Pastoral Letter for the Coronation
My dear Friends, "Be thy head anointed. Be thy heart anointed. Be thy hands anointed." These will be the words which the Archbishop of ...
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Christopher Williams
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Pastoral Letter - 24th February 2023
Dear Friends, As some of you may have heard me say on Sunday, I couldn’t sleep one night last week and was flicking through Instagram...
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Christopher Williams
- Dec 16, 2022
- 6 min
Pastoral Letter - 16th December 2022
My Dear Friends, The copies of the Bible which I have in my home are all rather old and battered. Some are centuries old, some I have had...
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Chris Williams
- Nov 12, 2022
- 2 min
Remembrance Sunday
"We shall Remember them." Father Jeff writes: This year we have three main events which knit us to the lives of those who died in the two...
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Chris Williams
- Oct 8, 2022
- 4 min
Pastoral Letter - 7 October 2022
Dear Friends, What if it is true, all this God malarkey: the fact that some energy of love wanted to share the experience of existing and...
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Chris Williams
- Sep 16, 2022
- 5 min
Pastoral Letter - 16 September 2022
Dear Friends, What a week we are coming to the conclusion of. Her late Majesty`s coffin has been taken from Balmoral to Holyrood, from...
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Chris Williams
- Sep 10, 2022
- 2 min
Commemorating Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at St Mary's
Dear Friends, The reality is sinking in. Someone who has been so familiar, so fundamental to our lives, someone who has been so integral...
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Chris Williams
- Sep 9, 2022
- 3 min
A Pastoral Letter on the Passing of Her Majesty
My dear friends, Yesterday, 8th September, an era of our nation’s life came to an end, with the death of Elizabeth the Second. But as...
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Chris Williams
- Sep 8, 2022
- 1 min
A Prayer for Her Majesty, Elizabeth, lately our Queen
Lord of Lords and King of Kings, We give thanks for the life of Her Majesty, Elizabeth, lately our Queen: For her example, humility And...
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Chris Williams
- Jun 3, 2022
- 5 min
Father Jeff's Pastoral Letter for the Platinum Jubilee and Pentecost
My dear Friends, Happy Jubilee and Pentecost Weekend! Believe it or not I am missing you all greatly since going away on Sabbatical a...
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Chris Williams
- Apr 9, 2022
- 2 min
Father Jeff sends you a Holy Week Invitation
Dear Friends, In the early Church, even before the stories familiar to us in the Gospels were written down, Christians used to gather...
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Chris Williams
- Apr 1, 2022
- 3 min
A message from Father Jeff as we approach Passion Week 2022
Dear God, "Welcome to Hell." That is what I saw on the television a few days ago, painted onto a concrete block on the outskirts of Kyiv....
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Chris Williams
- Mar 25, 2022
- 3 min
A 'Thank You' from Father Jeff
Dear Friends, You may remember that last week I wrote to you sharing some of the thanksgivings made by those who have been part of this...
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Chris Williams
- Mar 11, 2022
- 3 min
Father Jeff shares a message for this troubled week
Dear Lord, It has not been the best week for us here on earth. I am really hoping that you know that already, otherwise the world would...
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Chris Williams
- Feb 26, 2022
- 8 min
Father Jeff sends you his concluding ‘Pastoral Letter in a Pandemic’
Dear Friends, First, thank you for continuing to read these letters. It has been an extraordinary opportunity for me to speak to you in...
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Chris Williams
- Feb 25, 2022
- 5 min
Ukraine - Father Jeff shares his thoughts on the news of 24th February 2022
Dear Friends, After heavy rain before the sun had risen followed by a hailstorm at lunchtime, the golden sun is now shining into my...
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Chris Williams
- Feb 18, 2022
- 6 min
Pastoral Letter - 18th February
My dear Friends, I recently conducted a Bible Service at St Mary’s church. This is an annual event for the school when we present each...
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Chris Williams
- Feb 11, 2022
- 5 min
Pastoral Letter - 11th February
Dear Friends, I could smell it before I saw it, pungent with promise, as I made my way up the church path, just as the sun was setting...
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Chris Williams
- Feb 7, 2022
- 8 min
Pastoral Letter - 4th February
Dear Friends, It has probably only happened to me twice, properly, unselfconsciously. Once, when I was a child, once when I was in my...
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Emily Bainbridge
- Jan 21, 2022
- 9 min
Pastoral Letter - 21st January
My dear Friends, Huge and heartfelt thanks to those of you who took the trouble to respond to last week’s Pastoral Letter, with kind...
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