Liturgies of Commitment and Companionship Currently the Church of England does not permit Same Sex Couples to have formal blessings of marriage in church but does ask that we offer services of welcome and prayer. Here are a series of Liturgies of Companionship and Relationship that the General Synod Gender and Sexuality Group offer to… Continue reading Liturgies of Commitment and Companionship
Being Anglican, Being Inclusive The Anglican Church, though it has both Catholic and Protestant emphases within it, is by definition a Broad Church. The Church of England in particular, as the Established Church of the nation, is the church of and for everyone and all those who live within its bounds, be they observant or… Continue reading Being Anglican, Being Inclusive
Thanks, But No Thanks Words for the First Sunday of Lent – 21 February 2021 – A cyber sermon from the Vicarage Text: And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. (Mark 1v12) God give you peace my Sisters and Brothers. Teresa of Avila, a 16th Century Spanish noble woman turned Mother Superior… Continue reading Thanks, But No Thanks
Gospel According to Glee – 40 Days at McKinley High Day 4 – Saturday after Ash Wednesday To Read: (Series 1 Episode 4) [KURT after playing his first American Football game, is sitting at a mirror in his bedroom, spraying his face with a skin care product. He proceeds to work at his skin with… Continue reading Gospel According to Glee – Day 4
Gospel According to Glee – 40 Days at McKinley High Day 3 – Friday after Ash Wednesday To Read: (Series 1 Episode 6) [RACHEL approaches QUINN at her locker after the school has discovered that QUINN, though she is president of the Celibacy Club, is pregnant.] RACHEL: I haven’t seen you at Glee rehearsals. QUINN:… Continue reading Gospel According to Glee – Day 3
There is no ‘I’ in ‘Team’ nor is there an ‘I’ in church. The Christian journey is undertaken in company with each other with no one thinking they are better than another fellow pilgrim
The World has had a difficult year since last Lent and we may feel that we don’t have enough faith to see us through Lent. New Directions remind us that new beginnings stat small, frightened and a little bit slushied but the song calls us forward
Sometimes we need to keep quiet so that we can hear better and act louder
Live this Lent through the eyes of the joyfully gleeky group of adolescents that make up the New Directions Choir at William McKinley High School
When is comes to ‘Doubting Thomas’ we are tempted to repeat the old saying ‘seeing is believing’ when in fact believing consists in ‘not seeing’ and proclaiming Jesus as Lord and God.
Suffolk Vicar 