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This year, April starts with the three days of remembering “the hour” of Jesus’s death and resurrection. Jesus marks his Last Supper with his disciples on the evening of Maundy Thursday (1st April). John records, “Jesus, knowing that his hour
Ron Binnie writes… A baby boomer born in Edinburgh shortly after my father returned from service in WW2, my earliest musical tuition was at the hands of my mother, a music teacher and singer of some repute. Mum also conducted
Fr Patrick writes… In the July/August 2020 and September 2020 editions of the Parish Magazine, I documented the wind down of the Covid restrictions after the first wave of the virus in the Spring of 2020. I want to continue
By the time you read this, two things should have happened on 21st February. The first is that the CofE Housing, Church and Community Commission should have published its final report. This commission was launched by Archbishop Justin Welby in
When I started work on this month’s parish magazine, I was horrified to realise that Lent starts on 17th February. But I feel I have been in Lent since March last year! And we never got to celebrate Easter properly,
Churchwarden Hugh Roberts writes… We have been checking the archives of the Lapworth Parish Magazine to make comparisons between the current Covid pandemic and the “Spanish Flu” pandemic which led to the deaths of so many people just over a
Churchwarden Mike Parkes writes… Back at the beginning of 2020 I started planning to walk the length of the Cotswold Way with my daughter Lucy and our dog Orla, starting at the market place in Chipping Campden and finishing 6
Fr Patrick writes… A week beforehand we thought we would not be able to hold our Remembrance Day Service because of the second lockdown, but thankfully special guidance was published on 3rd November. So on Sunday 8th November several people
A distinctive feature of our times is the voice of the marginalised, which is heard in a way that was never possible before. This morning, on the BBC website (in addition to COVID stories!) there were stories about loneliness, anti-Semitism,
Fr Patrick Gerard has recently been contacted by VASA, via Warwick District Council, with a bid for volunteers. VASA is a volunteer community transport provider. It is their mission to reduce isolation and promote positive health and wellbeing by providing