Pew leaflets
-
Church Inclusive: Fifth Sunday After The Epiphany, 5 February 2023
Dear Franciscans, On Sunday we are considering what Jesus means when he calls us to be the “salt of the earth.” It is a saying we know well and use to…
-
Church Inclusive: Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany, 29 January 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans As I was writing this preface on Friday afternoon, the desperately sad news arrived on my ‘phone of the death of a Form III girl at St…
-
Church Inclusive: Third Sunday After The Epiphany, 22 January 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans When we stumble or fall, does not the possibility exist of being helped up or helping ourselves to steady ourselves and resume what we were doing in…
-
Church Inclusive: Third Sunday of Advent, 11 December 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans How blessed we are to be God-touched through the grace of having The Revd James Martin ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, 09 December 2022. Every ordination,…
-
Church Inclusive: Second Sunday of Advent, 4 December 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans This week’s Advent candle calls us to HOPE. Sometimes we seem to confuse “wishful thinking” and “hope”. For me as a Christian, they are not interchangeable. Wishful…
-
Church Inclusive: First Sunday of Advent, 27 November 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans Happy New Year!! It may seem odd to say/write these words, and yet for Christians the beginning of Advent is our New Year. It feels significant to…
-
Church Inclusive: Twenty Forth Sunday After Pentecost, 20 November 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans Sometimes is uncomfortable and challenging to reconcile our perceptions of a Divine, Almighty King of kings with the vulnerability and seeming powerlessness of Jesus on the cross.…
-
Church Inclusive: Twenty Third Sunday After Pentecost, 13 November 2022
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, I was deeply struck by a comment this week : “If we can answer all the questions about God then maybe we’re asking the wrong questions OR…
-
Church Inclusive: Twenty Second Sunday After Pentecost, 6 November 2022
Dear StFrancis, Dearly Beloved Franciscans It is such a sacred trust to meet each other in the vulnerability of the Commemoration of All Souls’. As people of faith, our earthly…
-
Church Inclusive: Twenty first Sunday After Pentecost, 30 October 2022-Month of Francis
Dear StFrancis, Beloved Franciscans, This Sunday we gather as community to celebrate our Family Service . It is in this service where we welcome and focus on the children in…