitchen area and there is a limit of 50 people in the venue at any one time.
The morning teas had become a popular activity on the weekly social calendar of many until the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a complete shutdown earlier this year.
However, it is clear this popular free outlet is now back and the volunteers are eager to welcome the the people of the community.
The initiative is supported with donations of cakes and pastries from Gumnut Patisserie, Bakers' Delight and the Chelsea Bakery in Mittagong.
The morning tea is held each Friday from 10am until midday.
And on alternate Fridays visitors can also take a look and make a purchase from the Anglicare Community Pantry that drops in to the church grounds.
The schedule for the community pantry visits to the church for the remainder of the year is September 25, October 9 and 23, November 6 and 20 and December 4.
The church is located on the corner of Main and Station Streets, Mittagong.
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