Category Archives: Letters

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, How are you? That feels like the most appropriate thing I can ask as the clocks go back, the dark nights descend and the prospect of a difficult winter lies ahead. But … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, As I write this letter the news is not good. Northumberland, along with the rest of the North East, is now under a scheme of restrictions in a bid to halt further … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, St. Paul was very good at telling people off! In writing to the Church in Galatia he told the Christian community there: “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I am writing this letter on the day our Prime Minister announced an easing in the Covid 19 lockdown situation in England. The relaxation (which will come into effect from 4th July) … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, As I looked in my diary the other day I could not help but smile. According to our church calendar we will be entering Ordinary Time at the beginning of June! Well, … Continue reading →

This letter, and the rest of St Michael’s Church magazine, are also available as a pdf on this website. St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, None of us has previously experienced such times as those in which we … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I am writing this letter on Monday 23rd March – a day after the first Sunday in living memory, perhaps in the history of the Christian Church in this land, when Sunday … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I find it quite astonishing just how often what seems to be a chance reading of an article – or a debate apparently accidentally heard on the radio – can set off … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, On 6th February this year our Queen will have been our monarch for an amazing sixty-eight years. Many of us will have seen the old black and white footage of her arrival … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, As I write this letter the run up to the general election is really beginning to take off. No one knows what result we will wake up to on 13th December; it … Continue reading →