Dear Friends,On my desk in my study, I have a little book of Christian inspirational sayings, one for each day of the year. I was particularly was struck by the
Read MoreSunday 1 June 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton.
Dear Friends,Many of you, like me, will have had or have pets. In my case Zoomy the beagle is a very companionable and very chatty friend. She can, as some
Read MoreSunday 25 May 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As I write I have just returned from conducting one of the saddest funerals I have ever had to take. The lady in question had lived for seventy-two years
Read MoreSunday 18 May 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As I write, Christian Aid Week is just drawing to a close. Coffee Mornings and other special events have been held, donation envelopes have dropped through letter boxes or
Read More11 May 2025: Letter from Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As I write I have just returned from showing a party of American pilgrims around Holy Trinity Church. To say they were blown away by the history and the
Read More4 May 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton.
Dear friends,It was Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) who once said, ‘A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair’. That is not a very politically correct statement for our
Read More27 April 2025: Letter from the locum minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,When was the last time you saw people queuing to get into church? Certainly, I have never seen such a thing in Holy Trinity on a Sunday morning, apart
Read More20 April 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,A very Happy Easter to you all. This is a wonderful day of celebration for the event that is at the very heart of our faith. After a week
Read More23 March 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,It was a very wise person who said that a joy that is shared is a joy doubled, whilst a sorrow that is shared is a sorrow halved. This
Read More16 March 2025: Letter from Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As I do almost every morning except Sunday, I sat down at my desk this morning and opened my emails. There was the usual crop of adverts, a couple
Read More9 March 025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton.
Dear Friends,The story goes that when the famous English architect Sir Christopher Wren was directing the building of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, some of the workers were interviewed by
Read More2 March 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As most of you know we are privileged to own what we think is a first edition of the King James Bible. Some years ago, we had a visit
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