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Jo, our Rector, the bride, married on the 24 May at St Michaels, Stanton Harcourt, one of her own Churches to Matthew – officiated by Matthew’s father. Congratulations and all good wishes for happiness to them both.

Dear Friends, As I write this we are in the middle of a long spell of unseasonably warm weather. I have lost count of the amount of washing loads I have achieved in the last two weeks! Children and school staff are on their Easter break, and we are about to head into Holy Week; … [Read more…]

At the time of writing it’s about three weeks to election day – countdown! Not long to go before we’ll all be asked to have our say on who we want as our local MP, and our thoughts on who we want governing the UK. We are fortunate indeed in this country to be able … [Read more…]

I’ve always felt rather sorry for Pontius Pilate. Apart from Mary he is the only person mentioned in the creed and it is unfortunate that the wording makes it sound as if he was responsible for Jesus’s death though “suffered under Pontius Pilate” was just a formula for dating the event. The gospel accounts give … [Read more…]

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