Good morning and welcome to our service of All Age Worship for Sunday 1 September. We begin the season of Creationtide by thinking about the earth. Rev Steve will preach, and Rev Sue presides.
We begin with the hymn “How Great Thou Art” … More Creationtide week 1: Earth
How do you get up in the morning?
I used to get up at 4.30 on a Sunday morning to get into a local radio station for 5.30, ready to present a religious breakfast show that I was also responsible for producing. I did this for eight years. So it was important for me to have an early waking-up routine: something I could rely upon when I was drowsy and bleary-eyed … More Pentecost 2024
When I was at theological college you have to many different bible modules and in one particular Old Testament we had to choose out of three passages to write an assignment on (quite standard). The one I choose was the one on the book of Proverbs because I hadn’t really engaged with much before so I though why not and I really liked it, the first nine chapters of the book are an interesting introduction to the wisdom that was to follow … More In the beginning was the Word
We are joining the national initiative Generosity Week which follows on from the harvest season. Our week will start with the harvest festival on October 1st and end on October 8th. The focus is to celebrate God’s generous gifts to us and respond by reviewing our giving to the church … More Generosity and Gratitude week
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
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
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
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”
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