The church’s year traditionally begins on Advent Sunday, which is the fourth Sunday before Christmas and falls on December 3rd in 2023. In the old Book of Common Prayer, the Sunday one week before that has always been known as “The Sunday Next Before Advent”. It’s actually still known as that, although because of the theme …
Journey with Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, the Wise Men and the Angels from Nazareth (top of Church Lane), to the stable at Bethlehem (outside the church). This beautiful – if occasionally slightly chaotic – retelling of the Christmas Story is suitable for all ages, and is a lovely time for the village to come …
We can’t promise you a White Christmas, but we can promise you a wonderful traditional service of seven lessons and carols on Christmas Eve at 7:00pm. The readings from the Old Testament and the Gospels set the scene and then tell the story of the first Christmas, concluding with the wonderful reading from John’s Gospel In …
Christmas Carol Service 2023 – 7:00pm Christmas Eve Read More »
Our December Family Service is our annual Christingle celebration. Christingles are made using oranges and a few other things. During the service, each person will be given a Christingle and the candles are all lit to create a warm, magical glow symbolising the light of Christ and bringing hope to people living in darkness. The …
Christingle – Family Service, December 10th 2023 at 11:00am Read More »
In November we enter the annual season of Remembrance for our churches and our nation, culminating in Remembrance Sunday on 12th November. This year, as I write this piece in early October, I do so with a heart heavy with sadness against the backdrop of the dramatic and horrific escalation in the conflict in the Middle …
Volunteering on Coronation Bank Holiday-8th May 2023 Two days after his coronation, King Charles is encouraging us all to get out and do our bit for our local communities as volunteers on May 8th. If you’d be prepared to give an hour (or more!) of your time between 10am and 4pm on that day to …
Dear Friends, February brings heart shapes everywhere – cards, sweets, ornaments, cushions, I’ve even seen heart shaped crumpets. St. Valentine has become the patron saint of love and around his festival on the 14th we are inundated with symbols of love everywhere. Of course, once the 15th arrives all those symbols will have been eaten, …
As I sit down to write this month’s letter its very windy outside and there is a definite autumnal feel in the air. The darker nights are drawing in and the ‘C’ (meaning Christmas!) word is being mentioned much more frequently than some of us would like. Last weekend I found myself popping into a …
Corona Choir was formed during the 2020 Covid Lockdown to keep a group of singers singing together when they weren’t allowed to meet together. Every week each person recorded their own part on their phone or computer and sent the files in to be mixed into a piece of music. Post-lockdown, the choir …
