On Sunday 10th May the parish held its Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). During this meeting, Wardens, Officers and PCC members for the coming year were elected. They are: The full make-up of our PCC and Ministry teams is given on our website here. Statutory reports to the APCM follow over the coming days. Non-statutory … More Annual Parochial Church Meeting
This article first appeared in the February issue of our parish magazine. It has occurred to me that Tom and I both move about quite a lot during services. We know what we’re doing – and why – but to anyone else it could simply look as if we don’t know how to sit still. … More Musicians and Movement
Continuing our look ‘under the bonnet’ of what keeps our parish ticking over, this week meet the Gardener Mice. These mice look after the plants around the Church and by the memorials, keeping the area neat and tidy. They also grow plants for fund raising during the year.
Continuing our look ‘under the bonnet’ of what keeps our parish ticking over, this week meet the Floral Mice. These mice decorate the Church throughout the year with beautiful flowers and other decorations for special times and in memory of loved ones.
Continuing our look ‘under the bonnet’ of what keeps our parish ticking over, this week meet Document Mouse. These mice do all paperwork, child protection, gift aid, regular giving, standing orders, the electoral role, and such like. They manage to record a large amount of necessary data, some record minutes of what is said at … More Document Mice
Continuing our series on “Church Mice” knitted by Maureen, these mice regularly clean the Church to keep it looking good and cared for.
This month’s letter comes from Rev Christine: As I begin to write this, I realise this is the first letter I have written since my ordination as a Priest and I am still coming down from the mountain top and getting used to being called Rev and being more active on the rota, presiding and … More August letter to the parish
This sermon was given by Rev Sue on Sunday 20 July. Here it is for you again: One of the most unusual and engaging books I have read in recent years is Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce. It’s the story of Margery Benson, a lonely and bored middle-aged teacher weighed down by years of … More The one necessary thing
I’ve been going to church my whole life and I thought I had seen everything service wise, and there have been some interesting ones:
Being dive bombed by a dove during a burial
A bride dancing down the aisle for a wedding with her bridesmaids.
A baptism with a font containing three rubber ducks. … More October letter to the parish
On Monday 19 July we heard the story of Albert and Albrecht Duerer, which was followed by a reading from the Gospel of John, in which Jesus commands us to love each other as He has loved us, and that greater love has no one than to lay down his life for his friends; and we are Jesus’ friends if we do as He commands. One of the comments in response to this was, “he ain’t heavy, he’s my brother” … More He Ain’t Heavy
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