Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 15 October. Rev Sue presides and Rev Helen will preach. We will consider the parable of the wedding banquet and judgement. We started with the hymn “Thy hand, O God, has guided”: The readings are: Exodus 32:1-14 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 The service … More We are all invited
As we head towards autumn, we see the world around us change. The once green leaves of the summer months start to turn into hues of golds, browns and reds as they carpet the floor beneath our feet. The nights become longer, days become shorter and temperatures become lower. While some may feel that these events are somewhat saddening, I believe that this season can be see as one of reflection, renewal and celebration. Let me give you some examples … More October letter to the parish
Rev Sue preached this sermon on Sunday 17 September 2023. Here it is for you again. We have heard three readings today with very different perspectives on the wilderness. After Jesus was baptised, he went into the wilderness as a place of reflection and solitude to prepare for his future ministry. But Joel tells of … More Wilderness
We all have that special place that we call home and everyone had different views of where that place is and what they think home is or what that definition of it is … More A place to call home
So today is our last week of Creationtide and the theme is rivers, water and as soon as I say that I’m sure you will already have images in your head of streams, rivers you’ve seen, paintings, images or places you’ve visited there’s always a river or a water way. Usually quite gentle or sweet when you see these things all a bit idyllic and twee! That’s the view we have about water, it’s all a bit pretty and sweet those rivers that follow and give life to people through the water that comes from them … More The River of the Blood of Christ
Today the Church of England commemorates Saint John Chrysostom and he is the patron Saint of Preachers, he was described as golden mouth or golden tongue so no pressure … More Saint John Chrysostom
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 17 September, the third of Creationtide. The theme this week is “Wilderness”. Rev Sue will preach and preside … More Creationtide: Wilderness
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 10 September – the second of Creationtide, and Matt’s last with us before he begins ordination training at Mirfield.
The service was livestreamed here … More Morning worship for Sunday 10 September
This month we have not one but two letters to the parish, one from our ALM Carol O, and the other from our Sunday Club leader Gillian:
Dear Friends … More September letters to the parish
We all like a good parable, a story with a meaning hidden only for those who wish to see it. A story of a good future to come, mainly alluding to the Kingdom Of Heaven/God. You don’t just have parables in the New Testament they can come elsewhere like in todays reading from the Book of Judges. We have a parable of three trees and a bramble bush, foreseeing troubling times for the people of Israel … More Judges
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