Hope for a better future
This month of April begins on Maundy Thursday, the day when we remember the last meal Jesus shared together with his friends before he was arrested and crucified. It was the meal that has become
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Category: Spiritual or religious
Spiritual or religious
Easter lilies
In past years the church has been decorated for Easter with lilies included in remembrance of loved ones. In 2020, and again this year we are very limited in access to church with very few
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Methodist Chapel April update
Normally the Chapel gives daffodils on Mothers’ Day, but as we are not currently meeting we thought that it would be a good idea to share them with the village. Bunches of daffodils were left
Continue readingFrom the Vicarage April
How are you? So, really, how are you? We are being encouraged to ask…to really ask…and to listen… 23 March marked the first anniversary of that first lockdown, and was designated as a National Day
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Letter from the Dean of Wells
What does love require? Having heard the announcement about the latest lockdown, I walked over to the Cathedral. I sat at the back and looked up at the Cross in the Nave. A question welled
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Notes from the Wesleyan Chapel
In about 1840, a Wesleyan Methodist Society was formed in Milverton. There was no Chapel, but they met in an ‘Upper Room’ which may have been at the Globe. Numbers grew, and at times 120
Continue readingFrom the Vicarage in February
This diocese has just had a week of prayer, using different ways of praying in varying places. I am often told by individuals, “I don’t know how to pray”; but there are many ways of
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Bringing comfort and joy
One of our oldest (16th century) English carols tells us that the story of Jesus’ birth as a baby into our world, is good news, bringing ‘tidings of comfort and joy’. And don’t we just
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Advent pilgrimage
Hello everyone, I wish you all well and a happy Advent, a season of comings, encounters and arrivals. Keep this in mind as I have a project for you to ponder on. It is a
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On the trail from Nazareth to Bethlehem
The Advent challenge this year is to reflect on Mary and Joseph’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, 90 miles of varied countryside. Some people are creating 90 squares for a blanket, others are considering that
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