05 August 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Tenth Sunday after Trinity Canon Simon Cowling Ephesians 4. 1-16; John 6. 24-35 First make flour from wild wheat and wild barley; then pound the tubers of wild plants that grow in water (like sedges or bull-rushes) to a dry pulp; mix together with water to make a…
29 March 2018 Maundy Thursday Revd Jonathan Cain 1 Cor. 11: 23-26; John 13: 1-17, 31b-35 This evening we actively remember the events of the evening before Jesus’ death on the cross. Simon will wash feet, as Jesus washed his disciples feet. We will share the Eucharist of the Last Supper. We will strip the…
06 November 2016, Third Sunday before Advent 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Jonathan Cain 2 Thess. 2: 1-5 & 13-end; Lk. 20: 27-38 This week Rebecca and I have been very fortunate to spend a few days in Rome. The trip included a full day around the Vatican Museums – a truly inspiring and quite overwhelming experience. Whilst it’s…
16 August 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Eleventh Sunday after Trinity Revd Simon Cowling< Ephesians 5. 15-20; John 6. 51-58 I’m beginning with poetry this morning. I hope you all have sight of the poem Agnus Dei, by R S Thomas. Here it is: Agnus Dei No longer the Lamb but the idea of it. Can…
12 October 2014 Trinity 17 Revd Simon Cowling Readings: Philippians 4 .1 – 9; Matthew 22. 1 – 14 Twenty years ago the Spice Girls passed fleetingly across my cultural horizon during a period when our two daughters, like most little girls at the time, became ardent fans of girl power. It was doubtless…