Saturday 25 December 2021Christmas Eve (Midnight Mass)/Christmas DaySung EucharistRevd Nicholas Mercer One of the most enduring images of 2021 has been the plight of the Afghan people With the unexpectedly…

Sunday 19 December 2021Advent 4Sung EucharistRevd Nicholas Mercer As I was researching the sermon for this Sunday, I came across a series of lectures on the internet The lectures were…

8 December 2021Funeral of Barbara Walker SharpeRevd Nicholas Mercer Today we meet to say our goodbyes to Barbara Dearly beloved wife Mother, Sister, Grandmother, Mother-in-law, cousin and friend “A kind…

Sunday 28 November 2021Advent SundaySung EucharistRevd Nicholas Mercer Today is Advent Sunday It seems to get earlier every year, However, whenever it falls, it marks the beginning of the Church…

Sunday 21 November 2021Sunday before AdventSung EucharistRevd Nicholas Mercer There is an intriguing passage in John’s Gospel which we hear every Easter Jesus has been seized and handed over to…

Friday 19 November 2021Memorial Service of AC FlatherRevd Nicholas Mercer We meet today to remember our brother in Christ, Christopher Flather Known as “AC”, he was, husband of Carol/ father…

Sunday 14 November 2021Remembrance SundayRevd Nicholas Mercer One of the most striking images/for me/ in the recent evacuation from Afghanistan, was a US Marine standing on the perimeter of Kabul…

Sunday 7 November 202123rd After TrinitySung EucharistRevd Nicholas Mercer I don’t suppose many of us have stopped to consider why so many Roman Statues have lost their heads? In most…

Sunday 31 October 2021All Saints/All SoulsSung EucharistRevd Nicholas Mercer As most of you know, a few years ago I was the Rector of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic…