 | | From the Revd Jassica Castillo-Burley December 2025 | | Over the last few weeks, Roy Burley has been renovating the porch at St. Paul’s Church. After years of weathering and being exposed to many adverse conditions, it’s beauty and shine had been eroded. Roy has had to strip back paint, fill or replace rotten
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 | | Nothing to Fear | | The season of autumn is fully upon us now: the trees are starting to look very bare; animals are preparing for hibernation, and the days are getting shorter as the nights draw in
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 | | From the Rectory November 2025 | | We can sometimes be rather limited in our perception of the church and think only of the church (building or people) that we know but in November we are encouraged to think a bit wider. November begins with All Saints Day on November 1st
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 | | We reap what we sow | | Ron Skivington reminds us that showing kindness to others is essential for building community and, as our thoughts turn to harvest, the principle of reaping what we sow has never been more relevant
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 | | September: a season of anticipation | | September always makes me nostalgic. The leaves sweeping underfoot, the sharp chill of early mornings that mellow into sunshine by midday, the satisfying crunch of acorns scattered across the school field
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| From Rev Richard Washington October 2025 | | By the time you read this, it will have been a year since I joined the Parish as Team Vicar on 26 September 2024. I have been reflecting on my year here and my experience of getting to know this community, both inside and outside of church
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| Mary Ives writes August 2025 | | How quickly does the year past; it seems like only yesterday we were celebrating Christmas, but we’re now more than half way on to the next one! School’s out for the summer, and many people are on holiday, either at home or in more far-flung places
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| From the Revd Jassica Castillo-Burley August 2025 | | I have just come back from a retreat in Ilam, which is a small village in the Staffordshire Peak District. I spent 4 days with my prayer triplet from Ridley Hall. This is the establishment where we did our theological training 7 years ago
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