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 […]
The Rector Bolton Abbey Parish Magazine August 2018 Being and Becoming Writing In the September 2013 issue of the Bolton Abbey Parish Magazine, just before my arrival as Rector, the Revd James Turnbull, one of our beloved honorary priests, commented: we can depend on Simon. I am sure he will feel able to depend on […]
29 July 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Ninth Sunday after Trinity Canon Simon Cowling Ephesians 3. 14-end; John 6. 1-21 The Gospel is bad news before it is good news. Rather a surprising comment for a Presbyterian Minister to make, you might think. But that is the view of Frederick Buechner, a widely admired American […]
22 July 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist St Mary Magdalene The Venerable Peter Townley Song of Songs 3. 1-4; John 20. 1-2 & 11-18 It is a great pleasure to be here with you today. Many thanks for your warm welcome. We look forward to welcoming Simon and Anne and the family to Wakefield and greatly […]
15th July 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Seventh Sunday after Trinity Judith Clark Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6: 14-29 Judith Clark is training for ordination at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, and has been on placement at the Priory for four weeks. Alongside her ministerial formation, Judith is reading for a PhD through Oriel College, Oxford. Her thesis […]
08 July 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Sixth Sunday after Trinity Canon Simon Cowling 2 Corinthians 12. 2-10; Mark 6. 1-13 The Golden Summer of 2012. The United Kingdom welcomed the world to the London Olympics and the home athletes rose to the occasion: the twenty-nine gold medals which the athletes won ensured that the […]
Trinity 5 01 July 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Jonathan Cain 2 Corinthians 8: 7-end; Mark 5: 21-end In 1993 Gisele was 28 years old, married and expecting a baby. Following a miscarriage with her first pregnancy, this baby was perhaps even more precious. She was elated with the anticipation of motherhood and the thought […]
The Rector Bolton Abbey Parish Magazine July 2018 The Beautiful Game Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah, Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah, if he’s good enough for you, he’s good enough for me, if he scores another few, then I’ll be Muslim too. Football fans have always been inventive in their chants from the terraces, but the song that Liverpool supporters have […]
24 June 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Birth of John the Baptist Canon Simon Cowling Isaiah 40. 1-11; Luke 1. 57-66 & 80 Compare and contrast. Three words with which school and university students taking exams this summer, especially in arts, humanities, and social sciences, will have become very familiar. Compare and contrast the characters […]
Trinity 3 17 June 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Jonathan Cain 2 Corinthians 5: 6-17; Mark 4: 26-34 We welcome young children into this service occasionally, one such occasion being when we have a baptism like today. So welcome to Alfie and to his parents, Caroline and Guy, Alfie’s brother Henry, and their family. Alfie […]