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    Author: raymond

    [Rectors Weekly] Generous Participation

    Once, I was in a meeting and we were chatting about wealth, and I idly asked ‘what would you do if you had a million pounds?’ The lady sitting next to me was offended: ‘What makes you think I don’t?’

    raymond 16 January 202516 January 2025 Uncategorized Read more

    What did the Prophet Say?

    Have you heard any prophets recently? With so many would-be prophets around it’s hard to sift the shepherds from the wolves. Internet algorithms try to help, but recent advances in Artificial Stupidity (that is what AI stands for, isn’t it?)

    raymond 9 January 20259 January 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Gaudate – Rejoice in Advent

    Advent, like Lent, is a time to prepare. And for things as auspicious as the birth and the death of the Son of God, these penitential purple Christian Seasons gives us time to consider our sin and repent. (We shouldn’t

    raymond 12 December 202412 December 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    What’s New

    Has the world changed? I watched Prime Minister’s Questions Time this week – the sides have swapped, some faces have moved, but how different was it from a year ago? But there is a difference, a change – even if

    raymond 7 November 20247 November 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Together we do

    At a funeral this week, two people wore Manchester United football shirts, and the order of service featured a photograph of the deceased alongside the 1991 European Cup Winners Cup. He was a big fan, often taking the coach from

    raymond 17 October 202417 October 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Harvest

    Do you think I could be a farmer? I could buy a farm, and a tractor. I’m not sure about animals, but I could plough (with my tractor), sow (with my tractor), let things grow and then harvest. Jesus warned

    raymond 26 September 202426 September 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Choose This Day

    Someone told me a couple of weeks ago that I can’t have tuna on my pizza. But I like tuna on my pizza – tuna and pineapple. Am I wrong? Have I missed something? It’s not as if you physically

    raymond 5 September 20245 September 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Why grow?

    I have a tree my garden. I chose it, I planted it, and I watch it. It grows very slowly, unlike some other plants (notably the weeds and the leylandii hedge) which grow much too quickly. My tree just gets

    raymond 23 August 202426 August 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Deciding to Live

    Have you read (or watched Ridley Scott’s film version of) Andy Weir’s “The Martian”? It’s Science Fiction, of course, but it is also a study in crisis decision making. Of all the things going on, what is the most important

    raymond 10 August 202410 August 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Why follow Jesus?

    Last month was the centenary of George Mallory’s failed attempt to climb Mount Everest. While touring the USA, drumming up support, he was asked by reporters ‘Why?’ Well, why would you want to climb a mountain where the air is

    raymond 25 July 202425 July 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more
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      10:30 am
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      Barnabas Group
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      10:30 am
      Holy Commuion

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      10:00 am
      Morning Worship

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    • Monday 14 July
      10:30 am
      Myrtle Cafe

      Coffee, cake and chat

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