by Kath Sugden | Jan 7, 2020 | Rector's Blog
Dear All, “Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, …but God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5 : 7 – 8 NIV) This is a motto verse that David Bate has very kindly offered to...
by Kath Sugden | Nov 11, 2019 | Rector's Blog
I had to pinch myself the other day, to make sure that what I had experienced wasn’t a dream, but had truly happened. It was a day when I had received some professional training. During the course, I realised afresh that for many people, their working lives allow...
by Kath Sugden | Aug 15, 2019 | Rector's Blog
Dear All, Earlier this year I had the huge privilege of taking a 3 month sabbatical. My wife and I were able to travel to Russia, where she had worked for a missionary agency for 13 years. Also to Canada, where she had spent an important 2 years of her childhood....
by Kath Sugden | Mar 12, 2019 | Rector's Blog
Recently I was doing some dabbling around in the historical links between Frenchay and William Penn, founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. One of my sources mentioned that the naming of Pennsylvania was actually attached to his father’s name (Admiral Sir William...
by Kath Sugden | Jan 21, 2019 | Rector's Blog
Dear All, As you read this blog, 2019 is well underway. Time, in fact, to join the Alpha Course running at Begbrook Social Club if you so desired. Why might you consider doing this? ‘Discipleship’ is the journey of faith that means maturity, fulfilment, generous...
by admin | Jan 11, 2019 | Rector's Blog
Dear All,This last Christmas we joyfully ‘rent the air asunder’, as the carol, Good King Wenceslas, has it. We gathered in the Redrow showhomes and on the grassy verge. A few days later, we were invited by the Beckspool committee to gather and celebrate the season...
