Weekly SPC News for 14 January
A little late, but Happy New Year! I am a fan of New Year’s resolutions. They have a way of making you feel anything is possible. Resolution sounds so wonderful, so grand, so purposeful, so, resolved. They are also future focussed. They shift our focus away from what was, on the whole, a pretty awful […]
Loved and Liked
This is a six session course is a chance for anyone to explore how we are all uniquely made and that God actually loves and likes us. Led by: Val Jeal MBE and the author Peter Hill [husband of our Curate, Helen]. Starts 11 Jan 2021 7-8.30pm online. To book your place please click here
Bishop Rachel’s Address given on the eve of Advent Sunday
Tomorrow is Advent Sunday – the start of the new Church year – and with Advent comes a time of watching and waiting. You might feel as if you’ve done a bit too much of that recently. A message from Bishop Rachel: Diocesan Synod Presidential Address, given on Saturday 28 November.
Advent Windows
This year Advent and Christmas are going to be very different – but different doesn’t have to mean worse! To bring Good News and joy to our communities, we are going to be decorating our windows. You might like to choose one of the days, or you might like to choose a part of the […]
Comfort and Joy
The idea: In partnership with The Long Table, we will be distributing [frozen] Christmas lunches, cooked from scratch using ethically sourced, local produce in a pretty bag with lovely Christmassy items to families who are struggling at this time. We are partnering with our local schools, who have been overwhelmed by this act of kindness. […]
Plans for Christmas
This year, the national Christmas campaign will be ‘Comfort and Joy’, and my goodness, those are two things we need in spades this year. And they are two things our Good News delivers, beyond our wildest dreams! We will have to think about Advent, Christmas and Epiphany in a very different way, but we are […]
Everyday Faith Festival October 2020
The Everyday Faith Festival was so welcome after months of lockdown. It refocussed my journey as a Christian and what my faith is without Sunday in a church building. Being able to connect with other Christians across the county, talking openly about faith, sharing ideas and opinions on things that matter and feeling heard and […]
Prayer for the Nation
Our church leaders are deeply aware that this current lockdown will impact people in many different ways; through the sense of loss and trauma, being faced with sickness and even death of loved ones and threats to physical and economic, mental and spiritual wellbeing, being separated when we are created to live in community. So, […]
Photos from a wonderful day
Helen’s ordination was such a joyous occasion! I hope you had a chance to watch the service [see below], but if not, here are some photos. The ordination service, in case you missed it
Getting ready for Helen Hill’s Ordination
I’m looking forward to being ordained on Sunday 20th even though it won’t be what we’d imagined a year ago. It feels it will be like a wedding without guests and without the party but poignantly reduced to the essence – my commitment to God and his commitment to me. I am overawed by the […]