December issue of 'Church News'
The September issue of 'Church News has been published. Read it here.
Advent and Christmas at St Luke's
Details of our special services this month...
Weekly letter from St Luke's - 28 November 2025
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
Weekly from St Luke's - 21st November 2025
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
Weekly letter from St Luke's - 14 November 2025
Dear Parish Friends As the church year nears its end, we have a reading, from Luke 21, about dire predictions of destruction and persecution, before the 'end of times'. But the passage is not so much about predicting the future - Luke was writing after the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70 and so much of what was described had already happened. Rather it is a message of what people of faith should do in such circumstances. There are two things that we are reminded of: God's pr
Weekly letter from St Luke's - 7th November 2025
Dear Parish Friends As the church year moves to its conclusion later this month, we are up to the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost and our readings focus on 'what happens next'. The prophet Haggai assures his hearers that God's spirit continues to abide with them - they need not fear. Paul, to the Thessalonians, implores them to stand firm, sure in the knowledge of their salvation. Then in Luke's gospel, Jesus responds to a question about life after death by telling his listeners