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Last Sunday…

Last Sunday…

Dutifully looking up the readings for my last Sunday in the current parish, (Luke 13: 31-35) I was astonished to read the short passage – how apt for one leaving… The I noticed I was in John, not Luke.  Uncanny though, how appropriate some of the words from John were!! Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, “Where I am going, you cannot come.” On a related subject, this came in the post!

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lazy sunday afternoon

lazy sunday afternoon

If only we had a ramp, then I could have driven to the pulpit…

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Whose Eyes? – Civic Service

I was never really sure about the annual Civic Service – that was until this year.  It was – wait for it – actually quite good fun, well the preparation was anyway!! My talk, titled:  ‘Whose Eyes?’

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  • Ordinations

    Today (Sat) was the second round of ordinations, this time in St. Asaph. The marked difference from Llandaff was the lack of pretence in St. Asaph. The marks of the institutional church were still there, the pomp and regalia was all too obvious, but it was somewhat down to earth. Announcements before hymns and before the service began, rather than expecting people to realise what was going on and a sermon by Trevor Dennis really relegated the ceremony of the Llandaff ordination into the realm of profesional worship, where the St. Asaph one was just plain old heart-felt church trying its best on a big occasion. A family gathering almost, rather than a formal meal where one dares put a foot out of line!

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