Rev Deborah’s Christmas Message
December 7, 2021
‘I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah’ … More Rev Deborah’s Christmas Message
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Christingle
December 5, 2021
Welcome to our all-age service of holy communion in which we celebrate with Christingles. … More Christingle
Digital Advent Calendar 2021
November 28, 2021
Our Digital Advent Calendar for 2021 will begin in earnest on Wednesday 1 December. However, as today is the first Sunday of Advent, here is the Advent Prose – an ancient plainsong chant that takes a series of texts drawn from Isaiah … More Digital Advent Calendar 2021
Speaking truth to power
November 24, 2021
Today we remember Hugh, who was the Bishop of Lincoln in the 12th century. The king at the time was Henry the Second. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, had been murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights who thought that they were acting on the King’s wishes … More Speaking truth to power
Remembering and memories
November 24, 2021
Have you ever played the memory game? A collection of random objects is displayed on a tray, covered with a cloth. The cloth is whisked away, and you are given 30 seconds to memorise them, before the cloth is quickly replaced and the tray removed … More Remembering and memories
Better is Peace (Jenkins 2001)
November 23, 2021
I have written before that sometimes I hear, sing or play a piece of music and just have to write about it immediately. It can then sit for quite some time waiting for an appropriate time for publication. So it was with this. Written in December 2017, this is the right time: the commemoration of the centenary of the end of the First World War … More Better is Peace (Jenkins 2001)
Christ the King
November 21, 2021
Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion in which we celebrate Christ the King.
Our opening hymn is “O Worship the King” … More Christ the King
There will be peace between us
November 16, 2021
November is the time for remembrance, whether the private memories on All Souls Day or the public recollection on Remembrance Sunday. In this poem Kathy Galloway does not shy away from the difficult emotions … More There will be peace between us
Remembrance 2021
November 14, 2021
Welcome to our service of Remembrance, Rev Deborah presided and Rev Sue preached.
We began with the hymn “Lord for the Years” … More Remembrance 2021
November’s letter from the Vicar
November 2, 2021
Dear friends,
This time in the church’s year is known as the ‘Kingdom Season.’ It includes ‘All Saint’s Day,’ ‘All Soul’s Day’ and ‘Remembrance Sunday.’
On all Saints Day we remember and reflect on those who have gone before us in terms of our faith.
On All Soul’s Day we reflect on and remember our loved ones who are no longer with us but have supported and encouraged on our life journey … More November’s letter from the Vicar
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