Archive | November, 2020

Saving Christmas and keeping Advent So now we know; there is a plan to “save Christmas”; up to 3 household mixing for five days. I am aware of the pain of loneliness and isolation that is always especially sharp at Christmas and so I am glad that there will be ways to bring people together. […]

1) Wednesday Home Group, 7.00pm, For the next few weeks, we are looking at the book of Nehemiah Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 2) Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00am Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 3) Friday night prayer, 9.00pm Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 4) […]

  Church and State   Early in November, in many places, civic and church leaders met together for Remembrance Sunday. The Church of England is part of our state; we recognise the Queen as the head of the church. This Sunday, the 22nd, the Church remembers a different type of authority; we mark the Festival […]

If I’m being honest, I can’t always remember my own sermons from one week to the next. I do a lot of them; once one is finished, I’m on to the next. You may understand that I’m not very good at remembering other people’s sermons either. So when I can still recall a sermon from […]

For the Home Group, I’m after ideas on what to do. It’s been suggested that we look at one of the shorter books of the Bible, which is fine, but which one? I can chose (1 John comes to my mind) but I’d like to encourage suggestions. Some books may be best done in one […]

The People’s War, the people’s love. The Second World War is sometimes called “The People’s War”. Not only was in fought by an army rapidly formed from the civilian population, with the advent of aviation, everyone in the country was potentially a target. People in Bridgnorth died as a result of German bombs; the orange […]

1) Wednesday Home Group Nov 11th, 2020 07:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 2. Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00am Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 3) Friday night prayer, 9.00pm Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 4) Sunday Morning Prayer, 10.00am Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86095045519?pwd=R2Iwa0hwYW5uRUE0dzc0WERnMnU2QT09 […]

Today the November draw of the Friends of Billingsley 100 Club took place. The draw was made by Helen and witnessed by Paul. A video of the draw will, hopefully, soon be available on the St Mary’s Billingsley Facebook page for anyone to see who wasn’t able to come long. The winning number was 78 with […]

1) Wednesday Home Group Nov 4th, 2020 07:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 2) Friday Morning Prayer, 9.00am Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895 3) Friday night prayer Time TBA Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3592851895?pwd=cksyL0t5TlhFUURRenpxMG9yQTVhUT09 Meeting ID: 359 285 1895            

Earlier this year, a member of the community in Billingsley made a record of all the headstones in the graveyard. This is now on our church webpage, http://www.stmarys-billingsley.org.uk/graveyard-project/. The inscriptions are usually simple; a name, the date of death and perhaps a short inscription. Sometimes we do have more to help bring the deceased alive. […]