Vicars Message – St. Mary The Virgin

January 2025 – From the Vicarage

by churcheditorMagazine, Vicars Message January 1, 2025December 26, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the January 2025 Parish Magazine Dear friends, Happy New Year or as the Japanese would say, akemashite (the New Year has dawned!) omedetou (Congratulations!) gozaimasu! I'm offering you the Japanese version of Happy New Year because of their acknowledgement that the New Year has begun. We often seem reluctant, I think, to pause in …

December 2024 – From the Vicarage

by churcheditorMagazine, Vicars Message December 6, 2024December 6, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the December 2024 Parish Magazine Dear friends, Time flies when we are having fun! Hopefully you will feel like this too; it only seems a few days since I was licensed as Vicar here and yet both Becky and I feel well settled into the church and wider community - if feels like we …

November 2024 – From the Vicarage

by churcheditorMagazine, Vicars Message November 1, 2024October 26, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the November 2024 Parish Magazine Dear friends, As we approach this season of Remembrance, I have been thinking about our duty as Christians to be people of peace, to promote peace, and to be peaceful in all that we offer. I'm basing this on John 14: 27 where Jesus said: 'Peace I leave with …

October 2024 – From the Vicarage

by churcheditorMagazine, News, Vicars Message October 1, 2024September 30, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the October 2024 Parish Magazine Dear friends, A month has gone by since you welcomed Becky and I so wonderfully into your community - thank you so much for such a memorable day. +Debbie commented on how perfectly the service had gone and how warm and friendly you as a community came across. It …

September 2024 – From the Vicarage

by churcheditorMagazine, Vicars Message September 1, 2024August 26, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the September 2024 Parish Magazine Dear friends, I would like to begin by thanking you for your wonderful welcome to us - your cards, letters, flowers and produce have all been so beautiful and heart-warming. We are really beginning to settle in well and are looking forward to getting to know you all better. …

August 2024 Message from Fr Stan

by churcheditorMagazine, News, Vicars Message August 1, 2024July 28, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the August 2024 Magazine Fr Stan writes: When I was preparing for ordination at Salisbury and Wells Theological College in the early 1970s our Principal, canon Harold Wilson (not the prime minister of the same name), instilled in us the importance of the “Vicar’s Letter” in the parish magazine because, he said, more people …

Welcome Message from Rev’d Morna

by churcheditorMagazine, News, Vicars Message August 1, 2024July 28, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the August 2024 Magazine Dear friends, We have arrived in Finedon! Having moved at the end of July, Becky and I, as well as our cats (Nellie and Maggie) and tortoise (Mother Julian) are beginning to settle into our new home. We are very much looking forward to meeting you all and, when things …

July 2024 Message from Fr Stan

by churcheditorMagazine, News, Vicars Message July 1, 2024June 22, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the July 2024 Magazine Fr Stan writes: After writing about Rogation Days and Quarter Days, I now turn to holidays (or should it be Holy Days?). The first holiday I can remember was going as a very young boy with my parents to the Isle of Man where my father’s aunt and some of …

June 2024 Message from Fr Stan

by churcheditorMagazine, News, Vicars Message June 1, 2024May 26, 2024Comments are Disabled

From the June 2024 Magazine Fr Stan writes: Last month I wrote about the Rogation Days and their significance. This month I want to consider the Quarter Days. From my childhood I recall that almost every diary marked the Quarter Days but that is rarely the case now. The Quarter Days fall on the following …

May 2024 Message from Fr Stan

by churcheditorMagazine, News, Vicars Message May 1, 2024April 27, 2024Comments are Disabled

We need to find the ongoing funding for the running costs and feel that possibly some people might like to mark a special occasion or anniversary by donating the cost of a week’s floodlighting? Or maybe you would like to make a dedication in memory of a loved one?