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Disasters and Blessings

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, Following hard on the heels of all the damage caused by Hurricane Irma, we are now beginning to get stark warnings of the havoc that Hurricane Maria is likely to bring. As … Continue reading

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All Are Welcome

St Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, What a wonderful event our Flower Festival proved to be! St. Michael’s looked absolutely splendid with over forty amazing displays beautifully arranged by a band of incredibly talented floral artists – and … Continue reading

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Weddings Galore!

Dear People of Alnwick, Weddings are featuring large in my life at the moment! We have more weddings booked at St Michael’s this year than I have known in the past five years – and that is really good news. … Continue reading

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Alnwick Flower Power!

Alnwick Flower Festival 2017 A selection of photographs of the arrangements from this year’s Flower Festival. Alnwick was bloomin’ lovely this August with the return of the Flower Festival featuring the work of floral artists from around the area and … Continue reading

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‘Goodbye’ to Rev’d Julia!

On Sunday, 2nd July our Curate, Rev’d Julia Myles presided and preached at her final service with us, before she goes to take up her position as Priest-in-Charge of the Arle Valley Benefice in Hampshire. We shall miss her very … Continue reading

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Commitment and Respect

St Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I’ve always been interested in words – and when I talk with couples who are preparing for marriage we usually have a discussion about the word ‘commitment’. In modern day life, people … Continue reading

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Election Thoughts

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, As Jane and I returned from the polling station to elect our County Council representatives, the postman was delivering our polling cards for the General Election which is to be held on … Continue reading

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Christian Aid Week Comes to Mini Michaels!

All the donations at Mini Michaels this Thursday are going to Christian Aid! Christian Aid is a Christian organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. … Continue reading

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Looking Down on Creation

                                                                                    St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, What a splendid Holy Week and Easter we had at St. Michael’s.  My thanks go to all who contributed in any way – and it was good to have such positive … Continue reading

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Holy Week and Easter

Palm Sunday Sunday, 9th April 8am Holy Communion 9:20am Blessing of Palms & Procession from the Alnwick Castle Barbican 9.30am Parish Eucharist 11.15am Late Morning Worship 6pm Sung Evensong Monday 10th – Wednesday 12th April 7:30pm each day – Devotional … Continue reading

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