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Dear Friends,I can’t quite believe Advent starts this Sunday. The countdown to Christmas has started. The pace is picking up. So much to do! Bring it on!...but hang on a minute, I’m already busy, how can I fit more in? Even my to do lists, have lists of their own....

Dear Friends,This past week I was assisting Julia for a REinspired session with year 3 children from Loddon school. Shockingly, they were already looking at the Christmas story. Despite my initial grumpiness about rushing into Christmas before we had even got to...

Dear Friends, You may have heard in the news that the UN climate talks, COP30, are taking place in Belém, Brazil. This Sunday we will be lighting our eco candle and saying a prayer for COP30 at the start of our service. The words of the prayer are given below. This...

Dear Friends,Throughout the Church’s year we are remembering. So in this year we have remembered the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed which expresses the faith in which we live our Christian lives. At our Festivals we remember Christ’s birth at Christmas and his...

Dear Friends, On 1 August I reflected on the theme of ‘investment’ with you, based on the parable of the rich fool. I pondered what this looked like through the lens of our collaborative family fun mornings ‘Summer Vibes’ with Louise from Oasis. At that first summer...

Dear Friends, I’ve been off on my travels again, this time by train around France and Spain. It was a really good trip and the highlight for me was the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) in Barcelona. Do have a look at the website if you’ve not see it...

This week Julia from REinspired and I have been leading the harvest assemblies for Loddon primary school children in the church. We were exploring the theme of 'togetherness'. As an illustration we dressed up two children in bee-wings and antennae and had them 'fly'...

Friends, it is a delight to come and be with you as your new vicar. Thank you to all those who joined me on Monday for my installation (which makes me sound like a computer programme: beware of the 'updates' next?). Moving from University Chaplaincy to parish sounds...

Dear Friends, Praise and thanksgiving are uppermost in my thoughts as we approach the Joy of welcoming Mark Laynesmith as our parish priest on Monday.Praise and thanksgiving for the faithfulness of all who have led and guided our worship for the past yearPraise and...