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. …
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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 …
Compline in Holy Week
The ancient service of Compline which dates back to the Middle Ages was the last service observed by the monks before retiring to rest. Its name derives from the Latin word meaning completion and it is above all a service of quietness and reflection. Beginning on Palm Sunday Compline will be held each evening of …
Repair Café
On Wednesday 22nd March, we will be trialling a Repair Café to run alongside the SJ’s Café in St James Church, Abinger Common between 9 and 10:30am. We will be offering sewing repairs, minor alterations to clothes, sewing of tears in seams, hems, darning, zips, etc. Please do drop in and see if we can …
Sermon 19th March 2023
Mothering Sunday 2023 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 you to – but …
