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- Sea Sunday From the Vicar: Sea Sunday Christian Basics: No 7: What Does the Holy Spirit Do? (Pt 2) Locked in a shipping container Reflected Faith Series: the grandeur of God Showers of blessing A sermon in sand ** Editor: by Canon Paul Hardingham Sea Sunday Over many years the 2nd Sunday of July has...Looking at God (all articles) for July 2022
- Over many years the 2nd Sunday of July has been kept as Sea Sunday, with a special focus on prayer for all seafarers. The Mission to Seafarers supports the work of sailors facing difficult waters, piracy, and separation from loved ones for long periods at sea. However, we can also experience storms in our own...Sea Sunday
- Over many years the 2nd Sunday of July has been kept as Sea Sunday, with a special focus on prayer for all seafarers. The Mission to Seafarers supports the work of sailors facing difficult waters, piracy, and separation from loved ones for long periods at sea. However, we can also experience storms in our own...From the Vicar: Sea Sunday
- Somebody once defined a football match as ‘22 people on the field desperately in need of rest, watched by 50 thousand people in the stands, desperately in need of exercise! It reminds us that church is not a spectator sport! The Holy Spirit equips us to serve God in the Church and daily life through...Christian Basics: No 7: What Does the Holy Spirit Do? (Pt 2)
- In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ...Locked in a shipping container
- Do you understand the mysteries of God? Who is He? What is He up to? If Jesus’s disciples who were with Him daily for years had trouble understanding Him, what expectation is there that you and I will? We get glimpses of Him – through new life, through nature, in creativity, music and dance and so...Reflected Faith Series: the grandeur of God
- If you are fortunate enough to get to the seaside this summer, then you might like to wriggle your toes in the warm sand, and consider the following: It has been said that there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches in the world. More recently,...A sermon in sand
- The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee From the Vicar What kind of Queen? ‘Little Silver’ Christian Basics No 6: What Does the Holy Spirit Do? (Pt 1) Reflected Faith Series: The Meaning of Colours Pt 2 Father’s Day The U in JesUs ** Editor: Canon Paul Hardingham praises an outstanding monarch. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee This month...Looking at God (all articles) for June 2022
- This month we celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. She is the longest reigning monarch in British history. Up until recently she attended church every week and still did a full week’s work at the age of 96! It is her commitment to serving God and the nation which stands out in her life. Even before...The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
- As a nation, in April we celebrated the Queen’s 96th birthday. She is the longest reigning monarch in British history (70 years compared with Victoria’s 63 years). Up until recently she attended church every week and did a full week’s work! It is her commitment to serving God and the nation which stands out in...From the Vicar
- Traditional images of monarchy portray power, status, and superiority over other people. In biblical times, monarchs were to be feared. When teaching His disciples about leadership, Jesus said, “The kings of the Gentiles (pagans) lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.” A benefactor was a conspicuously generous person who acted in...What kind of Queen?
- If you have ever had chemotherapy, or a heart pacemaker installed, you will be particularly grateful for the properties of platinum. Platinum compounds disrupt the multiplication of cancerous cells, and the properties of platinum itself (its resistance to corrosion and tarnishing) make it particularly suitable for electrical contacts in pacemakers. But platinum has other properties...‘Little Silver’