Category Archives: Letters

St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick December 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, Having a two-month edition of ‘Gateway’ for December and January means that it covers so much activity in church and in the wider world. In the church calendar Advent, Christmas, … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick November 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, My lips curled up into a gentle smile last Sunday morning as the organ played before the service and I heard that lovely melody from Mendelssohn ‘s oratorio ‘Elijah’: ‘O … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick October 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, Have you noticed how the evenings are already getting darker? We’ve not yet put the clocks back and yet dusk is with us by late afternoon. Turning out in the … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick September 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, The front cover of this edition of our magazine shows Mark, Bishop of Berwick, at the wonderful service of blessing for our ten bells on 9th August before they were … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick August 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, I want to begin by thanking many of you for your cards, good wishes and the assurance of prayers during my recent, somewhat unexpected, bout of chickenpox. How I wish … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick July 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, Many of us had hoped that, by the time you were reading this, we would have been released from ‘lockdown’ and things might have been returning to normal — whatever … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick June 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, As I write this letter the Prime Minister has just officially informed the nation that we can proceed to the next stage on the roadmap to recovery from the Coronavirus … Continue reading →

St Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick May 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, As we continue to journey along our roadmap out of lockdown it had been really good to see so many people returning to church. Last Sunday, at the 10.00am service, … Continue reading →

St Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick April 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, As I write this we are preparing, as a church, to take part in the National Day of Reflection marking a full year since our country first went into lockdown … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick March 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, In early January Jane began her gardening year by planting tomato seeds. This year we will have red, yellow and black – yes, black – tomatoes. The seeds were carefully … Continue reading →