by admin | Nov 28, 2017 | Rector's Blog
Dear All, I rejoice to learn that most cultures round the world, whether Christian in background or not, like to celebrate Christmas. But why should that be? Is it purely the excitement of children receiving presents, the Christmas tree and the joining together at the...
by admin | Oct 27, 2017 | Rector's Blog
Dear All, NOVEMBER – a month which, at Frenchay Church, includes a Confirmation Service and an act of Remembrance. I don’t mean to forget other events that are taking place, but these 2 services have something in common – SACRIFICE. Sacrifice is not a popular...
by admin | Sep 25, 2017 | Rector's Blog
Dear All, It is easy to move on from news items a month old. But I would like us to stay with hurricane Irma, breaking upon Barbuda and parts of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti in early September. Besides, the...
by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | Rector's Blog
Recently I had the opportunity to make some apple and blackberry pies. The tree outside was shedding apples, the bushes were producing berries galore. I had the old-fashioned cookery book open in the kitchen, and duly followed its advice to refrigerate the dough...
by admin | Jun 27, 2017 | Rector's Blog
Dear All, During the week of writing this blog, the same week in which the Grenfell Tower block in West London went up in flames, a member of the parish showed me this prayer they had picked up when visiting the bishop’s palace at Wells : Gracious God, We pray for...
by admin | Apr 4, 2017 | Rector's Blog
Dear All, How has your period of special listening and learning been, I wonder, during Lent? I have been made to think back to study groups that I was part of many years ago, and how when describing the ministry of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark, we thought of two main...
