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[…]
Sacred Space in Christianity
Dear Friends, News reports this week announced the reopening of places of worship on 15 June, in line with non-essential shops. Christian leaders welcomed[…]
Trinity Sunday
Dear Friends, Anyone who thinks that lockdown is over and that it’s time to celebrate, is living in a parallel universe to all the people[…]
Life Beyond Lockdown
The longer we stay in lockdown, the more I long for the open sea. There is a romantic telling of the coming of Christianity[…]
EASTER 7 Ascentiontide
Dear Friends, The controversial American bishop, John Spong, once pointed out that if Jesus ascended physically into the sky, and if he rose as rapidly[…]
Rogation Sunday, 2020
For Sunday 17 May, 2020 As England begins to tentatively ease lockdown restrictions this week, there is much confusion and anxiety about boundaries. The[…]
Many Dwelling Places
The Sufi poet, Rumi, writes of how he has been living on the ‘lip of insanity’ knocking incessantly on a door. Finally, the door opens[…]