Welcome

“Today we will hold our Annual Parochial Council Meeting within our morning worship.  The business part of this meeting is short: we elect those who will serve as our Church Wardens and on our Parish Church Council for the coming year.  The APCM gives us the opportunity to give thanks for all who have served our community in the past year; to declare our support for those who will serve us going forward; and to ask for God’s blessing on their work.  In place of the sermon we will have a speed summary of what we have been up to in the last year.  As we look back at 2024 and look forward to the year ahead we have a chance to reflect on how best we can become the beloved community Christ calls us to.  In John 13:31-35 Christ gives us a new commandment, a commandment which does not so much replace the old commandments but reveals their heart: love of God and love of neighbour.  Christ asks us to love as he loves: to love without limit, to love without exception, to love freely and completely.  This is the community to which we are called, a community which lives out Christ’s love in the service of others.  Thank you for being part of this beloved community.

Macaulay school is launching a new free playgroup for toddlers and pre-school children from 18 months onwards to attend with parents/carers.

Some major roof maintenance started this week. The old roof is being re-covered but with new upstands and skylights ( to replace the existing, many of which are broken). The new ones are triple glazed, improving heat performance.

On Sunday 18th May 2025 as part of the 10.30 a.m. Parish Mass the annual meeting of parishioners and the annual parochial church meeting will take place.

On Sunday 11th May at 6.30pm in church, our choral Evensong service