At 10am, we began our service with a period of silence before the collect for Somme Sunday was read. Rev’d Dr Ros Lane of Ely, Cambridgeshire was our visiting preacher today. In her insightful sermon she blended her work as Chaplain to The King’s School, Ely with a reflection on St Thomas and a sobre…
This week’s theme is ‘Valuing Special Places’. The Vicar’s assembly was about pilgrimage in different religions to special places. See the Powerpoint here: Pilgrimage…
On Saturday the Cathedral’s flower festival was a wonder to behold! The exhibits shaped flowers and plants into amazing artistic creations, all inspired by the art and sculpture of the church. The cathedral grounds were also buzzing to the sounds of the Council’s Countryside Comes To Town family festival with music, drama and stalls galore…
Today we celebrated Fathers’ Day with the help of a fish, a snake, a loaf of bread and a fossilized jellyfish – all to help us to understand that our Dads, our heavenly Father (and even Santa) don’t neccessarily give us everything we ask, but they do give us good things. Good parents sometimes have…
This morning we wished the Queen a very happy 90th birthday at the end of our service!…
The Bishop of Lancaster, Bishop Geoff, joined us for our service this morning. He presented Alex with his Christian Service Award. A huge well done to Alex, not only was he put forward for the award through church, but also through school, and he was the only candidate to be awarded all three parts. Alex was considered for…
Sunday 21st February was our All Age service in Lent. The reading was from Luke 13.31-end At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, I am casting out demons and…
The reading Luke 2.22-40 tells the story of Simeon and Anna in the temple with Jesus and his parents. When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every…
Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as…
Luke 10.25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your…