Dear friends,Church of England eyes will again be on General Synod as it meets later this month to consider the latest set of proposals designed to pave the way for the ordination of women as bishops. Last year a small minority of lay people prevented the measure going forward after it had been approved
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Once again the Pudding Club ‘hit the spot’ with more helpings of gastronomic wizardry served up in the Village Hall..
The ladies of the kitchen once again vied to provide the assembled company with more delightful desserts to tantalise their tastebuds. Harry Walton ‘filled the spaces’
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A Team of 15 bikers from St. Mary’s, headed by Tim Carroll and David Young, took part in this year’s Historic Cheshire Churches Preservation Fund’s Annual sponsored ‘Ride and Stride’ event.
The event helps the Trust raise funds to assist churches to preserve the priceless heritage of churches
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Dear friends,Sorting through some old papers over the summer, I came across a speech I had given at Diocesan Synod nearly thirty years ago. The speech was asking Diocesan Synod to take to General Synod a proposal from my parish to amend the rules governing relationships with other denominations at
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Dear friends,Earlier this year I was in correspondence with the Head Office of a major supermarket (the one where “every little helps”) over its pricing policy on Fairtrade bananas. In addition to the usual premium for organic bananas, they were charging an additional premium simply because the
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Dear friends
What do you mean by prayer? For many of us it probably has something to do with being in a mess and wanting a solution to our problem: prayer as a last resort when all else has failed.
Attend a typical church service and you could well come away thinking that prayer is intercession:
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Dear friends
(An abbreviated and edited version of the Rector’s address at the Annual Parish Meeting in April)
Why are we here as a Christian community? We exist to communicate to the rest of the world the truths concerning God’s liberating and redeeming work. That’s the whole justification
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