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Rector Arwen
Jul 17, 20214 min read
Chaotic leadership
Sermon for Trinity 7 - Jeremiah and Jesus responding poor leadership If I were a literary critic I would write that there is no real...
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Rector Arwen
Jul 11, 20216 min read
The Beheading of John the Baptist (Mark 6: 14-29) Sermon
A palace; a party; drunken revelry; a provocative dance; a rash promise; a scheming partner; a dungeon; a beheading. It is said that...
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Rector Arwen
Jun 20, 20214 min read
Wake Christ Up!
Mark 4. 35.-41 For sailers, swimmers, and even just watchers of the sea, this is one of the best loved Gospels. Evocative and highly...
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Rector Arwen
Jun 7, 20214 min read
After the Crisis ...
With the increasing calls for an Inquiry, and Parliamentary Select Committees now examining why things were done when they were done, we...
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Rector Arwen
May 16, 20214 min read
God’s Grandeur - Sunday after Ascension
We find ourselves here on this rather strange Sunday in the liturgical year - not quite halfway in what is known as novena of prayer...
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Rector Arwen
Apr 25, 20212 min read
By this you will know....
Sermon Easter 4 2021 Annas stands and asks the apostles, by what power or by what name did you do this? Having watched and witnessed the...
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Rector Arwen
Apr 18, 20213 min read
Disbelieving Joy
Sermon for the third Sunday of Easter 2021. May I speak in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen A particular line stood out...
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Rector Arwen
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Palm Sunday and Pussy Willow
Offered at the 8am Palm Sunday Eucharist at St Andrew's, Bishopstone - the first Eucharist held in this Benefice since Christmas One of...
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Rector Arwen
Feb 7, 20216 min read
Sermon - the pre-existence of Christ
During this third lockdown, my sons have been leading me on a journey through the Marvel Universe which comprises of over twenty films,...
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Rector Arwen
Jan 17, 20215 min read
Silence: Second Sunday of Epiphany
May I speak in the name of God, Father, Son Holy Spirit, Amen. Though the poem Silence, by Edgar Lee Masters, is over one hundred years...
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Rector Arwen
Dec 5, 20205 min read
Wilderness: Sermon
From the Gospel of Mark chapter 1: The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet...
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Rector Arwen
Nov 16, 20201 min read
2020 Advent Course
Parishioners in the Benefice are invited to consider coming along on a reflective Advent Journey as we use scripture, art, and poetry to...
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Rector Arwen
Nov 11, 20201 min read
New Adventures for the New Normal
2020 has been a year of tearing up plans and among those plans the hardest to tear up were the plans we had for children and families in...
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Rector Arwen
Oct 19, 20202 min read
A wonderful problem at St Peter's ...
Since we re-opened at the end of Summer we have been completely delighted to welcome a great number of people, a number which has been...
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Rector Arwen
Oct 11, 20202 min read
Introducing our new Curate
I am delighted that our United Benefice has been offered the opportunity to train and walk with an Assistant Curate next year. It has now...
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Rector Arwen
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Welcome to our new website
We have been on such a journey these last six months, a journey which flung us smack bang into the 21st century and all the technology...
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