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Do you recognise this line from the well known Harvest Hymn?  Harvest is more than just giving thanks to God for our food - His creation speaks of His love and care now and in the life to come.  We pray for our crops to bear good fruit - God’s desire for us is to be fruitful.  We are fruitful with God’s help in Jesus giving Himself to make us right with God and fruitful for Him.  Some fruit is rotten and sour so no good for anything.  Good fruit brings joy and nourishment.  M

As schools and colleges return after hopefully a restorative summer break and whilst the weather is still reasonably warm it seems a good time to make new starts.  As well as the  usual Harvest services, suppers and other events to look forward to, we are trying  a new initiative with Wilden School to keep that relationship open that is so often lost as the year 6s leave for large secondary schools.  Jesus has a special place for children in their vulnerability, enthusiasm, a

We are but a few days from Ash Wednesday and into a period the Church calls Lent.  A time of 40 days (not counting Sundays) for...

These words from St Luke’s Gospel of the Angels to the Shepherds are from one of our most famous Christmas readings, also known from the...

Harvest is a time when we focus on the food that God gives us through growth on His earth.  We celebrate it in the Autumn, although we...

I have often heard and I say it myself, ‘The church is not the building - it’s the people!’  And yet most people use the word ‘church’ to...

Rev Timothy Wilson

Rev Timothy Wilson

Learning to ring the Big Bells of the Tower, can be a mind-boggling thing hour after hour. There are so many explanations of how best to...

At last, it looks like spring has sprung.  The blossom is blooming and the sun is shining, or at least some of the time.  It can be at...

This most well-known of Easter hymns I’m expecting to sing 3 times on Easter Sunday.  It’s a wonderful statement of the truth that we...

From 1st April (Easter Monday) – Saturday 22nd June I shall be away from the Parishes on Extended Study Leave – formerly known as a...

You’ll have heard me say before that I think Lent is a much better time to make changes and start new resolutions than January and New year,

For the last few years the Church of England have produced very popular booklets with a short reading, reflection and prayer for the days...

In the church we’re used to marking occasions in special ways. The word ‘sacrament’ means ‘sacred mysteries’ and is a way of marking...

During the Bike’N’Hike in September’s heatwave, a biker told me they enjoyed hearing Eunice playing Harvest music in the lovely cool of...

September at the beginning of the Academic Year is a time for new starts. And I’m thinking of 2 ‘PA’s. The first is our new Rector’s PA...

On Sunday 2nd July, our curate, Anthony, was ordained priest, along with three other curates from Sharnbrook Deanery our at a joyful...