With the potential for school closures hitting the headlines, let us celebrate what has been managed to teach children about Jesus in the schools these terms. We are a few weeks away from the Easter Holidays now, and so it’s been nearly two whole terms of the Trekkers clubs in both Oulton First School, and...
The Inn Ringers are a group of handbell ringers who originally came together in 1977 practising in a room above the Red Lion in the High Street, Stone. Back then, most of the people in the team lived in Stone, today it’s a different story – they now base themselves at St Luke’s Church Hall...
Before Christmas I was asked if I would be willing to help with the Sunday Morning Holy Communion services at County Hospital. Although I am often busy in our own churches I agreed to give it a try. And so on 16th February I turned up just after 9am. There was a surprising amount to...
The reading for the Ash Wednesday Service on 26th February was John 13: 18-38 which has two sections headed... “Jesus Predicts His Betrayal” “Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial” Having considered the circumstances around Judas and Peter, their weaknesses and motivations, their actions and the outcomes, I ended by reading a poem hoping it might help in...
Q. What starts in late September and lasts until the 1st Saturday in March? A. Preparation for Arthur & Phil’s quiz night. Well, actually Phil’s preparation starts on the Saturday morning of the quiz!! It’s Arthur who has been hard at work for the previous seven months getting everything ready for the evening we’ve come to...