Dear Friends, Welcome to our webcast video service, to be found by way of this link: I am delighted today to welcome Bishop David Williams, the Bishop of Basingstoke, to share a reflection with us. At St Peter’s, Canon Sue Wallace is presiding at the Eucharist and preaching. At St Stephen’s, The Rev’d John Staples will preside and preach. Next Sunday, 23rd August, Canon […]
Dear Friends, Welcome to our weekly Sunday webcast video service, which can be accessed through this link: Today I am delighted to welcome our friend, the Rev’d Dr Paul Collins, to share a reflection with us. For the next two Sundays, although I shall introduce the video, we shall be benefiting from a reflection recorded […]
Dear Friends, Welcome to our video service, which you’ll find here: People sometimes say to me, ‘How do I get close to God?’. Now, immediately I feel inadequate to reply meaningfully. I am a fellow explorer, seeking the way, not an expert. Indeed, the people I respect most in these matters are very suspicious of anyone who […]
Dear Friends, Welcome to our video service, which can be accessed through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awn4Kjpc-u0 I am delighted to welcome our friend, the Rev’d Dr Paul Collins, to share with us a reflection this morning. There is a sense in which this time of worldwide pandemic has similarities to the prolonged time that the people of […]
Dear Friends, It has been so amazingly good to see very many of back at church again! This past four months … !? There is no reason at all why you should not set aside a bit of time each week to carry-on joining our video services, as well as coming to church in our holy […]
Dear Friends, Welcome to our weekly video service, for which the link is: This week, I am emulating supermarkets by offering you a BOGOF (Buy One, Get One Free)! There are two different reflections available to you on this morning’s Scripture readings. One – touching on the arbitrary nature of suffering and natural disasters, and […]
A message from the rector Dear Friends, Today we reopen St Peter’s Church at 10am to celebrate a Eucharist of thanksgiving for St Peter. We transferred this from 28th June (the usual date) so that this could be our prayerful focus on this first Sunday when public worship opens-up our churches again throughout the UK. I am delighted […]
Dear Friends, You will be able to find on YouTube our Communion for St Peter’s Day if you follow the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhQs6IOE0AE It has been a long time without the sacraments during this period of lockdown and so I very much hope that you will find it helpful to be able to use this video […]
Reflection for Sunday 28th June 2020 Well – that cup of cold water that Dominic has just read about would be really welcome in this heat-wave we’re enjoying – and that’s the point, Jesus is saying that we should treat each other with compassion (because dehydration is bad news!) and gentle hospitality. I begin each day […]
Dear Friends, Welcome to this morning’s video service. You’ll find it by following this link: It’s lovely that, in these lockdown days (and weeks, and months …) we can worship together online, using these video services. I’m delighted, this morning, to welcome my friend and colleague, the Rev’d Dr Gareth Sherwood, CEO of Bournemouth’s YMCA, to […]