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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...
Chris Williams
Apr 9, 20222 min read
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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....
Chris Williams
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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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...
Chris Williams
Mar 25, 20223 min read
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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...
Chris Williams
Mar 11, 20223 min read
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Father Jeff offers a Prayer for the People of Ukraine
Lord we pray for all the people of your world, Especially our brothers and sisters in Ukraine: For those with decisions to take Which...
Chris Williams
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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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...
Chris Williams
Feb 26, 20228 min read
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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...
Chris Williams
Feb 25, 20225 min read
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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...
Chris Williams
Feb 18, 20226 min read
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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...
Chris Williams
Feb 11, 20225 min read
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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...
Chris Williams
Feb 7, 20228 min read
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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...
Emily Bainbridge
Jan 21, 20229 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 14th January 2022
Dear Friends, who are still reading! Surely one of our most well known and most well loved hymns starts with the words: "Dear Lord and...
Emily Bainbridge
Jan 14, 20227 min read
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Pastoral 'Note' - 7 January 2022
Dear Friends, I do hope that 2022 is already proving to be a good year for you all. We all need the reassurance of a sense of recovery at...
Emily Bainbridge
Jan 7, 20223 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 31st December 2021
My dear Friends, Laurence Olivier, one of our most celebrated actors of the last century, was once asked, "What does the sweet smell of...
Emily Bainbridge
Dec 31, 20219 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 24th December
My Dear Friends, Thank you for reading these witterings from the Dog House where I live over the past months, and thank you to those of...
Emily Bainbridge
Dec 24, 202110 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 17th December
My dear Friends, "Love", according to Michael (Mouse) Tolliver in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, "is having someone to buy a...
Emily Bainbridge
Dec 17, 20216 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 10th December 2021
My Dear Friends, One of the great joys of parish ministry is seeing people coming alive in their Christian faith. One of the great...
Chris Williams
Dec 11, 20216 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 3rd December 2021
My dear Friends, I wasn’t even studying 20th Century American Literature, I only attended the lecture because a girl I was fond of at...
Emily Bainbridge
Dec 3, 20218 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 26th November 2021
Thank you again for reading my letters. I have written, and you may well have read, well over 100 of them now. I will continue to write...
Emily Bainbridge
Nov 26, 20218 min read
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Pastoral Letter - 19th November
My dear friends, As some of you may know, I am owned by a tiny Bichon Havanese called Timothy and a large Labrador called Mahler. Every...
Chris Williams
Nov 20, 20216 min read
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