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Dear Parish Friends This week, in our lectionary readings, we leave the birth narratives behind and jump to the start of Jesus' ministry when he comes to meet John the Baptist at the Jordan River. This is significant, not only for Jesus, but for all who are baptised. Baptism marks a beginning. It is not an end in itself, but it is the start of a life of ministry, a life of faith, a life which, in the words of the prophet Isaiah whom we also read this Sunday, is spirit filled.

Dear Parish Friends Welcome to 2026! And on this first Sunday of the New Year we celebrate the Epiphany; the visit of the magi to Jesus, following the star. In Matthew's gospel these are the first people who recognise Jesus for who he is (no shepherds in this story). Whatever the star was, it took people who were open to interpret the signs to go seeking for 'the one born to be King of the Jews.' Others might have seen too, but did not know what it meant. We are reminded of t

Dear Parish Friends Despite what it might seem looking at the shops, Christmas is  not over.  The liturgical festival lasts until 6th January, the Epiphany (this is the 'twelve days of Christmas'), and the our celebration of the incarnation and all that this means continues throughout the year. In our gospel passage we will read the end of Matthew's nativity story of the Holy family fleeing from Herod and his threats, into Egypt (we will return to the story of the magi from t

Dear Parish Friends Christmas is only days away, and the gospel passage from Matthew finally starts some of the narrative of the nativity. But we are still in Advent, and still focused on the question of what the coming of Jesus, for which we are waiting, means. Matthew sees in the birth of Jesus the fulfilment of a prophecy of Isaiah, where an unborn child would bring the promise of hope for future generations. And indeed in the rest of his gospel, Matthew expounds on how Je

Dear Parish Friends The third Sunday of Advent, and our readings are once again focussed on Jesus' mission, rather than his incarnation. In our gospel passage from Matthew 11, Jesus tells John the Baptist's disciples that he is indeed the one about whom John spoke. Then our readings from the prophet Isaiah, and Mary's Song (the Magnificat) remind us of the promises of God that are fulfilled in Jesus. Services on Sunday Morning are as as usual at 7am and 9am, with Zoom stream

Dear Parish Friends On the second Sunday of Advent, our focus is on the preaching of John the Baptist, the voice in the wilderness proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is near. In his time it was a proclamation that the one for whom they had long waited was at hand. God was acting in a powerful way in creation through Jesus, and John had to tell everyone about it. It is a timely reminded for us as we wait in Advent for both the celebration of Jesus' first coming and in anticip

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Dear Parish Friends This Sunday is Advent Sunday, and the start of a new church year, so our gospel readings switch from Luke to Matthew. Advent means 'coming' and so this season is a time for reflecting on both Jesus' first coming in the incarnation, and his promised second coming at the end of time. Our readings this week particularly relate to the latter of these and ask us to question how we live in these in between times, when we have the assurance of the cumulation of K

Dear Parish Friends On this last Sunday of the church's year, the feast of Christ the King. It seems a fitting end to a cycle where we celebrated Jesus' incarnation, his life, his death, his resurrection and his ascension - finally his reigning on high. As we reflect on what saying Christ is King means, we see that he brings this kingdom from heaven to earth, from eternity to our time, and so we look forward to restarting the liturgical cycle next week with Advent, looking fo