Polly Wolly Doodle all the Way! The 14th – 20th May, marks Dementia Awareness Week in the UK, all of which has got me reminiscing about conversations with my Mother, when she still had the ability to speak. I can remember in the early days of her dementia, that we would have the liveliest conversations.…

STATIONS OF THE CROSS The Stations of the Cross are a traditional Christian devotion, begun by the Franciscans in the 17th century, to help pilgrims engage and meditate on the Passion of Christ. There are 14 stations or pictures in total, which begin with Christ being condemned to death and journey through to him taking…

Women’s World Day of Prayer The Women’s world day of prayer (WWDP) is unique. It is the largest ecumenical movement in the world, being the only one where Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic and Evangelical Christians come together to worship and pray for mission. The movement’s particular focus is upon the experience of women and children throughout…

The message for our Homebased Congregations in Leigh Greetings to everyone reading this at home. I hope that you are keeping warm and feeling encouraged as the evenings slowly lengthen, and the snow drops can be seen in the garden. I also like to buy my first bunch of daffodils on the 1st February, to…

The Global Village of 100 People Thank you to all the people that contacted me following last month’s editorial on counting our blessings. Several of you had visited the Eden Centre, and suggested that I look at the piece on global statistics where patterns of inequality are pictured as a global village of 100 people.…

The message for our Homebased Congregations in Leigh   Happy New Year to our homebased congregations spanning across the 3 Leigh churches. How was your Christmas? Did you enjoy Christmas Bake Off on the TV? If you could face the beauty and the bleakness of the Yorkshire Moors, what a treat to watch, To Walk…

HAPPY NEW YEAR You crown the year with your goodness. And Your paths drip with abundance. Psalm 66:11 If you wake up each morning, you are blessed to shine, to live and to serve in a new day. If you own a Bible, you are abundantly blessed – about 1/3 of the world does not…

Advent Reflections 2016  Grace: It’s all God’s gift Let us give thanks to the Father for making us fit to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. In him we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1: 12-13  Paul’s message of Good News is clear. It is God who makes us…

I have just come in from Highlands Toddler group where we have been exploring the topic of feelings. There is nothing so intimidating as a group of 2 year olds showing you on mass their “cross face.” They don’t hold anything back and are totally committed to the course of action. Equally, there is nothing…

  The radio is on in the background as I write, reporting that the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are converging on Iraq’s second city, Mosul. It is estimated that 6000 ISIL fighters are trying to hide amongst the 1 million civilians including hundreds of thousand of children. As I listen to the reporting,…