Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 23 January 2022. Rev Deborah will preside and Rev Sue will preach. We begin with the hymn “Jesus is Lord” … More Holy Communion Sunday 23 January
Many of you will know that I have spent a few days recently at the Hotel Christie due to a little cocktail mix of chemo, flu jab, COVID booster and a drain procedure compounded a low immune system. I am fine now! … More Gaudete Sunday
I don’t know whether any of you have seen the film Pleasantville. It’s an American film from 1998 about a teenage boy, David, and his sister Jennifer. They are very different. Jennifer is a party girl – David is obsessed with a black and white 1950’s sitcom set in a Midwest town called Pleasantville. One evening, alone in the house they fight over the remote control and break it … More Pleasantville
“What are you learning in Sunday school?” “Last week,” the boy replied, “our lesson was about when Jesus went to a wedding and turned water into wine.” Then the host said, “And what did you learn from that story?” The boy replied, “If you’re going to have a wedding, make sure you invite Jesus!” … More The Wedding at Cana
Good morning and a very warm welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 16 January 2022 – the second after Epiphany. Rev Sue presides and ALM Carol O will preach … More Morning worship for Sunday 16 January 2022
Good morning and a warm welcome to our service of Holy Communion in which we mark the baptism of Christ. Rev Deborah presides, Reader Christine is the preacher, and Rev Sue is on the camera … More The Baptism of Christ
Wise men travelled from lands afar guided only by a bright star – and their faith – to deliver their precious gifts to the infant Jesus. These were of course gold (symbolising royalty), frankincense (symbolising the priesthood) and myrrh (foretelling the death and resurrection of our lord) … More Epiphany 2022
A warm welcome the last of the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! “Twelfth Night” marks the end of the Christmas festival, ahead of Epiphany which begins tomorrow. 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 5 January 2022: the 12th day of Christmas
A warm welcome back to the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! 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 4 January 2022: the 11th day of Christmas
A warm welcome back to the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! 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 3 January 2022: the 10th day of Christmas
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