The service of Holy Communion was led as usual by our Rector, the Rev Alex Wheatley. In his sermon, Rev Alex spoke of the repression of Christians in the Holy Land by the occupying Roman army and their cruel leaders who would order the execution of Christians to suppress their teachings and leadership. This drew a sharp comparison of the events over the last few weeks, of the suffering of the people of Ukraine, showing that recent events are not new but have happened over man

A nice spring morning brought a good size congregation into church last Sunday, to enjoy a well presented service of Holy Communion from the Rev Alex Wheatley. It is almost a year now since the Rev Alex joined us from a church in the Diocese of Leeds, and over that year we have learned a lot about each other and to give Rev Alex his due, he has overcome extremely well the nervousness he obviously felt when he first set a step inside our door! To be fair, this was Rev Alex’s f

With last week’s service all about the Ukraine invasion, and full of prayer for the people in Ukraine, this week’s service was very different. We did not forget the people of Ukraine in our prayers this week, but it was also the re-start of our very popular Friends and Family Service after what seemed like a lifetime break because of Covid. It was a lovely service presented by the Rev Alex Wheatley, built round the theme of Lent, a period in the church year that we are now in

Going to church this morning for what we expected to be a Holy Communion with prayers for peace because of the Ukraine crisis, turned out to be a little more than that. The Rev Alex Wheatley based his service on the letter sent by the two Anglican Archbishops asking everyone to pray for peace today. The Rev Alex certainly made sure that this special service was full of prayers for peace. He did not have his sermon today, instead everyone was invited to come up and light a ca