Dear Friends ‘There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.’ I often start my sermons with something humorous. War. There’s nothing humorous about war. War makes everything different. It changes lives. Have you noticed? I had stuff that I was worried about last week but, this week, after Tuesday night, all my …
Don’t know how to help – You do now!
Wales, Harthill & Thorpe Salvin Parish Churches are open until 6pm today and tomorrow open from 8am until 3pm to drop off disposable nappies, baby wipes, baby formula, canned food and bottled water. At Wales - leave back left corner as you enter. Harthill - in the tower room. Thorpe Salvin by the font at …
Christmas Services – December 2021
Carols by Candlelight Sunday 19th December – 6pm Christingle Friday 24th December – 4pm and 5.30pmMidnight Mass Friday 24th December – 11.30pmChristmas Day Celebration Saturday 25th – 10amNo Sunday Service on Boxing Day
Vicar’s Letter – July 2021
‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.’ Deuteronomy 31 v6The Government has announced that limits on the numbers of people allowed to meet indoors and outdoors will be removed, including all capacity limits …
Vicar’s Letter – June 2021
Dear Friends It was good to meet as a PCC in church for the first time in 16 months. It was an excellent meeting and much was decided. We unanimously felt that we’d following the Bishops advice, in one of his recent pastoral letters, agreeing that it was a good point to let things go and …
Easter and April Services
HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2021 Thursday 1st April 20217pm – Maundy Thursday Service at Wales Parish Church and Facebook Live Friday 2nd April 20212pm – Good Friday Service at Harthill Parish Church and Facebook Live Sunday 4th April 20219.15am – Easter Sunday Services at Wales Parish Church and Facebook Live10.30am – Easter Sunday Service at Thorpe Salvin Parish Church …
Vicar’s Letter – Lent 2021
Dear Friends John 10 v 10 Jesus says, ‘ I come to bring you life in abundance. Life to the full. Life overflowing.’ Lent is soon upon is. It is a time of great hope in these difficult days. Vaccines are being administered and both Spring and Easter are just around the corner. We will …
Vicar’s Letter – Lockdown 3
God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will God not also, along with Jesus, graciously give us all things?’ Romans 8 v32 Dear Friends I hope you enjoyed a good, if somewhat different, Christmas and a happy plus healthy new year. So we enter Lockdown 3. I hope you …
Covid Christmas 2020
Dear Friends What will Christmas look like this year? As I write we have just emerged from Lockdown 2 and are now in Tier 3. There is much talk of how we might save Christmas. It’s such a special time of year but quite difficult to prepare for as a church given that we don’t …
Remembrance Sunday
The Act of Remembrance on Sunday will be in the new period of Lockdown and the latest national restrictions on outdoor meetings will be in force. Sadly the current health climate has prevented a parade and church service from taking place this year. We have had to significantly alter the way in which we honour …