Russell’s New Year’s Newsletter January 2021 Dear Friends, Never, in my lifetime, have people longed for one year to end and a new one to begin. 2020 has been a year to forget, but a year we will never forget. So now our hopes are pinned on...
Russell’s New Year’s Newsletter January 2021 Dear Friends, Never, in my lifetime, have people longed for one year to end and a new one to begin. 2020 has been a year to forget, but a year we will never forget. So now our hopes are pinned on...
Dear Friends, I am tempted to misquote Mr Spock in Star Trek: “It’s Christmas, Jim, but not as we know it!” Most of this year has been unpredictable and abnormal. The next few weeks are going to be no different. Families are facing awkward conversations about who is...
Dear Friends, In November the church moves into a season of remembrance: All Saint’s Day is swiftly followed by Remembrance Sunday. During a recent online meeting I was stirred into an early taste of remembrance when I found myself in the company of a couple of people...
Dear Friends, As a new academic year begins, under extraordinary conditions, I imagine teachers, not unlike church ministers, feel as though they are having to negotiatetheir way through regulations and guidelines with the skill of a tightrope walker. Never having a...
