Category: Chapter Letter

In the church’s year we have now fallen into “Ordinary Time”, which can sound a little, well, ordinary! We’ve celebrated the great festivals of the church’s calendar as we’ve made…

Following the departure of Joy Schneider as Guide Leader I am delighted to announce that a new Guide Leader and Deputy Guide Leader have been appointed. Stuart Welch will take…

Christine Wilson, Dean   Sal McDougall, Precentor   Paul Overend, Chancellor    John Patrick, Subdean On Thursday 3 May 2018, local elections take place around the country. A third of the council seats…

This Chapter Letter coincides with the beginning of Passiontide in the church’s year. Our liturgies in the last weeks have focused the characteristic Lenten themes of self-examination and penitence. As…

Sunday 18 February to Saturday 3 March 2018 Christine Wilson, Dean   Sal McDougall, Precentor    Paul Overend, Chancellor     John Patrick, Subdean As Lent begins, concern for social justice has been high…

Christine Wilson, Dean    Sal McDougall, Precentor    John Patrick, Subdean Philippa White, Succentor For the last five years a great deal of activity, much of it unseen and unrecognised,…

Christine Wilson, Dean    Sal McDougall, Precentor    John Patrick, Subdean Philippa White, Succentor Many of you will be familiar with Raymond Chandler’s detective novel, ‘The Long Goodbye’. In the…

Christine Wilson, Dean    Sally-Anne McDougall, Precentor    John Patrick, Subdean Philippa White, Succentor On Wednesday the church remembered John Chysostom, teacher of the faith. He was posthumously titled “golden…

Christine Wilson, Dean    John Patrick, Subdean    Philippa White, Succentor News, welcomes and a farewell. September is traditionally a time of transition and new beginnings as schools and colleges…

Christine Wilson, Dean    John Patrick, Subdean    Philippa White, Succentor Many of us have lots of “Stuff”. That stuff takes a lot of different forms and shapes from the…

Christine Wilson, Dean    John Patrick, Subdean    Philippa White, Succentor There is something very powerful about the beauty of silence. We live in a world where we are bombarded…

Christine Wilson, Dean    John Patrick, Subdean    Philippa White, Succentor In the ancient wheat fields at the time of Jesus there was a particular weed called darnel or tares…