Compline Reflection 27th March 2024 Wednesday: Head “O sacred head, surrounded by crown of piercing thorn! O bleeding head, so wounded, so shamed and put to scorn”. This is the head that is now given a kingly crown; only now at the time of his death does Jesus’ head bear the acknowledged symbol of kingship. …
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Sermon 2024-03-26 Compline
Compline Reflection 26th March 2024 Tuesday: Feet Come see his hands and his feet, the scars that speak of sacrifice, hands that flung stars into space to cruel nails surrendered. See Christ’s feet nailed to the main beam of the cross; nailed with the same brutality as his hands have been pinned. Again see the …
Sermon 2024-03-25 Compline
Reflection for Compline 25th March 2024 Monday: Hands Come see his hands and his feet, the scars that speak of sacrifice, hands that flung stars into space to cruel nails surrendered. Hands pierced by nails, great clumsy pieces of iron hammered in with brutal power, hammered in with thoughtless uncaring cruelty; each blow struck with …
Good Friday
Good Friday is a poignant day in the Christian calendar; a day where we pause to remember the journey and the sacrifice Jesus made for us all on the cross. To mark this special day the churches across our Benefice are walking and meeting at St. James for a service of reflection at 1pm. There …
Music 2024-04-02
April 7th 2024, 2nd Sunday of Easter 10.30am Parish Communion Organ: Prelude in G major (BWV 542i) – J S BachIntroit: The Easter AnthemsHymns: NEH114 Now is eternal life; NEH113 Love’s redeeming work is done; [IA: 100 vv7&8]; NEH335 All praise to thee; NEH186 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the LordAnthem: The Cherry …
Sermon 2024-03-10 Evensong
10th March 2024 Homily for Evensong Texts: Ephesians 2: 1-10, John 6: 1-14 How, I wonder, do you refer to this day? Is it as the majority of people in this country would tell you Mothers’ Day or would you, like me, be what most people would consider being horribly pedantic and insist on calling …
Sermon 2024-03-10 Communion
Sermon 10th March 2024 – Mothering Sunday We’ve come here this morning to say thank you. Thank you to our mothers for all that they are and all that they do for us. And for some of us we have come here to remember. To remember our mothers who are no longer here to say thank …
Sermon 2024-03-03
Sermon 3rd March 2024 I was at Holmbury and shared one of my dark secrets, can share more with you. I was demoted from Head Boy at my Public School as I was caught drinking and smoking at the local pub and you probably think I’m going to say I was really contrite and ashamed, …
Easter Family Fun Day
Family fun day Monday 1st April at St James’ church.
Music 2024-03-10
10th March 2024, 4th Sunday of Lent Choral Evensong 6:00pm Organ: Voluntary in A minor – GibbonsIntroit: O Lord, increase my faith – GibbonsHymns: NEH64 Be thou my guardian and my guide; NEH61 (tREH 80) O Christ, who art the Light and DayNEH383 Jesu, lover of my soulPsalm: 119 (vv33-38) – Byrd Canticles: Plainchant/Stanford (d …
