Category: Vicar’s Voice

I guess the most important date we think of in February is the 14th. Yet there are a number of special dates for people in this month. The church begins the month with Candlemas, or the presentation of Jesus in the temple by his mother Mary and earthly father, Joseph as according to Jewish rite.… Continue reading Vicars Voice February 2022

I hope you all managed to have a good Christmas, and despite ongoing restrictions due to Covid, you managed to spend some time with your nearest and dearest. I hope you also managed to attend a Carol Service (or two!) or a Nativity Play, or you might even have watched Midnight Mass from Kings College.… Continue reading Vicar’s Voice January 2022

December, and the month when we get excited about Christmas…or the month we dread ! No doubt, as December draws on, many of you will be making preparations for the big day. Writing and sending a myriad of Christmas cards, buying a new real tree or getting the old well used one out of the… Continue reading Vicars Voice December 2021

Rev Mandy’s letter for November 2021

October, the end of summer, the start of Autumn. The weather might be anything, wet and windy, hot and sunny, cool and grey, the leaves have started to turn colour, and the days are shortening fast. But the month of October is a very busy one when it comes to celebrating Saints and Praying for… Continue reading Vicar’s Voice October 2021

I can’t believe that I am writing a Vicars Voice for September already! This year seems to be flying by, especially in the light of what has gone before last year. September, a time of new beginnings, and certainly never more so than the start of the new school year. There is so much potential… Continue reading Vicar’s Voice September 2021

You know the saying “off with the old and on with the new”? Well, as you are reading this, we have (hopefully) shaken off the restrictions imposed on us by the pandemic that is COVID-19. However, whilst we get used to having the virus with us, August gives us the opportunity to shake of the… Continue reading Vicar’s Voice August 2021

Dear Friends, “Time is a valuable thing Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch it count down to the end of the day The clock ticks life away” LINKIN PARK As I write this letter to you, the summer months are almost with us, we have had some beautiful weather in June and… Continue reading Vicar’s Voice July 2021

June, in the Christian calendar see a number of days know and Ember Days. These are periods of 3 days set apart during the 4 seasons of the year, which were considered as times of prayer and fasting. These would usually be a Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The purpose of these days was to give… Continue reading Vicar’s Voice – June 2021

We can attribute ‘change’ to many months of the year, but I think May is the month of the biggest changes. The force of nature gets to work to change our landscapes and gardens, as flowers and trees bud and blossom, crops grow and yield, and these events inspire and perhaps challenge us with renewed… Continue reading Vicar’s Voice – May 2021