Last week I celebrated six years of being a Vicar! Two churches, two babies, one pandemic, a curate and a couple of placement students - it's been full on! There's a Facebook group I belong to where Vicars who have been in the role for less than five years exchange ideas and ask questions. I've [...]
Thoughts I had so I could have a smooth two service Sunday with both children. In the shop on Saturday afternoon: What snacks do we need? They need to be interesting enough to keep them distracted, but not so sugary that they get hyper and mess around (like when I had to take the umbrella [...]
8.45am I'm up and out to church for the first of today's services. We'll be reading through the story of Jesus' trial and execution, praying and singing a couple of hymns. After that, we'll be gathering in Crosby Village with people from other churches for our walk of witness. 10.45am Service number 1 done. I [...]
Every year, the Sefton North clergy go away together for a night, and it's become a little tradition that I write a few thoughts about it. Here we go! By my reckoning, this was my fifth time away with the clergy at Whalley Abbey up near Blackburn. We went in March 2020, and they literally [...]
Rev Poppy 