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From the Rector: Tuesday 23rd November 2021

The Advent Journey begins. Dear friends, Whether you are a glass half full person (“Christmas is coming!”) or a glass half empty one (“We’re all going catch flu/Covid/be locked down again”) nevertheless the end of November marks the turning from autumn to winter proper. It also marks the start of the Christian year, on Advent Sunday. This is the season of penitence…

From the Rector: Tesday 16th November 2021

Congratulations! Dear friends, In these strangest of times there are yet to be found moments of light. Babies arrive and delight us with the joy they bring; we welcome Meadow and her family to Checkendon this morning for her baptism. Careers grow and blossom; congratulations to Gillian Fraser, acting head at Stoke Row School, for her recent appointment as headteacher of Long…

From the Rector: Tuesday 9th November 2021

Remembering the fallen Dear friends, This coming Sunday we will hear again the names of those in our communities who gave their lives for our freedom. The uniformed organisations will gather at Checkendon war memorial (the Lychgate), we will stand in silence for two minutes at 11am and the Last Post will sound. Then, in the church, colours will be presented, and…

From the Rector: Tuesday 2nd November 2021

A blessing on dystopia? Dear friends, One of the seminal films of the 1980’s was Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner”, starring Harrison Ford, with a soundtrack by Vangelis. Scott gave us a vision of a completely urbanised globe, a vast metropolis with layer upon layer of habitation, where hyper modernity lived side by side with urban collapse, and bio engineering was done in…

From the Rector: Tuesday 28th September 2021

Give thanks Dear friends, Come celebrate the Harvest! Whether in person at church, or online in the evening, do take a moment this coming week to thank God for his provision for you and your family. At Checkendon, we’ll be collecting for The Ways and Means Trust, our local mental health charity, and for Water Aid, the global development agency. Frances and…