Here is our e-Church video for St Luke’s Day (Sunday 18th October)
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The Witness of the Saints
When I lived in London I helped to run the music at St Luke’s church in West Holloway. That church was also home to the year round offices and operations of the Greenbelt festival. St Luke is the patron saint of artists, and the arts were important in that church’s sense of identity through that connection with Greenbelt. It was a good combination, although St Luke is also the patron saint of doctors, students and butchers and not the patron saint of musicians. (St Cecilia is.)
e-Church for Harvest Festival
Here is our e-Church video for Harvest Festival (11th October)
Be Prepared… for God
I was never a boy scout, and a bit of a disaster as a cub if I’m honest, but I do remember the famous motto of the scouting movement, ‘Be Prepared’. I will doubtless get into trouble for saying so, but the wisdom of this motto has some very definite limitations. Of course it’s good to be prepared, but it is also possible to be over-prepared.
e-Church for Sunday 4th October
Here is our e-Church video for Sunday 4th October.
A Precious Moment in our Life Together
This week, I am reproducing words from the service booklet that has been prepared for this afternoon’s service, Alice’s First Eucharist as Priest and President.
e-Church for Sunday 27th September
Here is our e-Church video for Sunday 27th September
Christmas Will Be Different This Year
Last week, if you choose to look at it this way, Boris Johnson became the first political leader since Oliver Cromwell to impose significant legal restrictions on the celebration of Christmas.
e-Church for Sunday 20th September
Here is our e-Church video for Sunday 20th September
Hope Beyond Disappointment
Nobody wanted it to happen, and a lot of people worked hard to stop it happening, but it seems to have happened anyway. The number of Coronavirus infections is rising again, and the ‘second wave’ appears to be upon us.