In a pastoral letter to the parishes and chaplaincies of the Church of England published in early May, Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu urge people to set aside “apathy and cynicism” and draw new inspiration from the ancient Christian virtues of “love, trust and hope”. The three-page letter, intended to be shared in churches … [Read more…]
This month’s Parish News has all the usual columns, naturally, including the Children’s Pages, puzzles, recipes, Castaway and Out and About, and flags up lots of upcoming opportunities for exploring our faith and the Bible a little more together – Growing Spirituality at St George’s on 4 May, Exploring Stories from the Book of Exodus … [Read more…]
The sermon which Rev Andrew Knowles gave at our Easter Day Holy Communion service has just been uploaded to the website. Full of the Easter hope, he reminds us that we have much to rejoice about. We have only to look more closely to see history-changing effect of the Resurrection even in the bleakest of … [Read more…]
This issue of our Parish News, published just before Mothering Sunday which marks the midpoint of Lent, includes information about all the Easter activities at church from Palm Sunday, through the Passover meal on Maundy Thursday to the sunrise service at the Castle and Holy Communion at church on Easter morning. In it, our Editor, … [Read more…]
Prayer Space has just been updated for this month, with a lovely, simple prayer for courage in times of trouble written by David Adam, former Vicar of Holy Island, and taken from a wonderful little book called ‘A Desert in the Ocean – God’s Call to Adventurous Living’ which is filled with ancient Celtic prayers, … [Read more…]
The theme of this month’s Parish News is (Mothering Sunday) and Lent and includes a book review of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s latest book, an article about our late and much-loved friend (and MBE), Isabel Aitken, and a report from Julia Wilson on the worship she experienced on her recent visit to Uganda … [Read more…]
The February issue of the Parish News ranges from the Team Rector’s thoughts on ‘restoring the balance of the world’ to the Editor’s reflections on Holman Hunt’s famous painting ‘The Light of the World’, as well as notes for meditating more deeply on the Wedding at Cana and a report on the way we plan … [Read more…]
Our latest Parish News naturally has a Christmas theme – with details of our Advent and Christmas activities as well as Christmas-themed puzzles, articles and reports from all our regular church groups like Mothers’ Union and the Girl Guides as usual. Click here to read or download this month’s magazine.
Our latest Parish News is hot off the press with a remembrance theme but also the usual book review, puzzles, recipes, meeting reports and regular columns including reminders about two delightful choral concerts coming up in our church in November from the Allegri and, a week later, the Wordsworth Singers. Click here to read or … [Read more…]
The latest edition of our Parish News has just been published (thank you Pam). It’s got a very moving article about St George’s by a visiting American minister and his wife, a report from Dance Attikk about ‘dancing in the rain’ at Torchlight and from our guide pack
