Good morning and a warm welcome to our service of holy communion in which we celebrate the dedication of our building to its patron saint, St Margaret of Antioch. Rev Sue will preach and preside … More Patronal Festival
This article was written for the June issue of our parish magazine. Here it is for you again: At first glance, this may seem to be an odd choice for this month’s article. Taken from the musical Sweet Charity, the scene featuring this song is widely thought to be a pastiche on west-coast American hippie … More Rhythm of Life – Coleman & Fields
Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 19 July. Rev Sue will preside and Reader Christine will preach … More The Good Samaritan
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
Good morning and a very warm welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Anniversary Sunday, when we celebrate the place of children and Sunday School in our church family. It is also the second Sunday after Trinity, and St Richard of Chichester’s day. Rev Sue will preside and Reader Christine will preach … More Anniversary Sunday
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
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