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Dear Parish Friends Our readings for the third Sunday after Pentecost this year include the Old Testament account of the passing on of the prophet's mantle from Elijah to Elisha and we will reflect on the timelessness of the gospel message that is proclaimed in new ways to each new generation. Our services are at 7am and 9am as usual. Children's ministry and Zoom streaming will be included at 9am and the week's notice paper and service sheet for the 9am service are available

Dear Parish Friends The season of Easter is over and the liturgical colour is green, and will be so with only a few exceptions until the end of November. We are in 'ordinary time' as the lectionary puts it. This doesn't mean that the time is unimportant, 'ordinary' in this context refers to the fact that the Sundays are numbered; from the Latin word ordinalis, which refers to numbers in a series. So we begin systematically working our way through the gospel of Luke, remembe

Dear Parish Friends After celebrating Pentecost last week, with its images of the breath of God moving in us to inspire and empower us, this week we have 'the Trinity'. I read this week the following, which I found most helpful: The Holy Trinity is definitely one of those difficult, challenging, thought-provoking doctrines of our faith. But we should not think of it as an exam question that must be answered before we will be admitted to the heavenly banquet. Nor is the Trinit

Dear Parish Friends This weekend is a big weekend. Tomorrow (Saturday) we celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of He Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. Celebrations will start with a High Tea in the upper hall from 3.30pm. This will then be followed by a special service in church at 5pm. This will be streamed over Zoom (in place of the usual first-Saturday 6pm Zoom service). Then on Sunday we celebrate Pentecost, with services at 7am and 9am as usual. Children's ministry and Zoom stream