Ministers letters

Dear Friends, And so, we are back in ‘lock down’. That means for the next four weeks we have to close the church. But we are allowed to broadcast from the church and so, each Sunday, at 11am, we will

Dear Friends, This coming Sunday, November 1st, is ‘All Saints Day’. It was introduced into the Church’s liturgical calendar in the 8th Century to commemorate “the holy apostles and of all saints, martyrs and confessors, of all the just made

Dear Friends, At times like these, it is very easy to concentrate on one’s own personal circumstances. Of course, it is vital that we take care of ourselves, look out for ourselves, do all that we can to ensure that

Dear Friends, And so, the ‘second wave’ has well and truly hit. Whilst for now we may not be as badly affected as those living in the North West, the North East, & the Midlands, the number of confirmed cases

Dear Friends, I’d always hoped these weekly letters would be positive, upbeat and encouraging; but every now and again we find ourselves confronted by what is effectively a moral and spiritual ‘kick in the teeth’. Today has been such a

Dear Friends, As you can see, we are back with Comic Sans M T as my ‘font of choice’. The truth is, I never meant to change. These last two weeks I had been sharing with you as a bit

Dear Friends, In my Wednesday letter of last week, I announced my intention to no longer use ‘Comic Sans M T’ as my ‘font of choice’, but to switch to the wholly new and different ‘Perpetua’. I was amazed at

Dear Friends, Keen readers of my weekly letters etc will notice something very different about this one. I’ll give you a moment…Got it yet? No? I’ll tell you. Up until now everything I have sent out has been ‘written’ using

Dear Friends, Where would we be without Midsomer Murders? Over 100 episodes and counting. Who would have thought that the population of a select few quintessentially English villages – modelled on those found in the Chiltern Hills apparently – could

Dear Friends, And so, September breaks in upon us. Already the weather has that distinctly autumnal feel to it. The days are shortening in dramatic fashion. the leaves on the trees are beginning to turn from green to gold as