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Pastoral Letter - 7th August
Dear Friends, Yesterday was the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Matthew Chapter 16 verses 13-23. The Collect: Father in Heaven,...
Emily Bainbridge
Aug 7, 20208 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 31st July
A few of you have asked for a copy of the talk I gave last Sunday
Emily Bainbridge
Jul 31, 202010 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 24th July
Dear Friends, "Being married to Jeffrey is bad enough, being married to Jesus would be awful!" Thus begins the celebrated monologue "Love...
Emily Bainbridge
Jul 24, 20207 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 17th July
One of the curious pleasures of the Covid lockdown for me has been the novel experience of "having evenings."
Emily Bainbridge
Jul 17, 202010 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 10th July
Dear Friends, This coming weekend should have seen the Final of the Lawn Tennis Association Championship at Wimbledon. But alas, like so...
Emily Bainbridge
Jul 10, 202010 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 3rd July
I have not been to Wales for a long time. Actually, apart from a trip to Brighton Crematorium, I have not been anywhere other than Waitrose,
Emily Bainbridge
Jul 3, 202010 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 26th June
Thank you to everyone who has responded over the past week to my invitation to let me know of things for which you would like to offer thank
Emily Bainbridge
Jun 26, 20208 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 19th June
Father Jeff writes in this week's pastoral letter: Dear Friends, Yesterday [Thursday] it was announced that Dame Vera Lynn had died at...
Chris Williams
Jun 20, 20207 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 12th June
Dear Friends, Today, the 12th June, becomes the feast of St Barnabas the Apostle, as the Feast of Corpus Christi took priority yesterday....
Emily Bainbridge
Jun 12, 20208 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 5th June
Failing to reach the "OFF" switch in time after listening to the News Broadcast on Radio 4 a few days ago, the emotive strains and nostalgic
Emily Bainbridge
Jun 5, 20209 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 29th May
I was shocked, almost horrified. I had let myself into our, regrettably still locked, church a few days ago and realised that someone else
Emily Bainbridge
May 29, 20207 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 22nd May
Dear Friends, Inevitably, I have been speaking quite frequently over recent months with those who are confined to their own homes. Some...
Emily Bainbridge
May 22, 20206 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 13th May
My text today isn't taken from the Bible, but from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado: "I have a little list....." Though you might also...
Emily Bainbridge
May 13, 20204 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 10th May
Eternal God, Whose Son Jesus Christ is The way, the truth and the life: Grant us to walk in His way, To rejoice in His truth And to share...
Emily Bainbridge
May 9, 20206 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 2nd May
I don’t know whether you have found the same as me, but I have found myself bombarded and bamboozled by
Emily Bainbridge
May 2, 20205 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 29th April
Dear Friends, 80 years ago tomorrow, on the 30th April 1940, at the age of 21, my father (photo above) was captured by German soldiers,...
Emily Bainbridge
Apr 29, 20204 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 25th April
Apparently there is a cartoon doing the rounds on social media at the moment of the Devil and God in conversation...
Emily Bainbridge
Apr 25, 20204 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 22nd April
ALLELUIA ZOOM!
I hope that you will all join us this coming Sunday for our Alleluia Zoom Service at 9.30am.
Emily Bainbridge
Apr 22, 20203 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 19th April
Before I write anything else, may I begin by paying tribute to Captain Tom Moore who, through walking 100 circuits of his garden before his
Emily Bainbridge
Apr 18, 20204 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 15th April
Huge thanks to Charlotte and Antoine West for facilitating Easter Sunday's Alleluia Service and ensuring that the technology worked...
Emily Bainbridge
Apr 15, 20203 min read
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