UPDATED 1 FEBRUARY 2021 The schedule for regular Beacon Team Zoom worship from February until Easter (the beginning of April) will be: Sunday at 4pm: Holy Communion Monday at 8.30pm: Celtic Evening Prayer Wednesday at 9.30am: Celtic Morning Prayer Friday at 8.30pm: Compline We are always delighted to welcome anyone to our online services on … [Read more…]
The Beacon Team Home Service – a complete service sheet for use at home – for this Sunday, The Second Sunday of Lent, is now available, along with our Notice Sheet. Click on the links below to open. Lent 2 Home Service Lent 2 BT Notice Sheet
The latest Parish News has just been published! A host of golden daffodils give us a promise of spring this month – with St David’s Day, 35 years of Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal and not one, but two, poems by William Wordsworth! There is also the opportunity for some Lenten reflection in preparation for … [Read more…]
Ruth Radley, our Church Mission Society Mission Link based at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, has just sent out her latest Link Letter to her supporters. In it she talks about the challenges of supporting children in hospital who have not been able to see their siblings for years, as well as supporting NHS staff and families … [Read more…]
Rev Jean Radley writes: I do hope that you have your flour, eggs and milk ready for all those pancakes on Tuesday – with plenty of lemon and sugar, of course! Our Ash Wednesday services this year are on Zoom of course: 9.30 Celtic Morning Prayer with Ash Wednesday readings and a thought. 6.30 Ash … [Read more…]
Rev Jean Radley writes The Beacon Team Lent Group and Lent sermons this year will explore the refreshed Diocesan ‘God for All’ vision. Bishop Emma explains: “Two years ago when I arrived in the Diocese I was tasked with leading the process of refreshing the God for All vision. So we started with 100 days … [Read more…]
Our Editor Pam, says: ‘This is our first edition of 2021 and, apart from a look back with the answers to our 2020 News Quiz, the focus is on looking forward to better times in 2021. Being February we consider ‘love’ – both of each other and also of those things which we value in … [Read more…]
As the number of deaths in the UK from COVID-19 exceeds 100,000, so the Bishop of Carlisle, the Rt Rev James Newcome, is encouraging everyone in Cumbria to join in with a Prayer for the Nation. In line with a call from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, so Bishop James is encouraging people to … [Read more…]
This year, as usual, there will be a 10am Communion service at St George’s, and we would love to see you there if you are able. Our churchwardens will be keeping as all safe, as they have done throughout the year. If you prefer a service that starts on Christmas Eve and goes through midnight, … [Read more…]
We’ve just had our Christmas ‘link letter’ from St George’s Mission Partner, Ruth Radley, who works as a Chaplain at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. She’s written and recorded a story – ‘The Virus who Tried to Steal Christmas’ – which is now on the BCH website, beautifully illustrated. It celebrates the work of some of the … [Read more…]
In the New Year, the Beacon Team will be looking for a new part-time administrator/coordinator, someone who combines a desire to help the Kingdom of God grow in our parishes with the admin and planning skills to support the Priest in Charge and the Ministry Team. The deadline for receipt of applications is midnight on … [Read more…]
