Welcome Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team Ministry area. The change of season into (meteological) autumn brings change for us too in our churches. We have said fond farewells to Revd Alan and Margaret Gates as they begin their retirement, and next week will see Revd Claire and Chris Alcock’s final…
Dear friends, May the peace of Christ be with you all. A warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team Ministry area. It is the time of farewells, as we say “God be with you” to Revd Alan on 25th August, and Revd Claire on 15th September. Alan is retiring and Claire going to a new posting…
Welcome to Bishop Colin A warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping with us in the Langtree Team churches this morning. A special welcome to any visiting friends and family or who are on holiday. May the God of peace be with you. We also welcome Bishop Colin to St Mary’s Ipsden this evening at 6.30 for a special service…
Dear friends A very warm welcome to this service from all of us in the Langtree Team. May the Lord bless you and keep you always in His Love. Revd Claire to be the next Vicar of St John the Evangelist and St Stephen, Reading ! I am delighted to tell you all that Revd Claire Alcock has been appointed as the…
Welcome Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team Ministry area. May the joy of Christ be with us all. As the school terms around us draw to a close, give thanks to God for the work of teachers and all staff, who give so much to keep our local resources alive. We…
Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping this morning in the Langtree Team Churches. May the peace and joy of Christ be with us all. Many thanks to all of you who joined in the great Team celebration last Sunday for St Peter and St Paul – some wonderful singing (thank you to members of the…
Dear friends, Welcome to our Team celebration service this morning at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Checkendon. We are celebrating these two great saints (whose feast day is 29th June) this weekend with a special service, and a meal at the Highwayman. Listen out in the sermon today and see if you can discover why it is that these two are…
Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping this morning. May the peace and joy of the risen Jesus be with you all. Team Celebration 30th June – next week ! Don’t forget that next Sunday is our Team Celebration service at Checkendon at 10.30am. There will be no other main morning services in our churches, so…
Dear friends, Welcome to our worship this morning. May the love of God in Jesus Christ be with us all, wherever we are worshipping across the Langtree Team Ministry area. Today is Trinity Sunday, when we celebrate the threefold nature of our one God: the Father, who creates, the Son, who rescues, and the Spirit who sanctifies. The Trinitarian formula was in…
Dear friends A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping across the Langtree Team Ministry area. Today is Pentecost Sunday, (Whitsun in the old lectionary) when we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit to the first disciples. The Spirit equipped them with the power and love of Christ to share the message of the resurrection and of the…