10.30am I'm just back from a really good band practise for tomorrow. As we were playing, the church was being decorated for tomorrow. Its lovely to see those moments on joy breaking in. Its going to be alright! 7.36pm Off I go to this service! No turning back now! I love being a Deacon, but [...]
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Holy Week as a Deacon: Good Friday
9.30am It's Good Friday. It's the day Jesus was crucified. Today we have a service at Holy Trinity, a walk of witness and passion play, and an hour at the cross at St Michael's. In Holy Trinity this morning, I will read a story called The Rag Man. It's a powerful telling of a man [...]
Holy Week as a Deacon: Wednesday
12.09pm I do love Wednesday mornings. We have two mid week communion services, one at St Michael's and one at Holy Trinity. At the first, the congregation sits in the choir stalls making it really intimate. I'm also still glowing from last night, it was absolutely amazing. I liked making people laugh as a particularly [...]
Holy Week as a Deacon: Monday
9.40am Good morning! I'm on the train on the way to the Chrism service at the Cathedral. This is where oils are blessed and distributed to the parishes for the year to come. The photo above is of the oil stocks that Nathan brough back from Rome for me, and one is for Baptism, one [...]
Rev Poppy 