Prayer is fundamental to who we are as Christians. We all know how important it is, but also how difficult and complicated we can make it! Would you like to feel closer to God? Do you sometimes find it hard to pray? Do you wish you could make more sense of how God is working …
Category archives: What’s Happening
Light up the World in Prayer
Across the globe from Ascension to Pentecost, we are encouraged to join with the wave of prayer as we pray for those of our friends and family who are yet to discover God’s love for them. At the back of church are some free Novena booklets with daily bible readings, based on the Gospel of …
Sermon 14th May 2023
Reflection for Evensong 14th May 2023 This reflection is based on the hymn Christ is our Corner-stone which we will be singing at the start of Sunday’s choral evensong. “Christ is made the sure foundation, and the precious corner-stone, who, the two walls underlying, bound in each, binds both in one, Holy Sion’s help for …
Sermon 2023-05-07
Coronation Sermon Were you glued to your television screens yesterday?Did you manage the whole thing?What impacted you the most?The pomp and ceremony? After all we do do these things well don’t we?!The commentary?Who was there and who wasn’t? For me I was, rather ashamedly, struck by the sacramental and sacred nature of the whole thing. …
Coronation Picnic
Coronation Poem
Hooray, this week our King is crowned,With lots of pomp and merry sound.Brass bands will play and church bells ring,Trumpets blast, and choirs will sing. Two thousand guests will fill the Abbey,All smartly dressed, nothing shabby.The crowds won’t mind what they wear,The wise may bring wet weather gear! For hours they’ll be prepared to waitTo …
Reflection from the Rectory May 2023
May is my favourite month – Spring has definitely arrived, we have lots of family birthdays and this year is extra special as we celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III – and we have 3 bank Holiday Mondays! May also marks the beginning of village Fair season as we look forward to the wonderful …
Confirmation
On Saturday 8th April David Vlietstra was Baptised and confirmed by Bishop Andrew! It was a joyous celebration with 35 young people and adults confirming their faith in front of family and friends at Guildford Cathedral. Welcome to your new family David!
Sideways Church 23rd April 2023 10:30am
We’ll be there, croissants at the ready. So come and celebrate St George’s Day with us! And what does Hilary want us to think about this time? Would you recognise Jesus if he was walking along the street beside you?Or, if he was sitting on the bus next to you?Or, if he was waiting in the …
Sermon 9th April 2023
Easter day Sermon: Acts 10:34-43, John 20:1-18 Are we Easter people or Holy Saturday people? What do I mean by this? Are we lost in the darkness and confusion of Holy Saturday and in some ways content in wallowing in our inadequacies- in the ways we fall short, mess up and don’t measure up? Are we …
