Dear parishioners and friends, Attached please find a service of Morning Prayer and reading sheet as well as a 'Thought in 3 minutes'. This Sunday the theme is wisdom and I will be focusing on an unusual Old Testament story about King Solomon's great wisdom. As we are so dependent on the wisdom and insights of others at this time, it is good to include in our private [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Please find attached a Service of the Word for you to use at home, along with the collect and readings for this Sunday and a video reflection with some music. The video link will be live from 9am tomorrow morning. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZDmEQt2VvcJI9ErW29vxPA/videos Collect and Readings - 19th July 2020 Service of the Word (Summer 2020) (1) It is good to see people in church [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Since mid-March you have been receiving a weekly email with a recording of a service/ reflection attached. This week's email and link will be sent to you tomorrow as usual. However, I am sending you a link here to a short feedback survey which I would ask you to fill in online and simply click submit at the end when prompted to do so. [...]
Dear Parishioners and Friends It was wonderful to be back in church last Sunday, to see so many familiar faces and to worship together again, even with social distancing, face coverings and no congregational singing. Thank you to the churchwardens and those who prepared the churches for last Sunday and to Veronica, Roger and Paula for enhancing our worship through music. We reached the limit of 50 in [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Tomorrow some of our churches reopen for the first time for public worship after 15 weeks. This is an encouraging and exciting development. For the last 15 weeks we have kept worship going and provided services online for you at home. I am very grateful to my son Darren, for all the video editing and technical support behind this, as well as those who provided [...]
Sunday 5 July 4th Sunday after Trinity 8.30 Service of the Word Blackrock 9.45 Service of the Word Passage 11.15 Service of the Word Douglas Sunday 12 July 5th Sunday after Trinity 8.30 Holy Communion Blackrock 10.00 Morning Prayer Frankfield 11.15 Morning Prayer Douglas Sunday 19 July 6th Sunday after Trinity 8.30 Holy Communion Blackrock 9.45 Service of the Word Passage 11.15 Service of the Word Douglas Sunday 26 [...]
Dear parishioner, We are all looking forward to returning to worship in our church buildings in the coming weeks. Please find the attached documents which you are requested to read. They set out our phased plans for reopening and the precautions we are asking you to adhere to. I know there is a lot to read, but it is important, and mirrors what we are all getting used to [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, As you are all aware, in the month of July our churches will be open again on a phased basis for Sunday services. Therefore this is the last full service recording that will be sent to you. However every Saturday in July you will continue to receive an email with a short service leaflet attached for you to use at home, as [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Please find the link below to our parish Youtube channel and the service for this Sunday which comes from St Mary's Church, Marmullane (Passage West). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZDmEQt2VvcJI9ErW29vxPA/videos 2nd Sunday after Trinity (2020) Next week I look forward to sharing some information with you about the reopening of our churches for public worship on a phased basis in July. I am aware that some of the [...]
Dear parishioners and friends, Please see the link below to the parish YouTube channel for the service for Sunday 14th June. This time it was recorded in St Michael's Church, Blackrock. Next Sunday it will be the turn of St Mary's Church in Marmullane (Passage West) to host the service. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZDmEQt2VvcJI9ErW29vxPA/videos 1st Sunday after Trinity (2020) As restrictions gradually ease I wish you [...]
