#Churchontheground Four services yesterday. Highlight was conducting a wedding blessing for a couple married in Japan - the groom brought his wife's family back to his home village church (where his parents were married) for the ceremony. That's #mychurchofengland @diostalbans
Lord Jesus, Light of light
You have come among us,
Help us who live by your light
To shine as lights in the world’
Final advent candle lit this morning by my littlest!
#MyChurchOfEngland
First and maybe only time at this church (due to family health circs), yet gloriously #MyChurchOfEngland - white cassocked servers, plenty of con belto hymns, Common Worship not Missal and an organist verging more towards Mighty Wurlitzer than RCM. 🕯️🙏 #CofEPeeps #CatholicAndReformed #MyKindaTown
Two women smile in vestments after midnight mass
The Vicar and the Ordinand after midnight mass! Such a joy to be on placement here! #MyChurchOfEngland
Always a joy to be joined by our Hindu brothers and sisters for the midnight Mass of the Nativity
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Whiskey by tree
Merry Christmas with grateful thanks to all who love the Church on earth as it is in heaven.
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
#ClergyMaltClub #MyChurchOfEngland
Just in from my first midnight mass as an incumbent, & what a joyful service! Also reliably informed it's been the best attended midnight for a few years 🙂 #MyChurchOfEngland
A brief foray into #ClergyMaltClub before being up again for 8am BCP, & Christmas Eucharist at 10am.
Merry Christmas all!
Joy and gladness in Beetham and Arnside this #ChristmasEve.
‘Shepherds, kings, and angel throngs,
teach us where our joy belongs:
souls restored and sins forgiven,
Christ on earth, the hope of heaven -
down the years rejoice in them,
come away to Bethlehem.’
#MyChurchOfEngland
Because of the way victims and survivors of church-based abuse treated, I can no longer call it #MyChurchOfEngland.
I long for the day when the Archbishops' Council deals with safeguarding properly, so that news coverage can focus on the Good News of the Gospel of Christ.
✝️ C of E peeps - contributions from your church Christmases to the #MyChurchOfEngland hashtag welcome.
Almost ran out of Christingles at two out of our three early evening services for Christmas Eve. This was Christingle #8 - the only one I coudn't get to, as I can't be in two places at once. It's been a busy month! Now there's only Midnight to go. #MyChurchofEngland
Over on Twitter a hashtag has been created to counter the grim news from our glorious rulers, reassuring people of the existence of and joy of local parishes serving their communities. It’s #MyChurchofEngland as this is the nicer place, can we get it trending here?
