At 10.00am on Thursday 7 July, children. staff and governors from St Margaret’s CE Primary School met with Rev Deborah’s sisters as well as clergy, wardens and gardeners from St Margaret’s church to plant a cherry tree in memory of Rev Deborah … More A Cherry Tree for Rev Deborah
Thomas gets a rather bad press as “Doubting Thomas”. Nevertheless he is one of my favourite saints. Here are some reasons why … More Faith and doubts
Uppermost in all our minds at the moment is Deborah’s funeral which took place on June 27th. I could think of nothing more appropriate to write this month than to offer you the sermon I preached the Sunday after she died. May she rest in peace … More July Letter to the Parish from Rev Sue
Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 3 July 2022 – the feast day of St Thomas the Apostle, famous as The Doubter. Rev Sue will preach and preside … More St Thomas the Apostle
Everyone experiences their own particular way of calling and when reading the passages today we can’t help but see the connection to the message of calling in each one of them … More Anniversary Sunday – being called
Stephen Paulus was quite possibly the most prolific composer that you have never heard of. He managed to fit in 11 operas, 31 symphonic works, 18 concertos and a whole host of other music into his 65 years.
The Road Home is one of his reflective choral works, which when I first sang it, struck me as deeply spiritual … More The Road Home – Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
There are times when in life we are at a crossroads, and there are various scenarios possible for the future. I think that we are now at one such moment with St Margaret’s … More A Story with Two Endings
Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 19 June 2022: the first after trinity, the Sunday after Corpus Christi, and Father’s Day … More Father’s Day
We are compiling photographic memories of our friend and vicar, Deborah. Printed photos will be displayed in Church House, and digital images will go in a gallery here … More Memories of Deborah
This is a joyous song in the American gospel tradition. It encourages us to celebrate and give thanks for all the small blessings in life – a sunny day, the bus coming on time, righting a mistake … More Sing Amen (Stuart Overington 2018)
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