Candlemas Farewell Sermon
The Feast of Candlemas, which the church celebrates this Sunday, is an ancient holy time. It comes 40 days after Christmas marking the end[…]
Epiphanytide
January 2021 Dear Friends, Epiphanytide, the weeks following Christmas, the most beautiful of church seasons, is a time of revelation and truth. The stark outline[…]
Thought for the Week, Nov 8th 2020
In the New Testament, peace has nothing to do with pastel painted scenes of beaches and waterfalls and mindfulness exercises to attain inner peace. Peace comes[…]
Season of Remembrance
Dear Friends, Historians are in demand these days. Medieval archaeologists have been examining the impact of the Black Death that killed roughly half the known[…]
Creationtide
Dear Friends, For the past month we have been marking ‘Creationtide’. This is a relatively new season in the church calendar, established in 2007[…]
Stepping into Autumn
Dear Friends, SEPTEMBER 2020 As many amongst us face a ‘new term’ in these challenging times, the psalms invite us to ‘Sing to[…]
A Service of the Word, every Sunday
ST PETER’S RE-OPENS for A Service of the Word from Sunday 2 August Dear Friends, We cannot sing, but we will not be without music. The order of[…]
A slow re-opening
TRINITY 4 July 5 Dear Friends, The PCC is working on plans to gradually reopen St Peter’s in the coming weeks. The Church of[…]
St Peter’s Day 2020
Dear Friends, The sun always shines on St Peter’s Day – or so we always remember our patronal festival on the last Sunday in June,[…]
Vicar’s Reflection
TRINITY 2 Sunday 21 June Dear Friends, St Peter’s has a long history of welcoming black people from the Caribbean and West Africa. In[…]