Whilst walking, I have begun to find respect and beauty for this time of year as the leaves fall off the trees, creating various colours. On a good day, you can see the sun come through the trees, and I begin to see why this is some people’s favourite time of the year. This diversity in nature reminds me of a beautiful quote from Therese of Lisieux … More Matt says “Hello”
St Margaret’s CE update… School enjoyed a lovely Harvest Service held in school (originally planned to be in church but torrential rainfall stopped that occurring!) in October. School would like to say a huge thank you to Reverend Sue, who came and delivered a lovely service. Our school community were extremely generous with donations for the Porch Box charity, which the church is supporting this year … More December letter from our Primary School
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat. Today Carol and Tom sing Bob Chilcott’s arrangement of In the Bleak Midwinter, simply titled “Midwinter” … More 2022 Digital Advent Calendar Day 19
Today as we celebrate the first Sunday in advent, we also remember that it is the first Sunday of the Church’s New Year and we begin to prepare for Christmas Day. Yes, I’ve said it Christmas Day (I think we can now officially say it as it’s only 4 weeks today!!) … More Advent Sunday 2022
Christmas is a time for the telling of sentimental tales. You may know this one written in 1906, by the American author O. Henry. If you do, then never mind – Christmas is also a time for re-telling the old stories … More Rev Sue’s December letter to the parish
Wise men travelled from lands afar guided only by a bright star – and their faith – to deliver their precious gifts to the infant Jesus. These were of course gold (symbolising royalty), frankincense (symbolising the priesthood) and myrrh (foretelling the death and resurrection of our lord) … More Epiphany 2022
A warm welcome the last of the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! “Twelfth Night” marks the end of the Christmas festival, ahead of Epiphany which begins tomorrow. The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More 5 January 2022: the 12th day of Christmas
A warm welcome back to the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More 4 January 2022: the 11th day of Christmas
A warm welcome back to the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More 3 January 2022: the 10th day of Christmas
A warm welcome back to the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol: … More 2 January 2022: the 9th day of Christmas
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