Today is the feast day of St Nicholas. Like St Cecilia, who I mentioned a fortnight ago, we don’t know much about his actual life. We do know that he was Bishop of Myra, in what is now Turkey. One of the early legends about him is that he gave three girls a dowry to prevent them having to enter prostitution when their family fell on hard times. He delivered the gifts at night so that he could remain anonymous … More Saint Nicholas
Be still and be ready for the Good News, the Good News is coming and we need to be ready for it and in advent that is what we do. We are in a time of waiting for something to come. Of course we know what we are waiting for and that is the focus of advent, it really is a time to wait for something new and renewing to come in the future. We are waiting for the birth of the Christ Child, I little bit of light in a difficult world. We’re are putting a candle in an orange today to remember that … More Be still and be ready
When we think about the meaning of Christmas inevitably the Christmas readings are interpreted for us by the carols we know so well, and the images on Christmas cards that illustrate them. One major theme is the light coming into darkness … More The light shines in the darkness
Rev Gordon Joyce and Gordon Clark visited our churches on Sunday November 26th. Gordon writes … More A letter from Gordon Joyce at the Bury Project
Today is St Cecilia’s Day. She was a Christian in the third century who welcomed others into her home where she led worship. This drew the attention of the Roman authorities, and she was martyred for her faith. Legend has it that she sang to God on her wedding day with such beauty and sincerity that her pagan husband became a Christian convert. She became the patron saint of music … More St Cecilia
Good morning and welcome to our Christingle service, held on Advent Sunday. Rev Sue will preside and Rev Helen will preach. We begin with the hymn “Make Way” … More Advent Sunday and Christingle
I’m sure I may have mentioned this before but I love the book of Daniel, you have these amazing stories of God’s intervention in the world in the first half of the book in the court tales Daniels three friend Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego refusing to bow to the statue of King Nebuchadnezzar and being thrown into a furnace and a fourth figure ‘with the appearance of a god’ protects them and Daniel being thrown in the Lion’s Den and protected by God … More The Writing on the Wall
Don’t you love it when the bible is nice, clear, precise about its teachings and what God wants of those who follow the way. Never contradicts itself or gives mixed messages. Yet at first glance todays three reading all seem to give different advice on the best way to receive grace from God, so which one is right … More How to be faithful to Jesus
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 26 November on which we celebrate Christ the King. Today we are joined by Rev Gordon Joyce and Gordon Clark from the Bury Project (Christians Against Poverty, or CAP) … More Christ the King
Rev Helen preached this sermon on Wednesday 15 November 2023. Here it is for you again: We all have things that get on our nerves or that really annoy us. Something that might seem really insignificant to others but to you it is annoying. I know there are lots of different things, but we all … More Saying “Thank You”
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