Category: Weekly Newsletter
Newsletter for Sunday 17th January 2021
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Newsletter for Sunday 17th January 2021 Dear friends, I know I’m not alone in finding January to be a difficult time. This year, to the naturally dark days and grey, wet weather we also have to contend with the COVID lockdown, the misery of social distancing, the disruption of church…
Parish of Cumnor Newsletter for Christmas 2020
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Dear friends, Christmas is normally a busy time for travel, and usually many of us venture great distances to see family or friends again. But coronavirus has put an end to all that this year. Seeing all our loved ones this Christmas will be difficult, if not impossible. And for…
Parish of Cumnor Newsletter for 11th December 2020
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Dear friends, “And behold, you shall conceive in your womb and bring forth a son and call His name JESUS…” (Luke 1:31) This past week, on 8th December, Roman Catholics celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. While we do not venerate Mary in the same way, we…
Parish of Cumnor Newsletter for 4th December 2020
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Dear friends, “Christmas may look different, but the story is still the same!” Coronavirus will make our celebrations this year look very different from usual. However, the message of the baby born in Bethlehem is still the most life-giving, good news imaginable! In one nativity play, the highlight was to…
Parish of Cumnor Newsletter for 27th November 2020
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Dear friends, “I rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord. Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem.’”(Psalm 122:1,2). These words from Psalm 122 inspired Hubert Parry’s great Coronation Anthem “I was Glad.” As one of the Songs of Ascent (Psalms…
Parish of Cumnor News for 31st July to 21st August
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Dear friends, When TV presenter and celebrity Carolyn Flack took her life in February 2020 the world was shocked and saddened. How could someone so young, beautiful and successful do such a thing? It seems that the pressure of an impending court case, the vitriol she received online, and her…
Parish of Cumnor News for 26th June 2020
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Dear friends, According to one survey, during the lockdown, a quarter of adults in the UK have watched or listened to a religious service and one in 20 have started praying. While the majority of people who contract Covid-19 survive, it reminds us that we are much more frail and…
Parish of Cumnor News for 19th June 2020
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Dear friends, The word “jubilee” comes from the book of Leviticus. In Leviticus 25, God commanded the House of Israel to observe a year of Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee year, the Bible explains, was to be a year of rest, including the forgiveness of all debts, and the liberation of…
Parish of Cumnor News for 15th May 2020
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Dear Friends,‘A dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones. An’ I hear the word of the Lord!’ – (spiritual song by James Weldon Johnson)At this time of global pandemic, we live with stark reality of death and life. Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones (37:1-14) was given when…
Parish of Cumnor News for 7th May
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Dear friends, Amid the current coronavirus pandemic, we’re all living with increased levels of fear and uncertainty. How do we deal with fear? Some help from the Psalms. ‘I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.’ (Ps 34:4). In this psalm, David expresses real fears. He was on…
