 | | From the Rectory April 2025 | | There will probably not be many daffodils left come Easter Day this year. The first daffodils in the churchyard appeared at the end of February and they will have retreated into retirement by Holy Week
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 | | Rev Rosie writes March 2025 | | Is March the month you start spring cleaning? The days are getting longer and hopefully the sun is shining a bit more, which means we notice the dust or cobwebs in the corners or places we don’t go into much
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 | | From the Rev Liz Dawes March 2025 | | This year, a late Easter means that Ash Wednesday isn’t until the 5th March, so as I write this, the whole of Lent lies before me. Rather than being a season of giving things up, I’m going to approach it as a season of developing certain disciplines
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 | | Seeing God’s Hand at Work in My Life - part 2 | | A friend shared an experience with me, and I have taken her permission to share her story with you all.After reading this article, I would also like you to share your own story with me. You never know; your story may go a long way to bless someone’s heart
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| | Rev Rosie writes February 2025 | | February is the month when LOVE seems to be the focus in most of the shops; cards, flowers, gifts of all sorts, and bottles of champagne are promoted as the way to show love to your loved one. Yes, it’s great for our love to be acknowledged...........
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 | | From the Rev Richard Washington February 2025 | | Am I odd in actually rather liking this time of year? I’m quite an early riser, and I love that fact that in getting out of bed sometimes at 5.30am, sometimes at 6am, I get up in the darkness. After walking my dog and having breakfast
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| From the Rectory January 2025 | | As January sets upon us, we soon meet the three wise men as they arrive to worship the new-born King. There has been a long journey, bringing them from far distant lands guided by a star which somehow stirred their hearts and minds so that they knew they
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| At the Start of the Year | | 2025 is a year of Jubilee in the Roman Catholic Church, a year which takes place every 25 years. It’s a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation, in which people are invited to come back into right relationship with God, with one another
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| Reading the Bible in church | | A friend was unexpectedly asked to read at a service as someone was unwell. He was caught just as he came in the church! Most of us like to look over a reading first and find the meaning of the passage. Some Bible readings are challenging, with difficult
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