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Time to recharge...
Dear Church Family, This Sunday’s Gospel reading from Mark 4: 35-41 gives us an account of Jesus calming the storm. Or rather the...
Revd Andy Smith
Jun 18, 20214 min read


“Be with Jesus. Be like Jesus. Do what Jesus did.”
Dear Church Family, As we head deeper into the summer months, many of us are starting to look for the opportunity to book a holiday (or a...
Revd Andy Smith
Jun 12, 20215 min read


Faith and Action
Dear Church Family, This Sunday, 6th June 2021, marks the 77th anniversary of the D-Day landing. It is significant in history for the...
Revd Andy Smith
Jun 5, 20212 min read


Trinity Sunday
Dear Church Family, During some Lent reading on the Psalms I came across this story which I must confess made me laugh out loud! A man...
Revd Andy Smith
May 28, 20214 min read


Together in one place...
This week's blog is written by our (soon to be) parish curate, Lisa Whymark. Dear Church Family, This week has many reasons to celebrate,...
Revd Andy Smith
May 22, 20214 min read


A Promised Inheritance
Dear Church Family, Last Thursday marked the Feast of The Ascension, 40 days since Easter Day. If Advent, Christmas, and the subsequent...
Revd Andy Smith
May 15, 20213 min read


Love was His Meaning
This week's letter is written by Chris Thomas. Dear Church Family, Those of you who read my offerings on saints and spiritual writers in...
Revd Andy Smith
May 7, 20214 min read


The True Vine
Dear Church Family, Our Gospel text this Sunday comes from John 15 in which Jesus refers to himself as The True Vine. Like last week’s...
Revd Andy Smith
May 1, 20214 min read


The Good Shepherd...
This week's letter is written by John Patterson. Dear Church Family, As we gradually come out of lockdown and we are starting to get back...
Revd Andy Smith
Apr 23, 20214 min read


An Invitation...
Dear Church Family, The two passages we will read this Sunday help us to parallel another appearance of the risen Christ with the...
Revd Andy Smith
Apr 17, 20214 min read


Treasure the Questions
This week’s letter is written by Alice Smith Dear Church Family, It was a wonderful culmination of our Lent and Holy Week journey to be...
Revd Andy Smith
Apr 9, 20214 min read


Easter changes everything!
Dear Church Family, A very happy Easter to you all! Christ is Risen! It has been a joyful (and tiring) few days getting organised for the...
Revd Andy Smith
Apr 2, 20214 min read


Ever hopeful...
Dear Church Family, I’m delighted that we can look to re-opening our churches in Holy Week so that we don’t have to miss two consecutive...
Revd Andy Smith
Mar 27, 20213 min read


The World Keeps Turning
Dear Church Family, Did the world stop turning in March 2020? You do not need me to tell you that in the UK we have been living with the...
Revd Andy Smith
Mar 19, 20214 min read


Mothering Sunday
Dear Church Family, Unfortunately, for the second year running, we are unable to celebrate Mothering Sunday in the traditional way in...
Revd Andy Smith
Mar 12, 20214 min read


Good News? Hopefully...
Dear Church Family, I am delighted to be able to write to you this week with some positive news! “Hurray!” I hear you cry… Following some...
Revd Andy Smith
Mar 6, 20213 min read


Our Lenten Journey to the Cross
Dear Church Family, At the heart of all the major faiths is the basic human need to journey. Pilgrimage is the way of the Hindu to...
Revd Andy Smith
Feb 26, 20214 min read


The Lentiest Lent (again)
Dear Church Family, Lent is here – pitching up in the midst of half term and bringing some sort of liturgical structure to half term week...
Revd Andy Smith
Feb 19, 20214 min read


Listen to Him!
Dear Church Family, This Sunday is the last Sunday before Lent begins on the 17th February. The Gospel reading for Sunday invites us to...
Revd Andy Smith
Feb 12, 20214 min read


Simple Connection
Dear Church Family – you have a guest writer this week! A few weeks ago, I noticed a post on Twitter that included the icon below. It is...
Revd Andy Smith
Feb 6, 20214 min read
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