Breakfast club will be held on 22nd June this month owing to a clash of dates on 29th. If you’ve ever enjoyed the food at our Christmas Fayre (or even if you haven’t) then this is the one for you! The amazing team of people who staff our Fayre Cafe are now offering a Breakfast…
I suppose the Holy Spirit is the least understood person of the Trinity, and the most misused. Long ago I attended the World Council of Churches 7th Assembly in Canberra, Australia. Christians of almost all denominations and from almost everywhere in the world gathered for 2 weeks to talk about the Holy Spirit. I can…
We had another relaxed afternoon in the hall on Sunday 12th May on the them of ‘blessings’. There were songs, a story and activity followed by tea/squash and cake. This time we made blessings boxes for each family to take home to help us to remember God’s blessings , giving thanks for them in good…
We have just heard another, very familiar resurrection account from John’s Gospel. John tells us this was the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples. It was actually the fourth time: John omits Jesus’ very first encounter with Mary Magdalene on that first Easter morning. It would be good to think that we’ve made…
The lectionary Gospels for Easter and the second and third Sundays thereafter all tell resurrection stories as befits the Easter Season. But this reading is the only one to be used every year; the Sunday after Easter, each year, this is the story we hear. This seems odd because I’m sure it’s not our favourite…
Today we celebrate the Risen Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Everything is ready! Here are our church decorations. Come and see! Happy Easter everyone!…
It was fantastic to have our Brownies and Guides with us for our worship this morning. Today’s reading from St. Lukes’ Gospel was about Herod whom Jesus described as ‘that Fox’ and about God sheltering us under her wings like a hen with her chicks. We brought to God the times when we had hurt…
Christians have observed Lent – forty days, mirroring Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness since at least the fourth century. In the Orthodox church the forty days doesn’t include Holy Week making for a Lent longer than ours. Lent is a paradox: in order to live life fully in the here and now, we embrace…
Ash Wednesday 2019 We had a bit of a pancake feast at the Vicarage yesterday; lots of lemons and maple syrup. And I was delighted to hear that our messy sermon group had similarly good time last Sunday – not just lemons and maple syrup chocolate and raspberry sauces and other sweet treats. That was…
4 before Lent Today’s three readings act of a sort of review of how things are between us and God. So in the wonderful passage from Isaiah we glimpse God’s majesty and immense being – so immense that the huge Temple at Jerusalem can contain only the hem of God’s robe. Isaiah is so awestruck…