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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...

Dear friends,This Sunday is Education Sunday. A National Day of Prayer and celebration for those involved in education. It happens every September and coincides with the start of the new academic year.This year the theme is "Lost and Found," The parable of the lost...

Dear Friends, I'm very happy pottering in my garden. It's not big but there's enough to keep me busy. Some beds with shrubs, a couple of veg plots (beans and potatoes), an apple tree, some tomatoes in growbags, flowers in pots. It's raining (again) and I can almost...

Dear Friends, I wonder if you all notice the hive of activity on our streets in the towns who host marathons. This is true in London and Birmingham and in our own town of Reading. I wonder if you have stood clapping and cheering the participants on to the finishing...