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Advent is the church season leading up to Christmas. It is about waiting and expectation, waiting for Jesus. It is about waiting for him as a baby to be born at Christmas time, but also about waiting for his second
Fr Patrick writes… I would like to add another instalment to the Coronavirus Diary. The last instalment was on page 6 of the September edition of the Parish Magazine. Since the government relaxed most of the coronavirus rules on 19th
In the Focolare Movement, which I am involved with, we focus each month on a particular phrase from the bible. We try to put it into practice in our daily lives. For October 2021 the phrase was, “We know that
At harvest time we give thanks to God for our food. We are grateful that we usually have lots of good food readily available, even if our food choices are not always good. But there was an interesting moment, near
At St Mary’s Lapworth we have a longstanding relationship with the Church Mission Society (CMS). At Christmas we give them a donation (around £200), and we receive their publications. It has been a quiet relationship for a long time, but
We have become sadly familiar with the disruption that Covid has caused to weddings, and some couples are delaying planning weddings because stressful last-minute changes always remain a possibility. Matt Gardner and Bryony Palmer originally planned to get married at
In mid-June global leaders from the G7 (Group of Seven) countries met in Cornwall. Mysteriously there were at least nine of them! I have just re-read the summary communiqué, and there are many things I find encouraging. I am encouraged
I would like to recommend the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma”, which helped me to understand social media and the impact it has on our world. It was the explanation of the business model of a typical social media company
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021 On Wednesday 14th April we had a full church (about 40 people with social distancing!) for our own service locally to pray for Prince Philip
Fr Patrick writes… The first national Covid lockdown started on Monday 23rd March 2020. A year later, on Tuesday 23rd March 2021, the CofE was one of many organisations supporting a National Day of Reflection to remember the 127,000 people