Celebrate with the Nation in a special service of said 1662 Evensong at 6.30pm 8th May 2025All Saints Church, Dunsden, RG4 9PHPlease bring your own 1662 prayer book if you have one.All Benefice church bells will be rung at 6.30pm.Churches will be open from 10am with suitable prayers available for personal use during the day.For more information contact Revd Heather on 07946 352026
Do you believe in miracles … ? God taking the ordinary and transforming that scenario in to the extra- ordinary. Most people, even if not considering themselves being ‘churchy minded,’ will tell you about ‘ Jesus feeding the five thousand.’ Do you have a favourite traditional miracle story ? In fact, where you able to resonate with the words I quoted last time? ‘ Let Him ( Jesus ) easter in you, become the wellspring of your being?’ Just as the Sun has for shone for several days now and ‘truly got its hat on’ in energising our physical lives, has the SON energised your spiritual lives and enabled some shalom, peace in your life. Writing this at the beginning of Holy Week, by the time you have read this in May, Easter will have receded once again, hopefully to a fond memory, or did the innovations jar your memories into a new spiritual awareness? Hot cross buns proceeded an afternoon Maundy service in the round .. hands instead of feet washed with personal wet wipes ! Children stripping the altar on Good Friday … highlighting the fact we are ALL God’s children … relighting our paschal candle in daylight on Easter morning prior to our morning service and the opportunity for EVERYONE to renew their baptismal promises! In May we will celebrating Ascension Day 29 th ..what was to be an Anna event, discovering it is half term, it is to become a church family event for every one. ( See the Benefice News letter near the time for exact details but do let me know you are coming ) Giving praise to the risen Lord …who doesn’t believe in miracles ? God is working His purpose out … through the power of the Holy Spirit within His people in our seemly chaotic insecure world. Bonded in His loving purposes. Heather
Do you have a question about church buildings you'd like the Diocese to answer?The Diocese is running online drop-in sessions where you can ask the Church Buildings team anything about caring for churches or churchyards, the permissions process, how the DAC makes decisions or anything else you'd find helpful. They'll be holding these monthly and the first two dates are: Tuesday 25 March, 11am – 12pm Thursday 1 May, 2–3pmEmail churchbuildings@oxford.anglican.org to receive the joining link.
