This article first appeared in the December 2020 edition of our parish magazine. It has been said that if you want to give God a good laugh, tell him your five-year plan. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t have dreams, goals or plans. Just that we have no idea what’s around the corner, and … More Adam Lay Ybounden (Trad, arr. Warlock)
What’s in a name? Some people like the names they have been given, some don’t. Sometimes names are given to babies to remind us of people that we love, or because we like the meaning. Grace, for example, can evoke either graceful movement, or the grace of God in all its generosity. Faith speaks for itself … More What’s in a name?
This is the sermon given by Rev Sue on Sunday 6 June.
The Old Testament reading was part of the second creation story in Genesis. In this story God creates the earth and the heavens in just one day. There are plants and flowers, but there is no one to look after creation … More Original Blessing
Welcome to our service of Holy Communion for the first Sunday after Trinity. Rev Deborah presides and Rev Sue preaches on Genesis 3.8-15 and Mark 3.20-35.
We begin with the hymn “All my hope on God is founded” … More God and Creation
It has been said that if you want to give God a good laugh, tell him your five-year plan. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t have dreams, goals or plans. Just that we have no idea what’s around the corner, and we should be flexible and adapt to our changing circumstances … More Adam Lay Ybounden (Trad, arr. Warlock)
Today we are thinking about choices. I have three boxes. In each box there is something – it may be something good or something not so good. I am going to ask someone to choose a box and I am going to offer some choices. You have to decide what to do … More Temptation
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