As I sit to write this I have been the Vicar of this parish for almost exactly seven years. Seven years ago on 29thJanuary 2014 I was ‘put in’ as the jargon goes. (The official name of the service was ‘collation and induction’, which I continue to feel makes it sound like a buffet on a labour ward.)
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e-Church for Sunday 24th January
Here is our e-Church video for Sunday 24th January
Be Kind to Everyone – Including Yourself
If you have opportunity to ask people how they are these days, whether by phone or email or video call, the chances are that one word will jump out at you – weary. There is a tiredness, a peculiar kind of tiredness, that has come with the experience of spending much of the last year under a kind of house arrest. It isn’t a physical tiredness, or even a mental one. Whether you’re very busy or don’t have quite enough to do – and there are plenty of people in both camps – the weariness comes not from activity or inactivity but from the constant strain of the pandemic.
e-Church for Sunday 17th January
Amazing Grace
If you have the BBC iPlayer, you might want to check out the film ‘Amazing Grace’. It’s a documentary about the making of Aretha Franklin’s album of the same name.
e-Church for Sunday 10th January
Here is our e-Church video for Sunday 10th January
All Shall Be Well
My brother sent me a joke earlier this week. “After my free seven-day trial I am returning 2021 as it has not lived up to my expectations.”
e-Church for Sunday 3rd January (Epiphany)
Here is our e-Church video for Sunday 3rd January, the Epiphany of Our Lord.
Happy New Year!
The Weekly Letter will resume next week. In the meantime, Happy New Year everyone.
The Crib and the Cross
Merry Christmas everyone!