Dear friends We observed last Sunday that it’s very easy to come to God’s word thinking that we know what it says and therefore paying little attention, particularly if it’s […]
Rector’s Update | Week 10
Dear friends This being a fifth Sunday coming up, we should have been looking forward to Parish Praise and a meal together. As it is, we are still unable to […]
Rector’s Update | Week 9 (and this one’s different, so please read it!)
Dear friends In addition to my usual reminder that you can join in all our activities by going to http://winkleburyandworting.org.uk/livestream/, starting with this evening’s prayer gathering, Friday45 at 7:00pm, there are […]
Rector’s Update | Week 7
Dear friends I am writing a day earlier than usual this week because tomorrow is VE Day and so our normal pattern changes slightly. Friday Morning Prayer takes place at 8:00am […]
Rector’s Update | Week 6
Dear friends I’m not very good at observing saints’ days, but those of us joining in Morning Prayer each day are reminded of each saint’s day as it comes around. […]
Rector’s Update | Week 5
Dear friends, As I said in the first of these weekly emails, part of my role at Basingstoke Hospital at the moment is to run a drop-in session in the […]
Rector’s Update | Week 4
Dear friends Every now and again, someone says “Do you remember when we used to have a Parish Magazine?” It’s beginning to feel as though we have one now! I […]
Rector’s Update | Week 3
Dear friends “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” What reassuring words these are. On this eve of Good Friday when we remember the astonishing events of […]
Rector’s Update | Week 2
Dear friends “… not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” (Hebrews […]
Rector’s Update | Week 1
Dear friends We are approaching the end of our first week of staying at home. For some, of course, it has been longer because they have been self-isolating or because through frailty […]