Many thanks to all those who made Palm Sunday so special at St Mary’s. (I’ve been ill for a fortnight, so it wasn’t down to me!)
Thanks to Stewart Macfarlane for capturing this pic. A reminder that Holy Week starts with joy.
The hospice in Ardire has five white candles – none of which have yet been lit – decorated not with greenery but purple and pink cloth. While at St Mark’s we seem to be following the Swedish tradition – maybe it is the shape of the building, or maybe it is because my name is Scandinavian – we have the five candles in a straight line with just the metal stand during Advent the greenery being added at Christmas.
Now that would be an idea for the Cathedral for next year……………
From the Herald today. “Rev Holdsworth said: “The congregation is delighted to be able to welcome him. It is an uncontroversial invitation from the congregation. Bishop Gene Robinson is one of the best preachers in the world and we are looking forward to hearing him. “The good news of the gospel is that everyone is…
It was good to have Archbishop Fred Hiltz here this morning. He is the Primate of the Anglican Church fo Canada and along with all the rest of them is going down to the Lambeth Conference on Tuesday. They are going by bus. Imagine, 12 Hours in a bus full of bishops and their spouses…
This time last week, I was with the Vestry on an Awayday. Well, it was a Stayathomeday really as we did not go far, but it was a day together discussing things that matter most. On of the topics that we gave quite a lot of time to is the subject of Communications. We discovered…
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