COP30

COP30

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...
Remembering

Remembering

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...
Blessed!

Blessed!

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...
Awestruck!

Awestruck!

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...
Harvest and Togetherness

Harvest and Togetherness

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...
Sowing the Seed

Sowing the Seed

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...