Revd Lynda Messages

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was part of my recent leaving service and celebration...

Why do British people talk about the weather so much? This is a question that has puzzled countless folk through the ages!  One theory is that it opens a conversation with a stranger – "Nice day today isn’t it!" or "When will this rain stop and the summer arrive?"  I...

This month is a month for memories.  80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, the course of history was changed when allied forces gained a major stronghold into Western Europe, all but closing off Hitler’s quest for dominance and advancement into England. This was a...

It’s a strange thing, but for me the busiest month for birthdays is the month of May - well, actually, they start in April, with my father’s 95th this year, and roll on right to the end of May - which means there’s a lot of time spent in sending cards and buying...

Dear Friends, There appears to be a group for every possible interest these days. Take the Cloud Appreciation Society – yes that’s right.  For those of us  who delight in looking up to the skies and seeing the enormous variety of cloud formations, this group holds a...

Dear Friends, Yet another year has swept by, and how quickly too!  As I sit and write this letter, we have just entered the period of Advent, which is a time of watching and waiting – waiting for the Christ child to be born, and also for when Christ comes again: the...