Dear Friends, I hope you are all as well as can be expected and are bearing up under these very difficult circumstances we are experiencing with Covid-19. As you may be aware, the Arch Bishop of Canterbury has instructed that all public worship must cease in our Churches until further notice. This is very distressing…
Revd Sue Cooper writes:Hello Everyone, how wonderful it is to see that spring is just around the corner. The lengthening days give us cause to celebrate and look forward to brighter days ahead. We are just entering the season of Lent in the Church, and Lent gets a bad press. It is traditionally associated with…
There is a very good chance the bunting and flags being displayed in Aynho streets today for the Victory in Europe 75th Anniversary are a glorious look back to 1945 and the joy and relief in the village knowing that war was nearly over – and again there was a future to be grasped and…
Revd Sue Cooper writes: Hello Everyone, I hope you are keeping your Spirits up as the long dark nights of winter begin to recede slightly. Very soon the first signs of Spring will appear, and show us that new life is beginning to pop up all around us, and this brings us new hope and…
Revd Sue Cooper writes: Happy New year to you all. I hope your Christmas was very enjoyable. Every year I speak to people who lament the speed with which Christmas day comes and goes. Blink and you almost miss it. This is a great shame as we all go to great lengths to make Christmas…
There is a song played every year at Christmas that is blasted out in the shops and on the telly, and it goes, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”. Children would agree with that I am sure, but sadly something of the wonder and joy of Christmas has been lost in our culture…
Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot! The shenanigans we have witnessed from the houses of Parliament in recent months might cause some folk to sympathise with Guy Fawkes!!! November in the Church is a time of remembering. On All Saints…
Hello All, I wonder if, like me, you experience a little melancholy when the nights draw in, and when you have to start putting the central heating on in the mornings and evenings to take the chill off!! However, this time of year is stunning, and Keats summed it up beautifully when he wrote of…
Revd Sue Cooper writes Hello Everyone, I hope you have enjoyed the long days of Summer, and hopefully we will have many more warm, sunny days throughout Autumn,. September is a wonderful mix of old and new. Summer is growing old and tired, but the Children are preparing to go back to school for a…