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Dear Parish Friends This Sunday we welcome as our preacher the Rev’d Canon Cheryl Selvage. Cheryl is Diocesan Hospital Ministries Coordinator and Head of Department Pastoral Care at Princess Alexandra Hospital. I am delighted that she has agreed to visit us, as this month our mission focus will be hospital chaplaincy. Our services are as usual at 7am and 9am, with Zoom streaming available at 9am. The order of service for 9am and the week's notice paper are available via t

Dear Parish Friends This Sunday we conclude our celebration of the Season of Creation with Cosmos Sunday. I suggested a couple of weeks ago that you might like to take a purposeful walk outside and see God in the midst of creation, looking at the fauna and flora with whom we share this planet. But did you also look up at night and see the moon and the stars? These too are part of God's creation. And there is more, beyond what the naked eye can see as space telescopes and elec

Dear Parish Friends This Sunday we welcome our Regional Bishop, the Rt Rev'd John Roundhill to both our services. As usual the 9am service will also be streamed over Zoom, and the order of service for this, together with the week's notice paper, are available at the links below. We continue to celebrate the Season of Creation with Storm Sunday. Once again we are encouraged to observe the natural world and see in it the wisdom of God. God is revealed in the storm, but also

Dear Parish Friends Just to let you know that we will be making some changes to our services on Sunday to include prayers giving thanks for the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. We will also sing one of her favourite hymns, 'Praise my soul the king of heaven'. An updated order of service for the 9am service is available via the link below. St John's Cathedral is holding a Solemn Choral Eucharist at 6pm today, to give thanks for the life, work and witness of Her Majesty. Th

Dear Parish Friends This year, in the month of September, we are going to be celebrating the Season of Creation, which gives a focus on the natural environment. Although this is a relatively new celebration (in the context of the history of church liturgy), it echoes many themes that have long been part of Christianity. In particular the Celtic Christians had a deep connection to nature, and saw in it a 'second book' of God's revelation. The readings, hymns and prayers will