Category Archives: worship

Sound-bites… or sacrifice? A sermon for ‘Pip and Jim’ at Winchester Cathedral – Isaiah 40:27-end John 12:20-26

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

The Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral offer the curates of Winchester Diocese the wonderful opportunity of preaching at Cathedral Evensong towards the end of the curacy. It’s a daunting thing, but a huge privilege, and today it was my … Continue reading →

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Praying in Advent through five festivals

Posted on December 10, 2016 by

Regular readers will be aware that I’m currently on placement in the North Hampshire Downs Benefice. One of the mini-projects that I’ve been focusing on is leading the prayer element of a couple of Prayer Suppers in the Parish of … Continue reading →

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If Jesus chose to return today? An Advent reflection

Posted on December 9, 2016 by

I’ve been preparing some Advent materials, and in doing so found this old reflection, dated November 2006, so as I started Reader Training and before this blog was started! It is by way of a response to the following questions: … Continue reading →

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Prayers for #Remembrance Day based around a sonnet by Malcolm Guite

Posted on November 11, 2016 by

I have been asked to do the prayers for the Remembrance Day service in one church of the parish in which I have recently started a two month placement. In an effort to both step away from standard forms of … Continue reading →

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One Holocaust, or many? #DontStandBy #HMD2016 #KS2

Posted on January 27, 2016 by

Today I have lead an ‘Act of Worship’ in the Church of England VA Junior School of the parish I serve.  It has to be based on the Christian faith, but today’s brief is to link Holocaust Memorial Day  with the … Continue reading →

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Liturgical “bake” off

Posted on May 14, 2015 by

This morning we celebrated the Ascension of our Lord with Eucharist and balloons… but no bacon. Somehow I had got it into my head (goodness knows how) that there would be bacon butties after the service. There weren’t. Though there … Continue reading →

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How do you talk about God with pre-school children? Prayers and Bears!

Posted on November 18, 2014 by

There’s something about ministry that means you end up with challenges you never expected to face. Leading a ‘Pram Service’ for pre-school children once a month is high on my current list of challenges. It’s name was the first challenge … Continue reading →

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View from the Curate’s stall – ministerial isolation?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by

I sat in the congregation at a friends ordination service recently, for the first time in three months. I was in a church I’d never been in before.  I didn’t have to do anything, other than simply worship, and listen, … Continue reading →

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A neighbours first aid box – Luke 10 The Good Samaritan

Posted on October 26, 2014 by

Our Family Eucharist is a regular term-time feature of parish life attracting families with very young children because of it’s late morning service time (11.15am). It uses one of the Children’s Eucharistic Prayer and has a simple pattern of the … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet Pentecost – Thank you St. Peter’s Yateley

Posted on June 8, 2014 by

Ever since Pentecost 1988 when I first acknowledged an encounter with God as being through the power of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost has been special. A time to celebrate that God’s power is so much more than we can imagine, … Continue reading →

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