Sunday 7 July saw Rev Helen’s first eucharist service, at St Margaret’s, surrounded by family, friends and parishioners. Rev Christine was also licenced as Deacon in the parish, and Father Charlie was guest preacher … More Rev Helen’s first Eucharist
Last weekend the parish celebrated not just one, but two ordinations: our life-long friend and sister in Christ Christine, and our lovely curate Helen. Here are some pictures in case you couldn’t get to either service … More A Double Ordination
With the successful installation of broadband and wifi into church, our twice weekly livestreamed services at St Margaret’s have been far more reliable than in previous years. To further bolster and future-proof the parish online presence, the Digicomms Team appointed a company to provide our digital upgrade; we are still going through the process of applying for a faculty, which is taking some considerable time. They also continued to oversee and develop our parish social media, website and “A Church Near You” page … More Music and Digital Communications Report to the APCM: Jan – Dec 2023
The image that marked out the earliest Christians was Christ the Good Shepherd. It’s this face that you see when you explore their earliest burial sites – such as the Catacombs of St Callistos on the Appia Antica, which I climbed down into in April with our son Nick. Some might expect a Cross, to symbolise Christ’s achievement, or the Fish. But no. The face of the Good Shepherd mattered more – as a sign of who Christ is, his resurrection, his ultimate victory over sin and death … More Vicar’s Letter to the Parish for July 2024
QR codes are clever bits of technology – a bit like bar codes – that link the real world with the online world. Those of us comfortable with using smartphones can simply point the camera at the QR code, and it will open a website. In this case, the QR code opens the parish “Give a Little” page … More Give a Little
Welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 30 June, on which we remember SS Peter and Paul. Rev Philip Miller presides.
We begin with the hymn “Morning has Broken” … More Saints Peter and Paul
Church Building The church has never been used so much, all activities (very few) took place in the church because LWH closed due to failure of the electrics. The brass band, Teapot Time and Messy church continued to meet in church under very difficult circumstances, even voting took place in there … More St. George’s and Lady Wilton Hall annual report 2023
It’s June. After one of the wettest Mays on record, many of us are hoping and praying for a drier, sunnier summer. Many of us are also hoping and praying for the return of some of the freedoms we took for granted until March last year … More What a Wonderful World (Weiss & Thiele, arr. Brymer)
No one likes a wait do they, especially a long one! If your patience level is anything like mine then you’ll know what I mean! My brother was the worst, when we used to go on holiday, sometimes in the early hours and heading down to Cornwall, Devon, Wales, we’d get to the end of our road and the question would come from the back, ‘are we nearly there yet?’, then my dad would turn the air blue. At least we knew though, ok it might be 6 or 7 hours driving but we’d get there. However, what if you don’t know the end time and how do you wait well … More How to wait well
Jesus liked his metaphors didn’t he, we’ve have quite a few of them as we dig down into his teachings. You get the face-to-face ones like the camel and the eye of the needle, but even more so you hear some of Jesus parables. When he compares something to something else or a situation to the Kingdom of Heaven/Kingdom of God (depending which gospel you are reading at the time). We’ve just heard the parable of the Mustard seed which I’m sure is one you have heard before about the tiny mustard seed growing into a large tree … More Starting small and getting very big
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