John Donne’s insight. I write this reflection shortly before the funeral of Prince Philip, on Saturday (17th). I suspect I, along with many others throughout the country, will be watching it. I find it hard to ignore the sight of any funeral; a hearse with a coffin always stops me. It of course speaks of […]
Like many people I was saddened by the news of Prince Philip’s death, just a few weeks from his 100th birthday. Of course I knew he was in poor health, so perhaps the news should not have been a surprise, but I still had to reread the email carefully to make sure it was correct. […]
Today thanks go to Amanda Prescott who drew the balls for the 8th draw of the 100 Club. The first ball out of the bag was 97 winning Paul £60. the next ball to be draw was Amanda’s very own, number 14, which netted her £30 and then number 38 made an appearance winning Zoe […]
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Easter is, for good reasons, seen as the most important celebration of the Christian year. Even those of no faith can see the symbolism of renewal and rebirth, that death does not have the final word. Last year we had just started lock-down at Easter; now we are being released from it. On the […]
Many months ago St Mary’s made a bid to the Community Tree Scheme run by Shropshire Council to fill gaps in the hedging to the southern and western boundaries of the churchyard. Therefore it was with great anticipation of things to come that 20 native hedging species were collected from Ludlow yesterday as part of […]
A sustainable lifestyle? At Billingsley and indeed throughout our benefice, we are privileged to live and worship in a rural setting, where we live in close proximity to the natural world. Many find comfort and sustenance from being alongside nature; some may even call this spirituality! From a Christian perspective, we recognise the world as […]
1) Wednesday Home Group, 7.00pm, During Lent, we will be considering “Hard Questions”, picking up some of the issues raised in the Sunday Service (available on the Highley St Mary’s website). If you haven’t listened to the service, don’t worry, just come along and listen or join in with the discussion, as you want. […]
I write this at the end of the week that has seen the first anniversary of lock-down. We have had the first real spring sunshine; in spare moments I have been planting in the garden, anticipating the summer that lies ahead. But this has been against a background of the grim memories of the previous […]
Billingsley St Mary’s Church: Notice of Annual Parish Meeting The Annual Parish Church Meeting will take place on Wednesday 19th May at 7.30pm by Zoom; David Poyner is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86235087765?pwd=Q3hPcUdaRGhuSnlXSndPdDdDdFVSQT09 The current electoral is available for inspection; please let David Poyner know of any changes or if you wish […]
