Tuesday 17th March
The church will however remain open for private prayer and any visitors are asked to observe the information about public hygiene.
Clergy are available to speak to – but this may well involve phone calls rather than face to face conversation. This is in line with our duty of care towards you.
on Wednesday, 18 March 2020.
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June letter by Bishop of Taunton
We all know the old adage, one volunteer is worth 10 pressed (wo)men. As we celebrate Volunteer Week 2018 (1-7 June) I want to give thanks for and to the thousands of volunteers across Somerset who love and serve our communities.
on Tuesday, 05 June 2018.
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December Letter from Bishop of Taunton
This season of Advent is all about waiting.
on Saturday, 30 December 2017.
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March Letter by Bishop of Bath & Wells
I remember my father once saying ‘as you get older the seconds seem longer, but the years go by faster.’
on Thursday, 01 March 2018.
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Letter from Bishop of Taunton
This month I shall make my first visit to Zambia.
on Monday, 03 July 2017.
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February Letter from Bishop of Taunton
'Letting go and letting God...'
on Saturday, 27 January 2018.
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Jesus' resurrection at Easter
Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
on Saturday, 31 March 2018.
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Advent, Christmas and New Year
During this Advent season and into 2019 we are all given a Bible verse to carry around with us, these are available in church. The bible verse is:
"All of us, with unveiled faces seeing the Glory of God as though being reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit." 2 Cor 3v18
on Thursday, 29 November 2018.
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From Ash Wednesday to Easter
It is interesting to note that this year Ash Wednesday falls on February 14th (St Valentine’s Day) and Easter Day is the 1st April.
on Saturday, 27 January 2018.
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Christ is the Light of the World
Christmas 2018 now seems a life time ago and slowly but surely the days are lengthening by a few minutes each day. This month begins liturgically with Candlemas.
on Saturday, 02 February 2019.
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Confirmation
You will read elsewhere in another article about a Confirmation service to be held in St Andrew’s in September. It seems a good time then to ponder on our own Confirmation – however long ago it might have been.
on Monday, 02 July 2018.
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Welcoming our new curate
On behalf of St Andrew’s I want to publicly welcome Margaret as our Assistant Curate. Please make yourself known to Margaret and give her that St Andrew’s welcome that is so often commented on in our visitor’s book and by those visiting our services.
on Saturday, 29 June 2019.
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Shining the light of Christ
Last week I had the privilege of attending a special service in the centre of Derby, to celebrate and commemorate the birth of Florence Nightingale in May1820.
on Tuesday, 05 June 2018.
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Easter
To the early disciples it must have seemed a cruel prank of Mary to come and tell them that Jesus was no longer in the tomb.
on Thursday, 01 March 2018.
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Lent
As I’m writing this it is unseasonably warm, and I’m enjoying the sunshine outside. According to Radio 4 the seasons are less defined this year, with spring flowers well on their way before time.
on Thursday, 28 February 2019.
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