by Jonathan Richards | Jun 8, 2023 | Church news, Reflections
The end of April brought the news that our vicar, Brian Hurst, will be moving on to a new post (though in pastures old) in the Northumberland hills. His final Sunday at St George’s & St Hilda’s will be Sunday 18th June; he will preside and preach at...
by gordon | Mar 8, 2023 | Events, Reflections
A number of Lent groups are underway, some studying The Falling of Dusk by Paul Dominiak, another viewing and reflecting on Angels in America, the National Theatre production of Tony Kushner’s award winning work. For the duration of Lent there will be a box at the...
by gordon | Jan 5, 2023 | Reflections
‘Holy night, silent night… all is calm.’ My Christmas day spent with 2 noisily excited grandchildren vying for my attention, seemed a long way from the silence and calm of that Holy night of the well-known Christmas carol. And yet, in a world characterised by noise...
by gordon | Mar 23, 2022 | Reflections
With a new month comes a new liturgical season, however, much is different for us this Lent. For the Church, there has been a longer gap between the end of the incarnation season (Christmas to Candlemas) and the start of this traditional season of penitence –...
by gordon | May 23, 2021 | Reflections
Pentecost is celebrated 50 days after Easter Day. It recalls the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples waiting in the upper room for this promised gift. Some of you will remember, as I do, growing up with Whitsunday being the name of the Sunday recalling...
by gordon | May 13, 2021 | Reflections
I don’t do ‘goodbyes’ very well. I find them too emotional, too painful. When I left, after 7 years, my first teaching post, I could not bring myself to be present in the staff room for the traditional ‘saying goodbye’. I had enjoyed the 7 years and had made good...
