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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


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


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


Father Jeff shares his thoughts on Remembrance Sunday
My dear Friends, "Missing, presumed killed." This was the message my paternal grandparents received in the Spring of 1940. Then, another...
Emily Bainbridge
Nov 12, 20218 min read


Pastoral Letter - 5 November 2021
My dear Friends, First may I say how grateful I am to those of you who have taken the trouble to write back to me in recent weeks, to...
Emily Bainbridge
Nov 5, 202111 min read


Pastoral Letter - 29th October
Dear Friends, The hallowed feasts of All Saints and All Souls are coming up, when we especially think about the journeys our departed...
Emily Bainbridge
Oct 28, 20216 min read


Pastoral Letter - 22nd October
Dear Friends, (Though perhaps it should read "Dear Friend," nowadays, as I don’t know how many still read this!) "Do you believe in God?"...
Emily Bainbridge
Oct 22, 20218 min read


Pastoral Letter - 15th October 2021
My dear friends, Many of you will have seen on the news recently that Andrew Davies, the leader of the Tories in Wales, has decided to...
Emily Bainbridge
Oct 15, 20217 min read


Pastoral Letter - 8th October
Dear Friends, Last Sunday we celebrated two special things: at 11.30am we hosted the Civic Service as the Mayor, Council and...
Emily Bainbridge
Oct 8, 20214 min read


Pastoral Letter - 1st October
Dear Lord, For weeks, or rather months now, I have been writing letters to the parishioners of St Mary’s Twickenham and indeed to anyone...
Chris Williams
Oct 6, 20215 min read


Pastoral Letter - 24th September
Please read below of possible problems accessing the church on Sunday morning 26th September, due to The High Tide event in Church...
Chris Williams
Sep 25, 20217 min read


A Year of Icons
Our post on Easter Sunday 2021 marked the completion of a year of bringing you an 'Icon of the Day' compiled by Dr Katherine Cox for...
Chris Williams
Sep 17, 20211 min read


Pastoral Letter - 17th September
Dear Friends, On Tuesday of this week there was a Concert in church to celebrate the life of HOWARD GREENWOOD, one of the founders of the...
Chris Williams
Sep 17, 20215 min read
Pastoral Letter - 10th September
Dear Friends, It was marvellous to see around 100 of you back in church last Sunday and as those who were there may recall my saying, as...
Emily Bainbridge
Sep 12, 20215 min read


Pastoral Letter - 3rd September
Dear Friends, As we prepare to return to church this coming Sunday for our 9.30am Parish Eucharist, first come with me down an imagined,...
Emily Bainbridge
Sep 3, 202110 min read


Pastoral Letter - 27th August
Dear Friends, I know that some of you may think I may have lost what few priestly marbles I might have, but may I ask you to forget for a...
Emily Bainbridge
Aug 27, 20216 min read


Pastoral Letter - 20th August
My Dear Friends, I stayed there overnight for the first time thirty years ago this month, but it had been a place I had been aware of...
Emily Bainbridge
Aug 20, 20218 min read


Pastoral Letter - 13th August
My dear friends, Were I ever to write a novel, were I ever to devote a couple of years of my life to a narrative, I have been wondering...
Emily Bainbridge
Aug 14, 20216 min read


Pastoral Letter - 6th August 2021
I wasn’t anticipating writing any more of these letters, as you know, but recently we have lost two friends: one female, one male; one a...
Chris Williams
Aug 7, 20217 min read


Pastoral Letter - 30th July
My dear Friends, Most of us had anticipated a return to church for worship by now and therefore an end of these letters. However, for...
Chris Williams
Aug 2, 20217 min read
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