Dear Friends, According to Shakespeare ‘all the world’s a stage’. It is a good thing, for some, that the stage is not that for a lavish, big budget musical. Many of you will have heard of (or seen by now) La La Land – the modern day rom-com musical taking Hollywood...
Dear Friends, This month, on the weekend of 10th-12th June, the country and Commonwealth celebrate the Queen’s Official 90th birthday. However one views the constitutional monarchy that she represents and although our own denomination proudly states that “we believe...
Dear Friends, Love is in the air! As I write, Valentine’s Day is looming and I have my annual panic about trying to find the right card for my wife, Nicola, that says what I would want to say without also making her feel sick. Trying to put love into words is...
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! Church Meeting, on Sunday 17th January, will be asked to approve a new Safeguarding Policy for Children and Adults at Risk. The Elders, both serving and non-serving, have spent some time considering what should be included in the policy,...
Dear Friends, I do not remember 1914. Of course I don’t! Even Olive Himsley, now aged 101, does not remember 1914. But we do not forget. We vowed we would never forget – the horror, the death, the war that was to end all wars – and we do not forget that it didn’t end...
