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Dear Friends,This week we have a dramatic Gospel reading in Luke 8:26-39 - Jesus heals the Gerasene demoniac. There is a lot to unpack and think about here, much that many of us might find hard to connect with or find challenging. A reading that is worth sitting with...

Dear Friends,My prayer when I preach is that I speak and we all hear in the name of God the Father who created us, God the Son who redeems us and the Holy Spirit who empowers and strengthens us.As we gather this weekend to celebrate the Trinity, three persons in One...

Happy Birthday!This Sunday is Pentecost, where we'll be celebrating the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the church. There are so many wonderful images for the Holy Spirit: fire, wind, cloud, breath, dove. The image that immediately comes to my mind is from...

Prayer We believe in the power of prayer in our lives, the church and for our community. We offer four forms of prayer ministry to those who are in need of the comfort of God about a particular issue in their lives. Prayer Chain We receive requests from prayer in...

Dear Friends,Waiting in Anticipation!Whether we like it or not, waiting is a part of life. Our waiting for our new Incumbent will recede into a memory once September arrives. The hardest waiting in our world are those who suffer through war and wait and long for...

Dear Friends, As you know, we are coming to the end of Christian Aid Week. This year, we have walked alongside Aurelia, a farmer from Guatemala. She and her community are facing challenges as the effects of climate change are causing crops to fail. But we hear that,...

Dear Friends, In a week when the Catholic Church announced the new Pope, my attention was drawn to this week’s reading in Acts that tells of Peter, miraculously raising Tabitha from the dead. I was immediately struck by how far Peter had come in his life and mused on...

Dear Friends, Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed. Alleluia! We have glimpsed the Light and Joy of the Resurrection in our worship these last two weeks. Another glimpse was experienced last Monday, as the group who had been looking at the Nicene Creed completed the...

Dear Friends, Easter Greetings from the Isle of Wight. As usual, we have spent the Easter weekend here, so missed celebrating with you*. The island is one of those “thin” places for me, where heaven and earth seem to be close. Lots of walks, being by the sea, time...