7.30am Soph awake! This is the best night's sleep we've all had in ages. Thank you Sophia! 9.35am We're on the train to Liverpool for the Chrism Eucharist at the Cathedral. This is a service where the special oils for baptism, anointing of the sick, and chrism are blessed. The oils are then dispensed into [...]
In 2018 there was Holy Week as a Deacon. Then there was Holy Week as a Priest and Holy Week in a Pandemic. Next, when pregnant during my first Easter at The Good Shepherd, there was Holy Week 2021. Last year, I did Holy Week with a baby. Today, for my first Easter at ASSF [...]
Another week, another Sunday evening blog! It's been a good week, with a bit of a break in our streak of illness. Last weekend, Sophia was a bit sick, and so we kept her off on Monday to comply with the nursery's 48-hour sickness rule. She was feeling so much better though. I had her [...]
I can hardly believe it, but I've been vicar of All Saints with St Frideswyde for three months and five days! In the past three months, there has been an advent study, Toy Service, Christingle, carols to the elderly, carol singing outside school, Christmas itself, trips into school, trips from schools into church, an Open [...]
Rev Poppy 