Dear friends, Christ is Risen! A very joyful Easter to you, and a warm welcome to our celebration services across the Langtree Team Ministry area. May the blessing of Christ rest upon us all. Annual Meetings April is the time of year when churches are thinking about their annual meetings, and church council members stand up for election, or stand down after…

Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team Ministry area this morning. May the peace and joy of Jesus Christ be with you all. I’m pleased to report that I am safely returned from Bishop Andrew’s pilgrimage to Ethiopia, with numerous discoveries, adventures and surprises to share with you over the course of…

Dear friends, A very warm welcome to our Remembrance Sunday commemoration services across the Langtree Team Ministry area. We give thanks today for the sacrifices that were (and are still being) made which enable us to live in peace and freedom. As we remember the men and women of our communities who served in both the past and the present let us…

Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team Ministry area. May the peace of Christ be with us all. Please remember in your prayers Tessa Merson and Daniel Terzino, to be married at Checkendon this coming Saturday. Also Jack Rowling and Rupert Poynter, to be baptised next Sunday. We give thanks for the…

Dear Friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team ministry area this morning. A particular welcome if you are on holiday, or visiting friends and family in this part of the world. May God’s peace and joy be yours through Jesus Christ. Your prayers are requested for those whose lives are blighted by mental…

Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, from all of us across the Langtree Team Ministry area. May the peace of Christ be with you. The Langtree Team Ministry is your local Church of England church, in partnership with five other parishes in our immediate area. You can find out about us at www.langtreechurches.org Each church is led by a…

Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team ministry area. A particular welcome for those who are visiting, or  recently moved into the area. Please do make yourself known to a member of the ministry team. Those at Checkendon will be pleased to hear (no pun intended) that the sound system has been…

Forget any ideas you may have about Jerusalem unless you’ve actually been there. In my recent visit to the city I travelled regularly on the tram system. There’s only one line, but it is modern, cheap, and efficient. Everybody uses it. You’ll see if you look carefully at this picture that there are orthodox Jews (big hat) white westerners (in the window)…

Come to our Lent lunch in the church. The meal will consist of bread, soup, tea, coffee and biscuits. Open to all.

Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this Mothering Sunday Service, wherever you are worshipping this morning in our Langtree Team Ministry area. A special welcome to mothers, grandmothers, and all of our visitors today. May the peace of Christ be with us as we share together in worship and give thanks for the love that God gives in so many ways,…