My Dear Friends This coming Sunday the Church celebrates the Baptism of Christ. Perhaps this is for two reasons: Firstly, it is a key...

My dear Friends, This is the last Pastoral Letter I shall write to you this year. As I have mentioned to you before, had I known in March...

My dear Friends, For the past 30 years, Christmas Eve has been one of the busiest of days for me. As well as getting my own household...

Dear Friends, Thank you for your contributions to our Christmas Prayer, all of which were, I know, heartfelt, coming from deep concern...

Dear Friends, There’s a line in Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca describing a nurse who is attending to the whims and wants of Mrs Van...

Dear Friends, One of the things which has kept me sane since March has been my walks with the dogs in the mornings. I know that the...

Dear Friends, As you well know, I can’t stand name droppers, but I thought you might be interested to know that I attended a very...

Dear Friends, HELP! One of the children recently reminded me how little time there now is between now and Christmas! Also, some of my...

My Dear Friends, For some reason I have been thinking about politicians, and about truth, this past week. I can’t think why! Pilate,...

The photo above is of one of the areas of Marble Hill Park where 897 poppies are displayed, commemorating each of the 897 people from our...

Dear Friends, Above is a photograph of our now reordered, rededicated and reopened church of St Mary’s. I am so sorry that we were not...

Dear Friends, Two texts from the scriptures as we await the Rededication of our beloved church this coming Sunday: "Surely the Lord is...

Dear Friends, A few weeks ago we had our very first Annual Parochial Church Meeting online, courtesy of Zoom. It was, if you remember,...

Dear Friends, If anyone had told me back in March of this year that I would still be writing a weekly letter to you in October, because...

Dear Friends, We can't actually go there together, so I am going to try to take you there with words...............To Assisi, in Umbria,...

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GOD IS LOVE AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN LOVE LIVE IN GOD AND GOD LIVES IN THEM 1 John 4.16. GOD CREATED US IN HIS OWN IMAGE Genesis 1 v 27. ...

Dear Friends, One of the highlights of the Church's year is when we light the Paschal Candle on Easter morning. This is lit to celebrate...

Dear Friends, I have read through your contributions to the Anthem of Gratitude over and over again, until they have got under my skin...

Dear Friends, Interestingly, for me at least, the gospel set for the last Sunday when churches were allowed to meet to pray and praise...