Dear Friends In the Gospel passage from Luke today (Luke 9:1-6) we hear Jesus sending out the 12 disciples. “Take nothing for the journey”; he says to them. We again find ourselves wondering in what direction of ‘travel’ we are … Continue reading
Dear all Looking forward to worship tomorrow – Sunday 20th September: 8am – Holy Communion – Book of Common Prayer (BCP) St Stephen’s, Winsham 10am – Harvest Festival (Communion); St John’s Tatworth 6:30pm – Harvest Festival … Continue reading
Dear Friends In the past week at home we have, by quirk of coincidence, had to change all of our landline and mobile telephones. The former because they had finally decided that several years of service was quite enough. The … Continue reading
CHAFFCOMBE PARISH COUNCIL COVID – 19 EMERGENCY NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF CHAFFCOMBE PARISH COUNCIL TO BE HELD BY REMOTE CONNECTION USING ZOOM Tuesday 22nd September 2020 at 7.30 p.m. Agenda Residents are invited to attend the remote meeting using … Continue reading
Dear all Quick email as a reminder for worship provision tomorrow – 13 September. IN CHURCH: 10am Holy Communion (Harvest) – St Michael’s, Chaffcombe 4pm Afternoon Worship – St Mary’s Thorncombe The afternoon service will be … Continue reading
Dear Friends Last Sunday we had the bible verse; “for where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” (Matt 18:20). The word ‘gathered’ has again taken centre stage in the past 24 hours as, … Continue reading
Dear all Just the weekly reminder of services in the Benefice tomorrow: 8am Holy Communion (BCP) – Forde Abbey (Rev Philip) 10am Holy Communion – St Stephen’s, Winsham (Rev Judith) 4pm Afternoon Worship – St John’s, … Continue reading
Dear Friends The aisles of the supermarket have replaced their ‘seasonal’ offerings with the annual ‘back to school’ clothing. And that is about as normal as the beginning of this new academic year is. There are a great many people … Continue reading
Dear all The usual ‘heads up’ for worship in the Benefice tomorrow… In Church: 8am Holy Communion in St John’s, Tatworth – Rev Judith 10am Outdoor Communion for all – St Mary Magdalene’s, Cricket Malherbie – … Continue reading
Dear Friends Blessings and grace to all of you, wherever this reaches you. After such a long period of hot and dry weather, August seems to have redressed the balance somewhat, and certainly in the last week or so we … Continue reading