A Letter From Our Vicar

A New Year gives us the chance to take stock, to make fresh resolutions and to do things differently. It is an opportunity well worth taking. The decisions we make – and stick to – can make all the difference … Read More

These winter months are likely to be very difficult. You may be facing 2023 with fear or a feeling of hopelessness – whether for the world, for this nation facing its many challenges, or for you personally. In the run … Read More

November is the month for memory and for looking back – sometimes with sadness, as we remember those who have died, especially the fallen in war, and often with thanksgiving as we recall people we have known and loved. The book of … Read More

A Letter from Dawn Jenkins This Season of Autumn, Is my favourite month. It always reminds me of Keats ‘s poem Ode to Autumn which starts with the line “Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness” So when I am dog … Read More

September is often a month of new starts. A new term begins for our children, and maybe we think back to our school days and the start of the September term – with a mixture of excitement and trepidation: what … Read More

August is a month of transition, a quieter month. Youngsters have finished the summer term at school and are now having a rest as are their teachers. Some are moving schools, so their transition will mark a milestone. As I … Read More

I am delighted to see so many people coming to St Martin’s. For me, it is a joy that children from our school participate so actively in our Family Service once a month – strengthening the vital link between the … Read More

Two things stand out for me this June. First, and most obviously, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee rightly dominates our thinking and our activities. It is wonderful to see all that is going on in our villages in celebration of a … Read More

It was really good to see our church so full on Easter morning – all ages coming together in celebration of what is vital about the Christian faith, namely, that light always and in the end triumphs over darkness. And … Read More

As I write, the violent attacks on the Ukraine continue to intensify – President Putin‘s actions, merciless and implacable. We look on in horror at the scenes of devastation and personal loss. The response to the humanitarian crisis has been … Read More