I was married on September 9th 1989 – 35 years ago. Ever since this day I have 100% married. I can not be more married than I am today. I am totally married. In life we are either married or not married. We can’t be both at the same time. It’s either or. Black or […]
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The theme we have chosen for this Christmas is Draw Near and we wanted to focus on the story of Jesus’ birth told by Luke. Each of the gospels tell it differently. Matthew’s sets Jesus into his family tree to draw attention to his status as anointed Messiah that fulfils the story of Abraham, and
LISTEN TO THIS POST INSTEAD So, it’s Annual Report Time for us all again. This is a great opportunity to look back at last year and to look ahead to the coming year – tracing the journey of our family life together. Here is my first draft for 2023. WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT Our
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SEEING GOD CHANGE LIVES In this short post you will find an overview of our church’s expected expenditure and income in 2024 – a budget aimed at enabling us to increase our missional impact – seeing God change lives, families, and churches – and securing our finances for the coming years. For the first time
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Dear Church Family As I mentioned in Friday’s bulletin, over the next three weeks I will be sending out a ‘Giving Bulletin’ like this one, sharing important information about our church finances and inviting you to participate in securing and growing our income for the coming year. This is important for us as a church
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REVISITING AND INCREASING OUR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHURCH Dear Church Over the next few weeks, the PCC and the whole church leadership are inviting all of us who consider ourselves to be a part of St Mary’s and the Heath, to join together and to increase our giving to church funds. Many of us already make a
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So, my journey into Lent fasting as an act of repentance, mourning and contrition, is deepening. And I am learning that it has a strong heritage, even if it’s been generally forgotten or overshadowed by other messages in our current day. A few days ago, in preparing for Ash Wednesday I came across a liturgy
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So, I have something on my heart that I feel I need to share with you about the season of Lent coming up. I am wondering if this Lent things need to be a bit different, for me, and perhaps us as a church. Have a think and a pray to see what resonates with
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RICHARD’S TALK | CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT Grace and truth. Living in grace is beautiful, healing, and powerful… And when we see it, or feel it, it’s like water on desert ground. The grace of a mother holding a child that’s fearful, tearful, or angry… or the grace of a child who puts their hands in
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The plane touched down in Israel and we joined the long queue to get through passport control. Each of us were interviewed by different polite, but serious staff, dressed in black. “Why are you going to Israel? Have you packed your own bags? Are you taking anything for anyone out there?” Our Passports were taken
