May 2020
We are at the beginning of the ninth week of Coronavirus lockdown and the world has changed so greatly that our lives today are unrecognisable [...]
April 2020
It is hard to encompass how much the world, and our church, has changed in the space of a few short weeks: closure of all [...]
March 2020
Having had a short period of sick leave at the end of February, I spent the first week of March on retreat in Northumberland at the [...]
New Bishop of Chester
The new Bishop of Chester has been announced. The Rt Revd Mark Tanner, currently Bishop of Berwick in the Newcastle diocese, becomes the 41st Bishop [...]
Update 12/05/20
In accordance with the most recent Government and Church of England guidelines, places of worship must remain closed. However, a single nominated person is permitted to [...]
January & February 2020
On Sunday 26th January we celebrated our Patronal Festival - the day we give thanks for the life and work of St. Paul - with [...]
December 2019
Many of you will no doubt mark Advent by opening day by day the windows of an Advent calendar. There may be a picture, or [...]
November 2019
I am very fortunate to have recently enjoyed a week’s walking in Portugal, a land renowned for its relaxed and friendly hospitality, warm climate and [...]
October 2019
The approach of our Harvest Festival Celebration on Sunday 13th October gives us an opportunity to reflect on what being ‘fruitful’ means for us as [...]
September 2019
This summer, as for the last twenty years, I and my family retreated on holiday to the hallowed shores of Ardnamurchan. There is always something [...]