Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner. We shouldn’t be all that surprised really, since the Christmas movies have been beaming in on one of our channels since late August, I think. The shops have had alltheir Christmas goods on display since Halloween and charities and churches have sent […]
Dear Friends, November is an important month for remembering in the life of our church. We gather to remember with thanksgiving those who have died in the past year and had a connection with the parish on 3rd November in the evening time. On 10th November at our morning service at 11am we remember those […]
Dear Friends, As we move into the month of October, our thoughts start to turn to Harvest Thanksgiving. It’s a month where we notice the evenings drawing in earlier.It feels darker as we are getting up in the mornings and the clocks go back. Over the past few years we have partnered with our friends […]
Dear Friends, September is a month in the church calendar when we see lots of organisations and activities get up and running again after a summer break. We have been greatly encouraged this summer through reflecting together on some of the GROW seminars hosted by the Diocese earlier this year as we have looked together […]
Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe that the summer months are upon us again. For some people, summer offers the opportunity to take a step back from the regular routines which keep them constantly busy and have some time away or a holiday. If you do have the opportunity to do so, I always encourage […]
Dear Friends, I recently had a phone call from someone I hadn’t spoken to in many years. We had grown up together and went to primary school together. We had gone to the same Boys’ Brigade company and played in football teams together and it was good to catch up a little as we spoke. […]
Dear Friends, In the life of the church, May can feel like a month of hidden feasts. There are a number of significant festivals and feast days that don’t get the samepublicity and recognition as the bigger ones that attract not just the church’s attention but the attention of the general public also. Perhaps this […]
Dear Friends, I wonder if you have ever waited anxiously for something to arrive. Maybe it’s a gift you have ordered for someone for a special occasion? Maybe it’s asignificant day in your calendar like a holiday or a birthday or a concert for which you have tickets? Maybe it’s a wedding or the birth […]
Dear Friends, I wonder how the season of Lent sits with you? Do you look forward to this intentional period of 40 days for renewing and deepening your spiritual life or do you find it all a bit heavy and oppressive? All this talk of the cross and self-denial and going deeper with God sounds […]
Dear Friends, The month of February marks the beginning of the season of Lent. Lent is a 40 day or 6 week period when we remember Jesus fasting in the wilderness after being commissioned at His baptism and beginning his public ministry. Christians have always used this period as an opportunity to deepen their own […]