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 [...]
I always find the stretch between Christmas and post-Christmas leave somewhat odd. We keep going for a bit because we like to have time after Christmas to clear our desks, but it's suddenly so still after a non-stop December. So it's been reasonably quiet since the last check-in. I took a funeral on the 30th, [...]
Rev Poppy 