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Easter Day at St Giles

July 12, 2020November 1, 2023 revpoppy2 Comments

Alleluia, Christ is risen! Today, I went to a church service in an actual church building for the first time since I preached at St Mary's, Thirsk at the end of the Archbishop's mission in York. That was at the beginning of March. Nathan has taken the brave decision to open St Giles this morning. [...]

Posted in Family, MinistryTagged church, Easter, lockdown, Ministry

A month as a Vicar

June 28, 2020November 1, 2023 revpoppyLeave a comment

So, my licensing on Zoom happened just over four weeks ago and I thought I'd check in to say how it's all going. The licensing service itself, although weird because it wasn't in church, was lovely. At Nathan's, there were just 9 screens, and I had wanted to keep mine quite small too. In the [...]

Posted in MinistryTagged coronavirus, Ministry, new home, new job, vicar

Video: My First Week as a Vicar!

June 7, 2020November 1, 2023 revpoppyLeave a comment

Here is a video I made for the Sunday service at my curacy churches, and, as promised, I'm sharing it here! Holy Trinity and St Michael's have a new section in their service called 'this time tomorrow' where people share the kinds of things they do in their work. Thanks to the wonderful David & [...]

Posted in MinistryTagged foodbank, Ministry, new job, vicar, video

Holy Week in a pandemic: Easter Day

April 12, 2020November 1, 2023 revpoppy

5.45am I am awake to make sure that the link to the sunrise service is posted on the Facebook pages. Usually there is a dawn service outside Holy Trinity, complete with a fire, songs, readings, prayers and bacon butties! Right now, I can hear the birds singing and it is beautiful. I'm not sure that [...]

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