Abseiling for the King John 17:1-11; 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 Haslemere, May 2017 It’s very good to be here, and thank you very much to Mary for inviting me. Walking backwards off the top of a cliff as part of a team-building exercise might seem a rather reckless leisure activity.
Continue readingBack in 2011 the iron cross which stood atop the St Christopher’s flagpole had to be removed as the wood was completely rotten. Robert Fox and I decided in 2012 that the remains of the pole, which had already got the nickname of “the broken tooth”, needed urgent attention. With
Continue readingFestival Evensong at St Bartholomew’s – 21 May 17 Zech 8.1-13 & Rev 21.22-22.5 3 Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the
Continue readingEaster 6 2017 For 10:00 Parish Eucharist Acts 17.22-31 & John 14.15-21 One of my abiding memories of childhood is of many many hours spent visiting relatives. I was brought up in Chichester but all my family lived on Merseyside and our regular visits to Birkenhead always involved a round of
Continue readingEaster 4 2017 Year A Acts 2 42-47 John 10 1-10 I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. Wonderful. Shall we spend the next 10 minutes enjoying this promise? No – because there is also this challenge All who believed were together and had all things
Continue readingParish of Haslemere Annual Report for APCM 2017 including 2016 Abridged Accounts. Full Accounts for 2016: Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2016 for Haslemere Parochial Church Council
Continue readingClick here to download: PoH Electoral Roll form If you wish to join the Parish of Haslemere Electoral Roll which entitles you to vote at the APCM please download and complete a form, and return it to the Parish Office before Tuesday 11 April. The electoral roll will be published
Continue readingLent 1 Year A 2017 Genesis 2.15-17 Matthew 4.1-11 The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016 was post-truth – an adjective defined as ‘relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’. rpt Since then it seems
Continue reading2nd before Lent Yr A 2017 Parish Eucharist with baptism New beginnings (new service pattern) Genesis 1, 2.1-3 Matt 6.25-end In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the
Continue reading4th before Lent 2017 Yr A 8.00 and 9.30 at St Bartholomew’s 1 Cor 2.1-12 Matt 5. 13-20 Righteousness and self-righteousness For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. This must be one of the most
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