Dear All, Details of events this coming week are below: all are welcome! Please pass these invitations on to anyone who you think might be interested. 1) Wednesday evening catch-up May 27, 2020 07:00 PM London 2) Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00am May 29, 2020 09:00 AM London Service at https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/morning-prayer-contemporary-friday-29-may-2020 3) Friday night prayer May 29, 2020 […]
Archive | May, 2020
Small Acts …..
Small Acts… This has been a very busy week for me; at Aston University, (where I am a lecturer, my day job), exams are in full swing. I’ve just had to mark 453 answers to three questions I rather foolishly set. I’m also trying to analyse data from a research project I’m doing with a […]
Rogation Sunday - Thought for the week
Today is Rogation Sunday; one of the more obscure festivals in the church’s calendar. Like a lot of what we do, it has its origins in Roman times. On April 25th, worshippers would walk to a grove near Rome where they would sacrifice a dog to Rogibus, the god of wheat rust, the main plant […]
Read Lychgate - Caring for God’s Acre latest newsletter
Lychgate May 2020 As you may expect the planned May visit to St Mary’s by the Caring for God’s Acre team had to be postponed due to Covid 19. Fortunately the grass in the churchyard requires minimal work at the time of year as wild flowers are in their prime and will be setting […]
Events and services for week beginning 11th May
Details of events this week are below: all are welcome! Please pass these invitations on to anyone who you think might be interested. 1) Wednesday evening catch-up Time to chat May 13, 2020 07:00 PM London 2) Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00 am May 15, 2020 09:00 AM London Service at https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/morning-prayer-contemporary-friday-15-may-2020 3) Friday night prayer May […]
Thought for the week - 10th May
Just in time, the news came through; we would be allowed into churches to ring the bells for VE day. Only one person of course, so no opportunity for chime ringing, but as we only have two bells in Billingsley church, that was enough. So at 2.55pm I was in our church and rang our […]
Events and services for week beginning 4th May
Dear All, Details of events this week are below: all are welcome! Please pass these invitations on to anyone who you think might be interested. 1) Wednesday evening catch-up Time to chat Time: May 6, 2020 07:00 PM London 2) Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00am May 8, 2020 09:00 AM London 3) Friday night prayer May […]
Caring for God’s Acre at St Mary’s
I took this picture on Friday in Billingsley churchyard. Our churchyard has benefitted from the attentions of the Caring for God’s Acre team. These are a group of volunteers who will come a couple of times a year to manage churchyards to encourage wildlife. Churchyards such as ours have existed for around a thousand years […]