For various reasons this piece needed to be written on the 2nd January. It was hard to get my head around where we’ll be in February! Lent is the obvious topic so it got me thinking. What is the difference between New Year’s Resolutions and Lenten disciplines? They can look very similar but delve deeper and there are big differences … More Resolutions: Beginning again
I don’t know whether you remember the children’s story “Five Children and It”. The “it” refers to the Psammead, a sand fairy, encountered by four children and their baby brother when they are playing in a gravel pit. The Psammead promises them a wish between them every day, the effects of which will disappear at sunset. Of course, it all goes wrong … More Teach us to pray
I don’t know if I’m the only one, but a lot of programmes on the general TV, seem to be about cooking. Not that I don’t like cooking, but there seems to be a general consensus that everyone needs to know what makes a good staple meal. I suppose in some cases this may be true … More The Lord’s Prayer
Good morning and a warm welcome to our morning service of Holy Communion for Sunday 24 July – the 6th after Trinity, and in which we learn about the Lord’s Prayer. Rev Sue presides and Reader Christine will preach. We begin with the hymn “Crown Him with Many Crowns” … More Sunday Worship 24 July 2022
It is lovely to be with you on this Maundy Thursday, that special day in the church’s year when we recall the Last Supper, the Footwashing and the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed; it feels like too much for one day rather like a triple decker chocolate cake from Slattery’s! … More Maundy Thursday Sermon
The APCM is a time to look back and reflect on the year, giving thanks to God for all that has happened and also a time to look to the future and what we would like to see happening in the coming year … More Vicar’s Report to the 2022 APCM
Rev Sue’s article for the April issue of our parish magazine are prayers for those in Ukraine. Here they are for you again … More Prayers for Ukraine
Our Reader Christine gave this reflection on the morning of good Friday at St George’s Church, Simister. Here it is for you again … More Good Friday at St George’s, Simister
Every Wednesday through Lent we will bring you an appropriate poem, reading or prayers. Today Reader Christine reads from Luke 18:15-17 … More Believe as Children Believe
Every Wednesday through Lent we will bring you an appropriate poem, reading or prayers. Today Rev Deborah reads for us “A Recipe for Kindness” … More Recipe for Kindness
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