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by David Winter ‘Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, bless the bed that I lie on’ – my grandma taught me that one. At least it meant I never forgot the names of the writers of the four Gospels. This month Luke, the writer of the third of them, has his feast day – 18th October....

The 2025 Poppy Appeal will be launched this month. The Poppy is a powerful symbol worn by people right across the UK to commemorate the sacrifices of our Armed Forces and to show support to those still serving today. The Royal British Legion was first set up to help those returning from the First World...

The Friend at Midnight Vicar’s Letter What’s the Big Idea? – An Introduction to the Books of the Bible: Galatians The Nicene Creed: The Person of the Holy Spirit Let Him lead me to the banquet hall, and let His banner over me be love. Praying With the Prayers of the Bible: the Prayer for...

Autumn brings Harvest, and with it, our gratitude to God for all that we have. Alongside this, many churches hold a Stewardship Sunday, the day when a church congregation can take time to commit their financial giving back to God. While specific dates vary by church, it’s often the second Sunday of the month. Stewardship...

The Vatican has signed an agreement with Italy over a 100-million-euro project which will make it fully reliant on solar energy. The Vatican will obtain its electricity from a new agrivoltaics plant at Santa Maria di Galeria. The 1000-acre site north of Rome is currently home to Vatican Radio’s transmission towers. The agreement was signed...

Health and Care Sunday is an initiative of Christian healthcare organisations in the UK and Ireland. It aims to give local churches an annual opportunity to affirm and support the work done by the members of their congregation and local community who work in health and social care. Most churches include someone who is a...

To St Luke, a Gentile, we owe the beautifully written Gospel of Luke, and the Book of Acts.  He was a Greek physician, a disciple of St Paul, a companion on some of his missionary journeys, and an inspired writer. Luke’s gospel focuses on the compassion of Christ. His gospel contains some of the most...

This year, Animal Welfare Sunday falls on Sunday 5th October, which is the nearest Sunday to St Francis’ feast day on Saturday 4th. It is a good opportunity to thank God for the animals, and to consider how we might help them. Christians have been involved in animal welfare reform throughout history. For example, even...

Spurgeon’s College, the well-known Baptist theological college in south London, recently closed with immediate effect. Founded by the celebrated Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon in 1856, the college has trained thousands of Baptist ministers for ordination for nearly 170 years. But in early August, a brief statement from the Board of Trustees said that a...

I cried unto the Lord with my voice;… I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before Him my trouble. (Psalm 142:1,2 KJV)  Perhaps it is a British thing, but we do not like to complain, do we? But the psalmist was not British, so he did not mind complaining – even to God,...

As we remember St Luke this month, let’s note that one of the major themes in his gospel is prayer. Jesus tells the Parable of the Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:5-8) in the context of teaching His disciples to pray (1). Pray Shamelessly: In the parable a man approaches his friend at midnight and asking:...