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Dear Friends, Here’s the update for the week A little word  You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.      Matthew 5.14 (NIV) The contrast between light and dark comes frequently in our liturgy at this time of year and is repeated many times in the scriptures. After the […]

Dear Friends, This Sunday we spend some time in quiet reflection. A little word  They will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any more.         Isaiah 2.4 (NIV) These familiar words came up in Morning Prayer this

Dear Friends, This Sunday we think about what a Saint is. A little word  Love God, all you saints; God takes care of all who stay close to him, but he pays back in full those arrogant enough to go it alone. Psalm 31.23 (MSG) A life in isolation is not a godly life it would seem.

Dear Friends  This Sunday we think about the gift of the Holy Spirit and what that means for us.  A little word  For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Tim 1.7 (NIV)  Jesus promises his continued presence with his followers before his Ascension. There is

Dear Friends Over the next few weeks, we will be thinking about some of God’s wonderful promises. A little word Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.                                         Matthew 5.9 (NIV) The news this week has been shocking as has the name-calling and shouting from the sides. War is evil,

Dear Friends Over the next few weeks we will be thinking about some of God’s wonderful promises. A little word But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but

Dear Friends I hope you can join us Sunday as we celebrate and treasure God’s bounty at our Harvest Service. A little word As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.                                                                                                                                Genesis 8.22 (NIV) God’s promise made to himself after Noah had exited

  Dear Friends We continue with our series running up to harvest   A little word as it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”                                                                                                                                    2 Corinthians 8:15 (NIV) Paul is speaking here about the collection being gathered

Dear Friends Please read the important update from Sara this week and pray. A little word But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!                             Amos 5: 24 Bishop Pete spoke on these words at the Eco-Church Celebration in the Cathedral last Saturday. Amos tells the people God’s challenge; all your

Dear Friends What a glorious way to move into Autumn, enjoy the sunshine. A little word The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;                           Psalm 24.1 Over the next month leading up to Harvest we will be Celebrating and thinking about God’s wonderful world and our place