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Rector’s Reflections

February 2022 – An update on this Parish Magazine

February 2022 – An update on this Parish Magazine

Every year we include a donation envelope with the February edition of the Parish Magazine, inviting people to make a contribution towards the magazine’s costs.  Many people respond positively to this request, typically donating £5 or £10.  Most years we

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December 2021 – Advent and Christmas

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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

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November 2021 – All things working together

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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

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October 2021 – Harvest Thanksgiving

October 2021 – Harvest Thanksgiving

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

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September 2021 – 222nd birthday of Church Mission Society (CMS)

September 2021 – 222nd birthday of Church Mission Society (CMS)

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

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July 2021 – Global Conferences

July 2021 – Global Conferences

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

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June 2021 – Dialogue and the challenge of social media

June 2021 – Dialogue and the challenge of social media

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

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May 2021 – In Memory of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

May 2021 – In Memory of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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

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April 2021 – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day

April 2021 – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day

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

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March 2021 – 21st February 2021 marks two important events

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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

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