When Nathan and I were discerning to move to the Liverpool area to do our curacies, I remember being really sad about losing the links and friendships I had developed in other parts of the world through Southwell & Nottingham diocese. When I was 19, I went to Burundi, and then again when I was 20, [...]
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When the collar doesn’t fit
I have been having a tough couple of weeks. Possibly my toughest couple of weeks so far. Which is bizarre, as I survived Christmas, I got through Easter and I also handled an MA deadline a week before I got married alongside working. So I've been asking myself, why now has the pressure got so [...]
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 