Author: Rev Anthea

No sooner are Christmas and Epiphany done, than Lent appears on the horizon.  Two more Sunday’s til Ash Wednesday and the beginning of our season of penitence and contemplation.  In some ways you could argue that this entire year, dominated by lockdowns and Covid, has felt like one long Lent.  The great good news is that resurrection is on the horizon – the vaccine combined with the impact of this latest lockdown appear to be doing the trick.

There’s a way to go still, but hopefully at the end of this Lent, we will be able to come together to celebrate the Easter Feast – and I’m not just talking eggs here!  Meanwhile, we enjoy a couple of Sundays of Ordinary time, beginning with our service this Sunday on Phone Church via Zoom at 11am.  All are very welcome and your service sheet can be viewed or downloaded here in landscape format or here in portrait format.  We look forward to welcoming you.

Its Friday already, which means time for Compline once more.  Doug will lead us tonight in this ancient and timeless said service, so calming and restoring, just what we need at the moment.  But before we pray, we chat to see how we’re all doing and to stay together and in touch as a worshipping community – just as important as our service.  All are very welcome to come and join us, and the service sheet for Compline can be viewed or downloaded here.

Wow, we made it through January and now February is here in all her glory.  In terms of the Church year we now have a couple of weeks in Ordinary Time, before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.  In previous times, the term Ordinary Time seemed quaint and a little boring.  How much would we all give to have a little ordinary time back in our lives at the moment???

Yet, there is much to be grateful for – the continued development and roll out of the vaccines above all.  And the way in which, no matter what, we see the natural world beginning to unfurl all her spring like wonder.

Do join us for Morning Prayer this week at 11am via Phone Church if you are able.  We come together to pray and to worship, but also to catch up and check in on each other – you are very welcome, and your service sheet can be viewed or downloaded here.