On arriving at ‘Royal Stoke University Hospital’ on Monday 30th May I was pleased to find that finally the regulations which patient visitors have had to follow for so long had been relaxed to much like arrangements before the pandemic started. It would be difficult to exaggerate how thrilled that patients and visitors alike were...
While on holiday we visited the Church of Scotland church in Brae (Shetland) for the 10am service. Lynn, the minister, read the reading and said the prayers as well as preaching. After the service we spoke to Lynn and several of the congregation over tea and biscuits. The Church of Scotland is selling off twenty...
It was with great joy that we were able to hold a confirmation service at Christ Church, after a very long time when such things had been impossible. Three candidates, one from All Saints Moddershall, one from St John’s Oulton, and one from Christ Church, were confirmed by Matthew Parker, Bishop of Stafford. The candidates...
The PCC held a meeting on 18th May 2022 in person and on Zoom. During the meetings the following matters were discussed: · It was agreed to purchase some Pew cushions for the side pews · The communion wine is now dealcoholized wine. This will enable parishioners who were unable to consume wine due to health reasons...
Last month I tried to encourage us to keep persevering in our private prayers in spite of the difficulties. Wandering thoughts are a common problem. Somehow, we need a quick and practical way of coming back to prayer when our thoughts wander. If we go away on a trip using public transport it is comforting...