Welcome to the 2021 Twelve Days of Christmas! St Stephen’s Day – known in the UK as Boxing Day is of course the second day of Christmas, and the second shortest verse of the famous carol of the same name. The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More St Stephen’s Day 2021: the 2nd day of Christmas
Good King Wenceslas is a Christmas carol set on St Stephen’s day – also known in the UK as Boxing Day. The good king looks out from his castle window to see a poor man gathering logs to take home for fuel to heat his home … More St Stephen’s Day Carol
Welcome to the 2021 Twelve Days of Christmas! Christmas Day is of course the first day of Christmas, and the shortest verse of the famous carol of the same name. The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More Christmas Day 2021: the 1st day of Christmas
Christmas comes but once a year, and that is the day upon which we are able to sing through “O Come All Ye Faithful” in all it’s 7 verse glory … More A Carol for Christmas Day
Good evening and a very warm welcome to our Christmas Eve midnight service – the first Eucharist of Christmas … More First Eucharist of Christmas
COP26: Was it good news or bad news?
The answer, of course, is both. Progress has been made – but is it enough? Here is a very brief summary for those of us who found it hard to cope with the quantity of information and opinion that came our way … More Peace for us, peace for the earth?
Welcome to our Service of Nine Lessons and Carols for Advent 2021.
Please enjoy the prayers, readings, and anthems, and sing along with the carols … More Carol Service 2021
Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion for the 4th Sunday of Advent, which includes our Sunday School’s nativity presentation. … More Sunday School Nativity Presentation
November is a time for remembering, and this year there is a heightened poignancy to our memories of friends and family we have lost. In September we had a memorial service for those in our parish that had died during the pandemic, and who we had not been able to mourn properly at their funerals. It was a deeply emotional service. … More In Memoriam (Words and Music S Overington 2018)
‘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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