Canon Patrick writes… This year April starts with the big days of Holy Week. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day fall on the 2nd, 3rd and 5th of April. In John’s account of Easter Day (John, chapter 20) the
Easter Peace
Update on the Parish Magazine
Canon Patrick writes… I would like to thank the many people who have made donations to support the parish magazine, in response to the envelope included with the February magazines. Donations are still coming in, but more than £2,700 has
Annual Parochial Church Meetings (APCM)
The APCM is the Annual General Meeting for a local Church of England parish. Reports (including the Annual Report and Accounts) are presented and questions can be asked of church officers. Churchwardens and PCC (Parochial Church Council) members are elected.
Introducing Bishop Esther
Bishop Esther is from Malawi, but grew up mainly in Zimbabwe. She came to England to study theology in 1999 and was ordained in 2003. Since her curacy she has served as a School Chaplain, a Young Offenders’ Prison Chaplain,
Sunlight over a statue
Canon Patrick writes…. Each day, Monday to Thursday, I say Morning Prayer in St Mary’s Lapworth. In January the church is usually pretty cold, dark and grim at 8.30am, but very occasionally we get a bright, crisp sunrise and there
Recital on departure of Lapworth’s church organ
Canon Patrick writes… The organ project has suffered some frustrating delays first in securing a faculty, and then in getting back into the organ builder’s timetable after missing our slot. But in December 2025 a timetable was finally agreed and
Michele Twelftree 1960 – 2026
It was with great sadness that I learned that Michele Twelftree died in the early hours of Tuesday 27th January at Warwick Hospital. Michele, with husband Michael, moved back to Lapworth in late 2019 when Michele took on the post
A Letter from Canon Patrick
Ongoing Lent 2026 Canon Patrick writes… This Lent, across the Oversight Area of Baddesley Clinton, Lapworth and Packwood, we are following the Church of England’s booklets, “Draw Near; Life-giving habits for Lent”. For each day of Lent the booklets
LENT 2026
Ash Wednesday – 18th February 2026 We will mark the start of Lent with a service in each church with hymns and “the imposition of ashes”. This is the sign of the cross marked on our foreheads in ash, a
CALLING ALL BUDDING OR ASPIRING FLOWER ARRANGERS
If you have attended or visiting St Mary’s Church, you will have noticed how beautifully the church is decorated throughout the year (including weddings) with floral arrangements created by members of the Flower Guild. Many of the Flower Guild members